HT1751 All of my songs have exclamation points (!) next to them but when I go to my iTunes media folder to find the files, there is nothing in the folders.  Any idea what happened and how I can get my music back?

All of my songs have exclamation points next to them but when I go to my iTunes media folder to find the files, there is nothing in the folders.  Any idea what happened and how I can get my music back?

I wish I could help. There are numerous threads about missing music but last I looked, no solution. You might want to read through them anyway.

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