[masklinn]

> Apple doesn't advertise the fact that they do keep a list of your purchases. If you call them you should be able to get them to let you re-download all the content you have bought through ITMS.

yeah but sadly:

1. the list of stuff bought is pretty well hidden, and it's a pain to get back to the media from there. Steam gives you your library front and center, and from there it's a right and a left click to reinstall

2. for everything other than apps, you can't just re-download the stuff you lost. You have to re-buy it. That sucks. A lot. Here's hoping that improves with a hypothetical iTunes 10 / iTunes Cloud.

[AlisdairO]

You can re-download stuff other than apps, but you have to contact apple. It's an open secret that they'll modify your account to let you re-download.

[masklinn]

Ah yeah, forgot to point that out, but in any case it's a pretty sucky experience. There isn't a big button saying "re-download EVERYTHING" and boom everything you ever bought on iTunes gets requeued.

[AlisdairO]

Yeah, it's true, it is a really crap user experience. Considering the miniscule cost of downloading a song, it really ought to be free to re-download.