if i downloaded content from the itunes store, but then it somehow got lost/deleted, is there a way to get it back?
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lost itunes music
- Thread starter waterskier2007
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I believe on occasion Apple has been nice enough to let your redownload your purchases once. You might just contact them. Otherwise... not really.
I don't really understand that policy.. it would cost them (almost) nothing to let you download the music as often as you want (DRM would prevent you from downloading it to more than one computer), and it would be such a nice service.
have you emptied the trash since the songs dissapeared? if not check there, also just to see if they are still anywhere on your computer use spotlight to search for the songs to see if you still have them anywhere on your computer. If you do find them start backing up so that you would be able to just restore them from your backup.
Yes, you copy it back from the CD or DVD you burned as a backup, which Apple tells you to do every time you buy a song.
You have 2.3 terabytes of music?
ha ha.
It's not a waste, it's your responsibility to back up your purchases.
at 50 cents to back up approx. 400 songs, that is cheap.
no but if i were to do it every time i purchased some songs it would add up to a lot of dvds, and since i purchased the songs on itunes, i feel that we should be able to restore our purchased media
its not my library its just 18 songs that are missing from it right now that i got from itunes store and i dont think the ever downloaded
If they didn't download they should download automatically. Just do Check for Purchased Content in one of the menus (Advanced I think).
Also if they really didn't download, Apple will have log of it.
not true, Apple does not own the music they just sell it. Apple has to pay the music publisher based on the amount of downloads they sell, just like a radio station has to pay for the right to air the music.
Apple a lot of the times will let you re-download once, as they have some understanding that things happen, and yes Apple take a small hit from it.