How to retrieve already purchased songs

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How to retrieve already purchased songs

Hello all. I was offered the itunes upgrade awhile back and did get alot of my previously purchased songs at the discounted price of .30 but I did not buy all of them at that time. How do I get my list of all purchased songs back and the option to buy them again.. for instance, I looked up David Gray and it listed most of his songs from the album white ladder as already purchased.. but they are not in my library.. yes it is a new computer from my last itunes library! Any help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! Got the new 5th gen ipod, lovin it and really want to get those songs I paid lots of money for back... thanks all and let there be songs to fill the air!!

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Posted on Mar 3, 2010 7:54 AM

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roaminggnome

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Mar 3, 2010 11:15 AM in response to reelglad

What do you mean you want them back?

They will only be where you put them. Have you moved your music from your old computer to your new one? Where is your backup copy?

You get ONE download. It is then your responsibility to back them up and to move them wherever you want them.

Just as when you buy a cd. If you want it somewhere else you have to take it there or copy it and move it. If you lose it, you have to buy another.

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reelglad Author

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Mar 3, 2010 11:28 AM in response to roaminggnome

I had my original itunes library on an old computer. My main question is, can I still RE-purchase my already purchased songs at that upgrade .30 cent rate that it offered me awhile back? Because it already says purchased when I look certain songs up... so.. where are they is a good question? If this itunes is showing them as already purcahsed, then... shouldnt they be in my library or purchased list??

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Katrina S.

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Mar 3, 2010 11:33 AM in response to reelglad

Yes, they should still be there on your OLD PC, not this new one.
It sounds like they didn't get transferred over to the new PC.

If you don't have your old PC and they're not on your ipod, they are gone.

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reelglad Author

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Mar 3, 2010 12:01 PM in response to Katrina S.

Ok I get that, I do not have my old PC and It's a new Ipod. But Itunes is what, just acknowledging that I have, at one time, purchased a certain song before, no matter how many years ago it was? And again, am I not able to access that upgrade list that offered me my previous purchased songs for .30 anymore, or was that just a one time offer??

Thanks so much for you replies BTW!!!

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Katrina S.

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Mar 3, 2010 12:16 PM in response to reelglad

Right, it's just a list of everything you've bought. If you already did the upgrade to itunes plus, it won't be offered again for those songs.

If you didn't upgrade all of it to itunes plus, I would guess they should still be available.
Ask iTS support why they're not:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html?form=music&topic=Music%20Purcha ses&subtopic=Lost%20or%20Missing%20Items

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Mar 3, 2010 12:36 PM in response to reelglad

I'm using a new computer. Same ipod, but didn't get a chance to put songs I just recently bought on it. Is there a way to put your already purchased songs from another computer on your ipod if it's the same iTunes account?

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varjak paw

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Mar 3, 2010 1:26 PM in response to bobjerryjoe

If you still have access to that old computer, you can copy them to the new computer and then sync them to your iPod. See:

iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers

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