Hi
I used to have some iTunes playlists on an old PC. This device has now died and I need access to my previous playlists that are several years old. I've logged onto my apple account but cant see anything about previous iTunes playlists? How do I access them please.
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Rumours of the death of iTunes have been somewhat exaggerated. See What happened to iTunes? - Apple Support. This change has only taken place in macOS 10.15 Catalina. itunes is still very much in use in older versions of macOS/OS X and Windows.
See Download and use iTunes for Windows - Apple Support to obtain a copy of iTunes.
See Hide and unhide music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and books - Apple Support and Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books - Apple Support to recover any past purchases that are still available in the iTunes Store.
See Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy - Apple Community to backup your library going forward.
tt2
If you haven't already done so Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support so that your device can access your unhidden purchase history. Then tap on Library in the Music app and you should see your purchases in the cloud.
The screenshots from earlier were taken from iTunes for Windows. I'm pretty sure you need to use the iTunes application on a computer if you want to unhide any hidden purchases.
If you still have the computer that died it may be possible to extract the hard drive and recover the library from it, even if it is otherwise unusable.
tt2
Go into the store and click on the Purchased text, either to the right, as shown in the screenshot, or on the list at the bottom of the iTunes window:
Then click on the All heading at the top of the new window:
Once on the All page, you should see all your past music purchases.
Thank you for your responses. I really am an incredibly technologically challenged person. I have no idea what version of iTunes I need to download as an app on my phone as I cannot see what the other response from "the fiend" sent me in a screenshot. I have none of the menus he showed me. I have downloaded a version of itunes but this is as far as I can get without purchasing
The Fiend showed you a screenshot from a computer. You will not see that on your phone.
Launch the iTunes app on your phone, not the Music App. The iTunes app is this one in the red box.
After you launch the App, tap on More in the bottom right corner. In the next screen, tap on Purchased. Then tap on Music. Then tap on the artist whose music you want to download. In the next screen you can download all songs by tapping the download icon or you can tap on All songs at the top which will take you to a screen where you can pick and choose the songs by that artist that you download.
Hi - I dont have an iPhones app on my phone. It's not an apple phone its Samsung. I've gone into play store and the app you showed isnt anywhere. Maybe it's only available on apple phones or in the US as I'm in the UK.
These are my only options.
Hi there
What app am I supposed to download as there seems to be so many for iTunes. This is what I read online so I cant even see the screen you showed me in your screenshot. I am technologically challenged!😂
"Today at Apple's 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi announced that the iTunes app will be discontinued in its current form. In its place will be three media streaming apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV.3 Jun 2019"
As before, you need iTunes on a computer to access you past purchases. Once there you can use file management tools to move your content to an android phone. Or you take out a subscription to Apple Music which is available for android. It isn't that Apple have set out to make things hard for you, it is that you have no backup.
tt2
I’m sorry. I totally missed the fact that you are using an Android phone.
My advice now, and then I will bow out, is to listen to turingtest2’s advice. His knowledge about iTunes is quite extensive and very impressive. He has been a tremendous help to me in the past.
Your Apple account does not hold the details of your Playlists.
Are the Playlists still on an iPod or iPhone etc?
Sadly I've lost my ipod with the songs on and the PC doesnt work. I assumed if I purchased itunes it would have a record of what I purchased so I can make another playlist?
As previously stated, the iTunes Store does not hold records of the Playlists you've made from songs you've purchased.
You should be able to download your past purchases though.
I've logged onto my apple account and looked under music but cant find anything about past purchases. It was quite a few years ago.
I couldn't find anything like that when I looked but will look again with your instructions. I just assumed as it was several years,ago it may have been deleted. Many thanks for your help.
Can't access old iTunes playlists
