iTunes purchased music and authorized computers. - Mac Applications & Software

[Tom Stiller]

My daughter visited recently and did not bring her iBook. However,
since she brought her iPod, she used her mother's computer to buy a few
songs from the iTunes music store, using her own music store account.

Now she finds that she can't transfer the songs to her iPod without
replacing the music from her own computer.

Q1: If she does so, will she be able to merge the purchased songs with
her iBook when she returns home?

Q2: Is there a way to physically copy the purchased music to her own
computer, given that both of the computers are authorized?

Any assistance deeply appreciated.

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[Tom Stiller]

In article
<ch1b1tul-0C9A42.22505215072003newssvr10-ext.news.prodigy.com>,
chibitul <ch1b1tulsbcglobal.net> wrote:

> In article
> <tomstiller-F3291D.22082415072003news.comcast.giganews.com>,
> Tom Stiller <tomstillercomcast.net> wrote:
>

> > My daughter visited recently and did not bring her iBook. However,
> > since she brought her iPod, she used her mother's computer to buy a few
> > songs from the iTunes music store, using her own music store account.
> >
> > Now she finds that she can't transfer the songs to her iPod without
> > replacing the music from her own computer.

>
> First answer before the first question :)
>
> I *believe* that if she turn off the "auto-sync" option, the she should
> be able to manually add/delete songs to her iPod, *without* deleting
> whatever is on the iPod.

It seems that you can drag a purchased song from the iTunes library but
you can't copy a song from an iPod to the library of an authorized
computer.

Still trying.

> > Any assistance deeply appreciated.

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Tom Stiller

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[Dave Pooser]

In article
<tomstiller-B29388.23454215072003news.comcast.giganews.com>, Tom
Stiller <tomstillercomcast.net> wrote:

> It seems that you can drag a purchased song from the iTunes library but
> you can't copy a song from an iPod to the library of an authorized
> computer.

You can if you're willing to use the Terminal.

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human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.

[Tom Stiller]

In article <160720030049402417%bubbadvNOcyberrampSPAMDOTnet. invalid>,
Dave Pooser <bubbadvNOcyberrampSPAMDOTnet.invalid> wrote:

> In article
> <tomstiller-B29388.23454215072003news.comcast.giganews.com>, Tom
> Stiller <tomstillercomcast.net> wrote:
>

> > It seems that you can drag a purchased song from the iTunes library but
> > you can't copy a song from an iPod to the library of an authorized
> > computer.

>
> You can if you're willing to use the Terminal.

True, but once it's copied into the proper Music folder, I don't know
how to get iTunes to recognize as a member of the library.

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Tom Stiller

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[Tom Dowdy]

In article
<tomstiller-7A01EE.06231516072003news.comcast.giganews.com>,
Tom Stiller <tomstillercomcast.net> wrote:

> True, but once it's copied into the proper Music folder, I don't know
> how to get iTunes to recognize as a member of the library.

Once you have a song on your hard drive and you'd like to add it to your
library, drag that song or folder onto the library in iTunes. You can
either hit the library icon in the source list on the left, or the
actual library list on the right (if you have the library selected).

You can also drag items to individual playlists, which will add them
both to that playlist and to the library (if not already there). I
typically drag purchased music to the Purchased Music playlist in order
to add it.