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THE MAC GOD · Sep 17, 2003, 10:57 PM

Ok... I have had to reformat... How do I get my purchased music back to my computer? I go to "check for purchased music" but it tells me that all puchased music has been dwnloaded to this computer... Um... no it hasn't. Any ideas? Thanks! Also, I searched, but no one else seemed to have this problem.

Art Vandelay · Sep 17, 2003, 11:05 PM

You put back from your backup. If you didn't back it up, it is lost. You can not re-download from the iTMS.

THE MAC GOD · Sep 18, 2003, 12:57 AM

So apple basically milked me for two dollars....

engaged · Sep 18, 2003, 03:59 AM

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
So apple basically milked me for two dollars....

No. If you'd bought a CD and then thrown it away you couldn't go around saying that the record label milked you for the price of the CD, could you? As Art Vandelay said, you should've backed up.

Xeo · Sep 18, 2003, 08:39 AM

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
So apple basically milked me for two dollars....

You threw away the songs you purchased and then blame Apple for it?

iTunes Music Store: Purchased Songs Can Be Downloaded Only Once - Public Information

iTunes 4: How to Back Up Purchased Songs - May be of interest to you

iTunes 4: About the Music Store - General information

I think it would be nice for Apple to have some kind of re-download system. However, it might not be possible because you could change the DRM on multiple copies, so you could authenticate the same song on 3 different computers each time you download it.

THE MAC GOD · Sep 18, 2003, 02:53 PM

A) They shouldn't have a OPTION IN THE MENU that basically says GET MY MUSIC BACK. What other reason does that have to be there?

B) I can redownload any book I buy off audible.com. When I throw a real book away, I can't get it back... BUT I can online so saying that I shouldn't be able to is silly. Opening something online brings about a whole new way of doing things that you can't/wouldn't do in the real world.

Also, thanks for the info.

Art Vandelay · Sep 18, 2003, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
A) They shouldn't have a OPTION IN THE MENU that basically says GET MY MUSIC BACK. What other reason does that have to be there?

B) I can redownload any book I buy off audible.com. When I throw a real book away, I can't get it back... BUT I can online so saying that I shouldn't be able to is silly. Opening something online brings about a whole new way of doing things that you can't/wouldn't do in the real world.

Also, thanks for the info.

The menu option is for downloading music that you haven't downloaded yet. You can purchase music without downloading it if you use the shopping cart system. It is also for those times when a download doesn't complete.