Q: my music is gone and I cand download it again

a month ago all of my music was on my phone. Two weeks ago I noticed some of the songs said they needed to be downloaded again. I decided to wait until I was around wifi and that took a week. When I got by wifi I opened up my music library an noticed all but two of my PURCHASED songs were needing to be downloaded. I hit the download all button and was given a message that I cant download these sonGS for 90 days. I purchased them on this phone and don't understand why they would leave and not allow me to download again.

iPhone 5c, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 3, 2015 6:18 PM

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by Lawrence Finch,

Lawrence Finch Jan 3, 2015 6:21 PM in response to dcarter1051
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Jan 3, 2015 6:21 PM in response to dcarter1051

I don't understand either. iTunes music can be redownloaded whenever you want to. There's more going on here. We need more details.
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ssschmidt Jan 3, 2015 6:24 PM in response to dcarter1051
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Jan 3, 2015 6:24 PM in response to dcarter1051

There is a restriction which prevents you from changing the Apple ID used for downloading past purchases for once every 90 days. It is to prevent people from switching Apple ID's to download music that their friends purchased.

Manage your associated devices in iTunes - Apple Support
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selenafromshenzhen Jan 3, 2015 6:42 PM in response to dcarter1051
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Jan 3, 2015 6:42 PM in response to dcarter1051

Are you sure that the Apple ID you're using is the one that you once used to purchase these songs? You should sign in App Store with the same Apple ID to download the purchased songs. And it never has any date limitation.
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dcarter1051 Jan 3, 2015 8:23 PM in response to selenafromshenzhen
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Jan 3, 2015 8:23 PM in response to selenafromshenzhen

Not long ago my wife signed on to my Apple ID so she could get some of my songs. Maybe that has something to do with it? I double checked that my apple ID was the one that purchased the songs and is the current ID signed on to my phone. Also, just to see if it made any difference. I signed out of my ID and signed back in, now all of the songs that were listed and needing to be downloaded are gone completely. I went to iTunes and they are showing as purchased but not able to download. any suggestions?
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by dcarter1051,

dcarter1051 Jan 3, 2015 9:13 PM in response to dcarter1051
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Jan 3, 2015 9:13 PM in response to dcarter1051

I Guess that explains why I can't download them again. But why did the songs leave my phone to begin with.
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