Nope. that's not what I mean. See this. http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-view-and-download-itunes-past-purchases-in-the-cloud/
I used to be able to do this a few updates ago. On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > The purchased playlist in iTunes is just a kind of smart playlist for all > your iTunes items, and I have had the experience you describe of having this > playlist disappear once before. Try making a new smart playlist > (Command-Option-N), navigate to the "rules section" and interact, then > VO-Space on the pop up button and quickly press "p u" to change it from > "Artist" to "Purchased". Your rule should now read "Purchased is true". > Then save it under some name like "New Purchased". If you want this to look > like your "Purchased" playlist, and have the items appear in order of date of > purchase, use Command-J to bring up the View menu options and check the box > for "Purchase Date", then navigate to the "Purchase Date" column and sort > with VO-Shift-Backslash to get these in the desired order -- probably having > to sort twice to get earliest purchases listed first. > > I think that when my purchased playlist disappeared, it just turned up empty. > You can actually copy and paste tracks into that playlist. So, I think that > if you want to return that playlist to its old behavior, you can copy the > items the items from your newly created smart playlist and paste them into > the old, now blank, "Purchased" playlist that shows up in the source list > below the iTunes Store. I don't think the "Purchased" playlist displays the > purchase date, so if you want the match to be exact, you can press Command-J > and uncheck the "Purchase Date" in the viewing options for your "New > Purchased" playlist after sorting on purchase date, and before you select all > to copy entries to the old "Purchased" playlist. > > This is just from memory, but I think that all new purchases will just get > appended to the end of the "Purchased" playlist. Of course, this assumes > that all your purchases are still in your iTunes library. If you have an old > backup, you can just copy the old "Purchased" playlist contents over, or you > can use the smart playlist rules to test whether there are any entries in > your old "Purchased" playlist that aren't in your "New Purchased" playlist, > and add them. > > I'm not sure why the "Purchased" playlist disappears in the first place, but > it doesn't happen very often. Think of it as iTunes having some kind of fit > or seizure *grin*. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Hello to all. my purchased playlist in iTunes has gone missing. the thing >> with the tabs and you can choose not in library or in library and download >> all purchases/ I can't find out how to get it back. >> >> Thanks. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
