After I updated iTunes, my audio books and history of purchased songs and audiobooks are gone.Where did they go? My playlist only shows a couple audio books and few chapters, not the whole thing. My itunes is in my PC.
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If they no longer in the Books section of your library you've checked to see if they are still on your computer's hard-drive ? If they are on your computer you can add them back via File > Add To Library
Or copy them back from your backup of your downloads/library add them back into iTunes
Or you might, if they are still in the store, be able to redownload them (being able to redownload audiobooks is a recent addition) : Download your past purchases - Apple Support.
Songs you should, if they are still in the store, be able to redownload them
If they no longer in the Books section of your library you've checked to see if they are still on your computer's hard-drive ? If they are on your computer you can add them back via File > Add To Library
Or copy them back from your backup of your downloads/library add them back into iTunes
Or you might, if they are still in the store, be able to redownload them (being able to redownload audiobooks is a recent addition) : Download your past purchases - Apple Support.
Songs you should, if they are still in the store, be able to redownload them
I would imagine the fix is in the store rather than iTunes which I just updated, but either way I'm now seeing an audiobooks option in the purchased section of the iTunes Store and I can see purchased audiobooks listed in it for redownload.
tt2
You ca't put purchases in the cloud, whether they will show there relies upon the rights-holder not removing them from the store and you not moving countries.
With iOS 9.3, and iTunes 12.3.3 on a computer, audiobooks should now show in the Purchased section (Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store homepage) for redownloading (as long as they are still in the store) - mine now show there, including one that I bought years ago which I'd forgotten about
My understanding is that audiobooks (and ringtones) can not be re-downloaded. You should be able to copy them from your device to your computer and sync from there to other devices. Make sure you always keep a backup.
You might look at his article on transferring purchases from your iOS device to a computer:
Sync media between your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and iTunes on your Mac or PC - Apple Support
I'm seeing it under Purchased as well now that iTunes has been updated (and in the Purchased tab in iBooks on my iPad) - though on my Mac's iTunes the Purchased link under my id at the top of the iTunes screen has gone, I now only have Redeem and Account Info (so I'm having to go to Quick Links in the store)
Unfortunately they haven't (yet, I assume/hope that they will be) been added to the Purchased section, so you have to search for them in the store (so could be time consuming if you have a lot)
Thank you. They were old purchases, so they're no longer re-downloadable. I couldn't find them in my HD, however, I did locate them, accidentally, in OneDrive. Only problem, I can't put them into itunes. It's not taking all the chapters and I get an error message, "Audiobook could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
Was wondering if I could not put everything in the cloud? That's where it gets messy.
King_Penguin wrote:
...being able to redownload audiobooks is a recent addition...
Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Good news, if long overdue. 🙂
tt2
Where did my audio books go after iTunes update
