Q: Macbook Air iTunes Help
On my Macbook Air (version 10.11.5 with El Capitan and an updated iTunes), I want to download all the music I had on another computer. It was school-issued, but I was logged in with my iTunes account and it was authorized. I turned it in last week but forgot to transfer the music. I thought it would pop up when I logged in, but it didn't. I'm not sure how to get my music on this laptop and i really don't want to lose it! I deauthorized all my computers and just authorized this one again but it didn't help. Any suggestions?
MacBook Air
Posted on Jun 30, 2016 8:44 AM
Download your past purchases - https://support.apple.com/HT201272 - "Find your past purchases in the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV" "With iTunes in the Cloud, you can access your past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store." - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and iTunes Radio availability by country - https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204632); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks, alert tones, rental movies), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple recommends, "... back up your iTunes library. " (https://support.apple.com/HT201272). http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - "Some iTunes Eligible Content that you previously acquired may not be available for subsequent download at any given time, and Apple shall have no liability to you in such event. As you may not be able to subsequently download certain previously-acquired iTunes Eligible Content, once you download an item of iTunes Eligible Content, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage it, and you may want to back it up."
Unless you subscribed to iTunes Match this will not include music from CDs or other sources, only items purchased from Apple.
Posted on Jun 30, 2016 9:13 AM