Q: my itunes on my desktop is missing songs when itunes on my ipad have all of them

Hello sherrifromorillia,

After reviewing your post, it sounds like you need to get some music from your iOS device to the computer. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.

Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support

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