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Q: ok so i have a long issue

My computer had a lot of bugs so i wanted to reset it all. So i downloaded everything to my phone including all my music (which some has not been downloaded on iTunes). I can't see to figure out how to downloaded those songs back on my computer

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Posted on Sep 7, 2016 4:18 PM

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Sep 7, 2016 4:22 PM in response to anothersdhjgahpgi
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    Sep 7, 2016 4:22 PM in response to anothersdhjgahpgi

    Since the iPhone is not designed to work in that fashion, none of the apps from Apple are going to help you to do that.

     

    There are some third party apps that claim to do what you what. You will have to search the web for them. Plus you will need to test to see if they do what they claim to do.

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Sep 7, 2016 4:51 PM in response to anothersdhjgahpgi
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    Sep 7, 2016 4:51 PM in response to anothersdhjgahpgi

    Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss.  To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer from a device. The exceptions are iTunes Store media purchases which can be transferred to a computer.

     

    Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - https://support.apple.com/HT201267 - "This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store." As of iOS9 it no longer does apps which now must be re-downloaded directly from the Store.

     

    For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software.  See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991  Even this method may not fully recover what you had in the library originally. For example if in order to save space when syncing you had converted music files to a lower bitrate, or photos to a lower resolution, it is those lower quality files you will recover.

     

    If you subscribe to Apple Music, tracks which are not part of content you have purchased or uploaded cannot be transferred and have to be downloaded directly from iCloud.

     

    For other items see:  Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - https://support.apple.com/HT201302 - these are ones you have taken yourself.