July 11, 2011

Download Previously Purchased Songs, Apps, and Books

You can download previously purchased music, books, and apps to your devices or computer -- regardless of which one you used to buy it -- with iTunes in the Cloud beta. In iTunes 10.3, you'll find a new Purchased link in the Quick Links section of the iTunes Store. Click it to access the Purchased page, where you can navigate among your music, app, and book purchases. On the right, you'll see a tab that lets you choose between All, which displays your complete purchase history for that category, and Not In My Library, which lets you find items you've purchased but don't have in your computer's library. Click the iCloud Download button next to each item to download them one by one, or click the iCloud Download All button at the bottom.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (using iOS 4.3.3 or later), you'll see a new Purchased tab on the bottom right in iTunes and iBookstore. In the App Store, you'll find it on the bottom right on the iPad and under Update on the iPhone and iPod touch. In iTunes, tapping Purchased produces a scrolling list sorted by Artist with a Recent Purchases section at the top. To look quickly for songs and albums you've recently bought (up to 50) but didn't automatically download to the device you're holding, tap Not On This (Device) at the top and then Recent Purchases. Use the iCloud Download button or tap Download All to download what you want.