Transfer Purchased Songs and Applications back to iTunes from iPhone or iTouch

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I have purchased a ton of music and applications directly from my iPhone. However, if my device dies, then I could potentially lose that content. Here is how to force sync the purchased content from your device back to the iTunes library on your computer.

After you purchase content on your iPhone or iTouch, this command will make sure it gets synced back to your computer.

1. Open iTunes
2. Connect the device
3. Right-click (or ctrl-click) on the iPhone or iTouch icon in the devices section in the left column of iTunes
4. Select Transfer Purchases from the menu that appears.

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19 Comments -

1. matthew johnson said on January 21, 2009

   it says that the applications arent formatted to go on my computer. please help me with this

2. Matt said on March 14, 2009

   Thanks that helped!!

3. Teszine said on March 19, 2009

   Go on tab Store > Authorize my computer… > then input your iTunes account information. Done! Now you can transfer your purchased songs and applications.

4. roy long said on July 26, 2009

   nice, thanks for the tip, saved me searching around for it myself :)

5. Anonymous said on November 11, 2009

   I have already authorized my computer to play the purchases made by my account, but the only purhcase that is transferred is the app “Tap Defense”. And as far as I can tell, my computer does not even try to download the songs I purchased. What do I do?

6. Anonymous said on January 26, 2010

   Hey
   thanks for letting us know about that.
   But now that ive done that i want to transfer them to my new iphone…
   but it wont let me. when i click and hold them over the iphone, it has an X over it….
   So frustrating!!!….
   Help please…

7. Anonymous said on March 16, 2010

   Purchased lots of music on my itouch, tried to transfer to pc, itunes no longer reconizes pod and wants to restore to factory settings, NOOOOOO!!!!! Don’t know what to do, Please help!

8. Gordon said on May 22, 2010

   Thanks, this was driving me insane!

9. Guest said on June 13, 2010

   THANKS SOO MUCH!

10. t1mmy said on June 22, 2010

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :D

11. penguinlover101 said on June 29, 2010

    Thanks. This totally worked!! :]

12. Neen_99 said on July 6, 2010

    when i right click, the only i option i have is to eject.

13. Privas08 said on July 29, 2010

    thank you! this helped.

14. Lindsay said on September 3, 2010

    Thank you so much!! I have an iTouch but the same technique applies. Appreciate it.

15. RA said on September 25, 2010

    thanks guys… saved a lot of time..

16. Brandiraerae said on October 9, 2010

    i did that and it wont show up on my phone still

17. Alex said on October 28, 2010

    worked on my ipad, thx

18. Brandon said on August 18, 2011

    OMG thanks so much man!

19. Emily said on August 24, 2011

    thanks…. now i can upgrade my i pod, thanks for the help :)

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