How do I transfer iTunes purchases to another apple ID (Account)

bmmilan64 wrote:

I just meant that you can still move them all over to your new computer and account

(added to my last post after you posted)

Note that iTunes account is not the same as iTunes library.

iTunes account is used to make purchases.

iTunes library is the media and what you see in iTunes on your computer.

If, as an adult, you set up an iTunes account. Your children "under 18" receive iTunes gift cards and download songs that are "Theirs", can they be held to the legal requirements? Also, if they do this before they are 14, can they do not have an option since you must be 14 to set up an account?

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T.Knew... in response to your comment....(see my comment below your original post).

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Ingo, with all due respect... you have ABSOLUTELY no clue what you're talking about.

1. CD Audio IS certainly compressed, just not at a level that is detectable to the human ear. It's a digital signal that is limited to 44,100 samples per second, which is what makes analog superior for recording orchestral pieces where the sound is extremely complex, (although the CD can reach 0db where an analog recording cannot.)
2. iTunes, by default rips music using LOSSLESS compression (m4a files using proprietary Apple lossless encoder.) Unless you changed it in the prefs, ripped music will probably be lossless compression, and any music purchased from iTunes store will also be in m4a, lossless compression format (for the purpose of DRM).

Kuchaluu (original poster) Download an audio file conversion tool to one of your machines that is actually authorized to playback the files, and convert them to another file format that doesn't include DRM (Digital Rights Management) such as MP3, and transfer them using an external hard drive, then import them into iTunes library on new machine (or whatever other media file organizer you like). I really like dbPowerAmp for this but it might be for windows only.

With regard to other content... yeah, pain in the arse, can't change the ownership through any method I know of, (yet).

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I usually just skip over comments like this because I was really looking for some other information when I happened on your response to the original question. I just had to respond. No offence intended. This is for educational purposes only. Your "theory" is blatantly wrong and based on erroneous information.

Watch this video. The answer is not more than 20 or thirty seconds in. The entire video is actually 10 minutes long. You should watch it and then see if you agree with your original response.

Video link: http://youtu.be/wzJbjHc6bRE

Jon P wrote:

T.Knew... in response to your comment...

over a year ago...

Jon P wrote:

iTunes, by default rips music using LOSSLESS compression (m4a files using proprietary Apple lossless encoder.)

This is incorrect.

iTunes, by default, RIPS CD audio as 256 kbps AAC.

Kuchaluu (original poster) Download an audio file conversion tool to one of your machines that is actually authorized to playback the files, and convert them to another file format that doesn't include DRM (Digital Rights Management) such as MP3,

You cannot use another tool to convert from iTunes AAC with DRM.

Chris CA wrote:

Jon P wrote:

iTunes, by default rips music using LOSSLESS compression (m4a files using proprietary Apple lossless encoder.)

This is incorrect.

iTunes, by default, RIPS CD audio as 256 kbps AAC.

Kuchaluu (original poster) Download an audio file conversion tool to one of your machines that is actually authorized to playback the files, and convert them to another file format that doesn't include DRM (Digital Rights Management) such as MP3,

You cannot use another tool to convert from iTunes AAC with DRM.

Exactly Chris. If you read my reply I quoted him. The quote is between the

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his original post

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Please read this entire reply to YOU, so YOU understand that I was responding to "T.Knew's" post on July 17th which was incorrect. The text you quoted was from HIS message. Not mine. It helps if you read the post and understand what is being said before you jump in and correct someone. ;-)

Please refer to this message which is on page 1 one of the responses which is the one I was quoting from:

T.Knew

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In his post he made the statement and I supplied a link to George Massenburg's discussion on the quality of MP3s. My concern was his lack of understanding on that and I provided a link to explain it.

Message was edited by: Jon P for grins

Jon P wrote:

Please read this entire reply to YOU, so YOU understand that I was responding to "T.Knew's" post on July 17th which was

which was 15 months ago.

My point is that T.Knew likely no longer cares.

Truth never expires.

It's important to have accurate information on support boards. Someone could come along later and benefit from the discussion. (As it was that I arrived at this post while looking for something totally unrelated, occassionally when I have time I will respond to stuff that is not relavent as a service to other users. We should all do that).

You seem to be hung on the time thing. You also need to feel right. Ok. You are right. Now drop it or I will file a complaint against your aggressive behavior.

Sorry if you are feeling a bit paranoid.

If you do not want a response from me, do not post/respond directly to me.

I recommend if you feel the need to do so, please do "file a complaint against " my " aggressive behavior."

???

Jon P wrote:

Truth never expires.

It's important to have accurate information on support boards. Someone could come along later and benefit from the discussion.

Jon,

You made a very valid point, because here I am on March 1, 2013 looking for an answer to a question that was similar to this one. The topic went on a tangent, but I read through almost all of the posts anyway. I know you are not looking for validation, but nonetheless, /thumbs up to you.

Agreed, Joel & Jon. I have a similar problem to the original poster, and am uncertain that my case is covered (if so, my apologies for wasting everyone's time).

My partner and I have two different iTunes libraries, for different purposes (both for music only, so far), on the same iTunes account on the same iMac (iTunes 10.7). She purchased a music album on iTunes, but inadvertently downloaded it to the wrong library, which was open when she did the download. We are interested in taking it out of the wrong library and moving it to the correct one.

Has this been covered here? The thread strayed a bit, and I'm just not sure the answer's here. If not, has anyone any ideas? I suppose the purchase could be re-downloaded at no additional charge as "previously purchased" but I hear that if it's already on your computer, you can't do that.

Joel Bryant wrote:

Jon P wrote:

Truth never expires.

It's important to have accurate information on support boards. Someone could come along later and benefit from the discussion.

Jon,

You made a very valid point, because here I am on March 1, 2013 looking for an answer to a question that was similar to this one. The topic went on a tangent, but I read through almost all of the posts anyway. I know you are not looking for validation, but nonetheless, /thumbs up to you.

pgbesq wrote:

My partner and I have two different iTunes libraries, for different purposes (both for music only, so far), on the same iTunes account on the same iMac (iTunes 10.7). She purchased a music album on iTunes, but inadvertently downloaded it to the wrong library, which was open when she did the download. We are interested in taking it out of the wrong library and moving it to the correct one.

Select Store in iTunes.

Go to Purchases on the right side under Quick Links.

Download the song you want.

Is there some reason you are using different libraries?

Are you using different computer login accounts?

You can select different content to sync to each device using the same library.

Chris CA wrote:

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Select Store in iTunes.

Go to Purchases on the right side under Quick Links.

Download the song you want.

Is there some reason you are using different libraries?

Are you using different computer login accounts?

You can select different content to sync to each device using the same library.

Thanks Chris - your suggestion to simply download is a good one, as long as the iTunes store doesn't block us form doing that (if it senses the songs are already on the computer) - there seems to be conflicting messages form Apple re "on the computer" vs "in the library". Would I have to delete the songs from my library first, in other words? Otherwise, is there an easy and risk-free way to transfer the files?

To answer your 3 questions:

1. Yes - hers is specific to her professional activities (yoga instructor) and relatively small, while mine is extremely large by comparison and strictly entertainment.
2. No
3. We already have non-auto syncing set up. We're simply interested in keeping her music in a separate library, as it's more difficult to find in mine (several hundred albums = thousands of songs).

Thanks for your timely response. P.

pgbesq wrote:
Thanks Chris - your suggestion to simply download is a good one, as long as the iTunes store doesn't block us form doing that (if it senses the songs are already on the computer) - there seems to be conflicting messages form Apple re "on the computer" vs "in the library". Would I have to delete the songs from my library first, in other words? Otherwise, is there an easy and risk-free way to transfer the files?

No you should not need to delete from your library.

Instead of redownloading, you add to teh other library. Open iTunes..

File > Add to library then go find the songs you want inbthe iTunes folder of the other library.

Just an FYI: Here's how I maintain a single library with multiple devices and multiple usesrs.

I have one library for me and two daughters.

This keeps us from having duplicate files of the same songs from eating up disk space.

We each have our own "master" playlist and add only the music we want to this playlist.

Also a smart playlist

Match rule

Playlist is not Chris's playlist

This will show me all music not in my playlist. We each have our own smart playlist like this.

We each have a folder with our own playlists in it to keep it sorted.

We have a few others that we base on our own master playlist and use this as a start to select what we want.

Also, we autosync only selected playlists.

To me, it's a bit easier than manually managing and trying to figure out what is already on the iPhone.

Just add to a playlist and sync.

Chris CA wrote:

pgbesq wrote:
Thanks Chris - your suggestion to simply download is a good one, as long as the iTunes store doesn't block us form doing that (if it senses the songs are already on the computer) - there seems to be conflicting messages form Apple re "on the computer" vs "in the library". Would I have to delete the songs from my library first, in other words? Otherwise, is there an easy and risk-free way to transfer the files?

No you should not need to delete from your library.

Instead of redownloading, you add to teh other library. Open iTunes..

File > Add to library then go find the songs you want inbthe iTunes folder of the other library.

Just an FYI: Here's how I maintain a single library with multiple devices and multiple usesrs.

I have one library for me and two daughters.

This keeps us from having duplicate files of the same songs from eating up disk space.

We each have our own "master" playlist and add only the music we want to this playlist.

Also a smart playlist

Match rule

Playlist is not Chris's playlist

This will show me all music not in my playlist. We each have our own smart playlist like this.

We each have a folder with our own playlists in it to keep it sorted.

We have a few others that we base on our own master playlist and use this as a start to select what we want.

Also, we autosync only selected playlists.

To me, it's a bit easier than manually managing and trying to figure out what is already on the iPhone.

Just add to a playlist and sync.

Chris, I appreciate your help. These things aren't always obvious, especially if one is not very geeky (like me!)

I will take your suggestion re separate playlists under advisement - it makes sense.

Thanks again. P.