How to Transfer iPhone Purchases to iTunes on Computer

You can download and purchase apps directly from iTunes Store embedded in iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. If you purchased Apps or Music from the iTunes Store and the only place you saved them is on your iOS device, you can transfer these iPhone purchases to iTunes on any computers.

In order to find protection against losing your valued purchases, you can follow this iMobie Help article to transfer iPhone, iPad, iPod purchases back to iTunes.

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Step 1: Authorize Your Computer

Before transferring iPhone purchases to iTunes (If it is the first time you connect the device with computer), firstly you need to authorize the computer. To do so:

Open iTunes > Store > Authorize This Computer > See a dialog box and Enter your Apple ID and password > click the Authorize button

Note: It will be a little more complicated if your iPhone purchases were bought with several accounts, because you will need to authorize the computer for each one.

Step 2: Transfer iPhone iPad Purchases to iTunes

Connect your device to the computer and its icon appears in iTunes, you can choose Transfer Purchases from "Your device name" from the File menu.

Here is a shortcut: right-click your device in the iTunes Source list, then choose Transfer Purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.