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How to Transfer Purchased Songs from iPad to PC?

"I am wondering why I cannot move songs purchased from my iPad to PC. When I tab to the Music section in iTunes and try to sync, I get the message warning me that all music on the iPad will be replaced with music from iTunes. I don't want to replace, just keep things the same. What am I doing wrong? Thanks."

This is a question raised by an iPad user in the Apple discussion forum. It would be a wonderful thing to know we'll never have a hard drive failure, a system crash with data loss or our computer stolen, but that's not reality. In our world, those things happen and once you've spent the time, money and effort to put video on your iPad. Thanks to iTunes, and other tools, we can transfer purchased songs from iPad to PC in order to avoid files erasing.

In this article, we will teach you how to transfer purchased songs from iPad to PC in two ways. One is using iTunes, the other is using a third party software - iPad to Computer Transfer, you may free download it below.

Method One: Copy Purchased Songs from iPad to PC with iTunes

Note: Make sure you've got "manually manage music and videos" checked as well as "enable disk use", which will come in handy later as it lets the device appear in the explorer as an external drive.

Check Store > Authorize Computer to be sure, and if you've already hit your limit of five (other) authorized devices, you can select "View my Account" and then bring up the iTunes store window to reset them all. Once that's out of the way, simply go to File > Transfer Purchases and let the software do its thing.

Method Two: Using iPad to Computer Transfer to Transfer iPad Songs to PC

Step 1. Run iPad to Computer Transfer and plug your iPad to computer. You can see the files in your iPad on the screen.

Step 2. Choose Music on the left, and all the songs will appear on the right, tick the songs you need to export to PC, and click Export button.

This method can not only transfer purchased songs from iPad to PC, but also copy non-purchased music, videos, podcasts, TV shows, iBooks etc. from iPad to PC. It is also compatible with iPod touch, iPhone. Now it's your turn to decide which method fits you better. Come on and free download iPad to Computer Transfer to have a try.

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