Updating the Purchased playlist

Selections you purchase from the iTunes Store are associated with your Purchased Playlist:

If you do not find your purchases there, don't worry—you can easily associate them with your Purchased playlist.

Step 1: Locate your iTunes Store purchases

Get Info Method

You can identify iTunes Store purchases by viewing the Summary information.

1. Locate the song in the iTunes browser by clicking a Library icon such as Music, Movies, or TV Shows and then typing the purchased title (artist or album name) in the Search field.
2. When you locate the item in the iTunes browser, click once to select it.
3. From the File menu, choose Get Info.
4. Click the Summary tab. The purchaser's name and account indicate that the song was purchased from the iTunes Store:

File Format Method

You can identify iTunes Store purchases by the following file formats:

• Purchased AAC audio file
• Protected AAC audio file
• Purchased MPEG-4 video file
• Protected MPEG-4 video file

File formats are shown in the Kind column.

Step 2: Select the purchased items

Select adjoining items by holding down the Shift key and clicking the first and last items.

Select multiple, non-adjoining items by holding down the Command key (on a Mac) or the Control key (on Windows) and clicking the purchased items.

Tip: To sort your Library by Kind, click the Kind column heading at the top.

Step 3: Associate the selected items with your Purchased playlist

The items should now display in your Purchased playlist.

Additional information

For help creating your own playlists and burning CDs see click here if you have a Mac or here if you use Windows.

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple's recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.