Cleaned hard drive, reinstalled OSX- now all my iTunes purchased music is gone

Question

When I try to download already purchased songs I get this message:

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Will I be charged once more if I click "Buy"?

Ps. When I click "Check for available downloads" I just get the message

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Psps. It might just be that the new Itunes is buggy. I get this startup-screen, but when I click "scan for music", nothing happens.

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Did you have iCloud enabled? Did you make a backup before cleaning the hard drive?
No; I just thought it was a no-brainer that Apple should keep track of what I purchased. I mean, it must be in my account somewhere.
You can redownload apps but AFAIK you can't redownload music (without iCloud at least). That's why you get a dialog box reminding you of backup up your purchases if you buy music.
I tried repurchasing an album. Will see how it goes and notify you all.

PaulWalnuts · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-09 15:21:00Z

up vote 3 down vote accepted

Sign in to itunes, click iTunes Store. In the right hand column there is a link to "purchased"

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This opens to a screen that looks like this:

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You can re-download everything from there as long as its all on the single apple ID.

Good Luck!

answered Feb 9 at 15:21

PaulWalnuts
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This is probably how it is supposed to work in theory so UV – The Unfun Cat Feb 9 at 15:26

The Unfun Cat · Answer 2 · 2013-02-12 09:59:38Z

When repurchasing from the iTunes store I was charged once more, so do not use the "repurchase" option.

Only US users are allowed to redownload music. Thank god for torrent sites.

Ps. iTunes refunded my money so all is well.

Psps. will update when/if I get to the bottom of this.

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