I have my songs set to shuffle, but the same song just keeps repeating.

I have my songs set to shuffle, but the same song just keeps repeating itself and I have to manually advance.

Are you simply shuffling a list containing one song? When the song plays and you see the album art, do you see "1 of 1" on top?

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My computer was rebuilt this week and I am in the process of setting up iTunes and have a weird setup issue. The music in my playlists plays but the same song doesn't play from the library. Initially, I opened ITunes while holding down Shift of control.

My computer was rebuilt this week and I am in the process of setting up iTunes and have a weird setup issue. The music in my playlists plays but the same song doesn't play from the library. Initially, I opened ITunes while holding down Shift of control key.

Scratch the post above - the musics that plays in the playlist also plays in the library and that is because i forgot that i imported from the cd yesterday. Basically, I see the rest of my music, but it doesnt' play and tells me it can't locate the file though the location in 'perferences' points to the correct location. Getting iTunes to play after a new computer or rebuild is a headache.

Since downloading 11.0.1 (12), Itunes can't locate or play many songs but the same songs still play on my synched iPod.

Since downloading Itunes 11.0.1 (12), Itunes can't locate or play many songs but the same songs still play on my synched iPod. I have a MacBook Air, Lion OS, Itunes version 11.0.1 (12). I didn't see this problem with older versions of Itunes. I do not manually change the organization of the Itunes library. I use the Itunes "add to library" feature or Amazon's MP3 downloader. Sometimes, however, I have changed song information in the "info" window. Such as unchecking the "compilation" button and sorting by artist (for that song), so that I can search by artist in the top pane of Itunes (otherwise the song is sorted in an album that is a "compilation," but not under the name of the artist who sang a particular song. I've done this without problem in the past, but perhaps the newer version of Itunes can't handle the changes I made and has lost track of where the older version of Itunes stored such songs? How do I fix all these older previously ok changes if that's the case... If I could just find where they are stored in Itunes it would be easier perhaps. I've looked in compilations, unknown artist, and so forth to no avail. And Finder search can't find them.
Details: suddenly, many songs are marked with "!," denoting that Itunes cannot find the songs in the library and cannot play them. Oddly, my iPod CAN play the "unlocatable" songs with no problem (it has been synched "post problem"). So the songs are still there somewhere in the Itunes library. This problem occurs by album, that is, all songs from the same album become unlocatable, although different albums by the same artist may still be found and played.
Exploring the Itunes library to try to locate the missing albums/songs, I discovered that generally there is no longer any folder specified for any artist associated with a missing album [artist is the top level of organization and album is the second; compilations are in the same folder]. This is true even if I have other albums from the same artist which Itunes IS able to locate. I cannot find a single song/album by such artists anywhere in the Itunes file system, even the ones that Itunes can still play. If I right click and "get info" for an unlocatable song, I get a notification box that asks if I want to locate the file. If I click "no," next thing-- the info window for the song pops up, with all the correct info (including sort info, which I double check)! Why is Itunes able to locate all the info on the song, but is not able to play the MP3 file?
Using Finder I cannot locate the songs that are unlocatable by Itunes (except the original download files in the Amazon MP3 folder). Finder is, of course, able to find Itunes songs that Itunes has no trouble locating. What's up?! My iPod can find them just fine. I just synched my iPod again and am playing the "unlocatable" songs right now.
I can "fix" most of these files by downloading files one by one into Itunes from my Amazon download folder or from my CDs using the "add to library" feature. In fact, it is strange. But this will take a very long time! And what if this problem continues recurring? But something strange happens when I implement this fix. I added one song to Itunes (from the Amazon MP3 folder, using "add to library") for one "unlocatable" album of Pete Seegers. After adding that one song, I looked at the Itunes music library and discovered that a folder for Pete Seeger (which was not there before I added the song) had been newly created, or restored. In this folder was the one song I had just added, but ALSO all my other Seeger albums that had previously remained "locatable" by Itunes. But the other "unlocatable" songs were not restored, unfortunately.

I have found a workaround. When I create a new playlist, iTunes allows me to add or remove songs from existing playlists for a short while. Then, for some reason it prevents me from adding and deleting songs again. Not sure why. Go figure.

I have a few iPods that cut off the ends of quite a few songs. When I play the same songs on iTunes, they play through. It's only the iPods that cut off. What can I do to fix this?

I have a few iPods (all nanos) that cut off the ends of quite a few songs. When I play the same songs on iTunes, they play through. It's only the iPods that cut off. What can I do to fix this?

Hi
This is the same problem I am having, did you figure it out yet?
Thank you

When i turn my macbook pro on , the apple logo shows up, but it is just loading. I have tried to turn if off , but the same problem appears. Someone know what the problem is?

when i turn my macbook pro on , the apple logo shows up, but it is just loading. I have tried to turn if off , but the same problem appears. Someone know what the problem is?

Boot into Safe Mode
A Safe Mode boot can take a few minutes compared to a normal boot.
Once you are in Safe Mode open System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items
If you have anything listed there to launch when you startup your Mac, delete all items.
Then go to the Apple menu / Restart.
You can also use Safe Mode to do a "live verification" of the startup disk in case it needs repairing.
Help here > Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks

HT1711 On my System ITunes has stored songs under Itunes/Music and the same song under Itunes/ItunesMedia/Music - Why ?

I am trying to organise and consolidate media on my system and Oit seems that ITunes has stored songs under Itunes/Music and the same song under Itunes/ItunesMedia/Music - Why ?
Thanks,
Don

While looking at some of the dupliates - I noticed that there were some Triplicates !!!
For some reason there are copies of *Many* Songs under user/me/MyMusic/ATunes/ItunesMedia/Music !!!
$%^$^@^!(@&)*!_(#&^%#^$%@#

TS1424 HI. I recently downloaded music to my devices, and there are 5 different songs that all downloaded as the same song. How can I resolve this issue?

I recently attempted to download 5 different songs to my iPhone, but all 5 downloaded as the same song. The correct titles show up, but when I play the songs they are all the same. How can I resolve this?

Hello there, jmcough.
I understand you are having issues with playback of purchased music. If iTunes in the Cloud is available in your country, it might be best to delete the song(s) from your device, then re-download from your purchase history.
To delete a song the following Knowledge Base article offers how to delete from your iOS device:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
Music
Open the section below for the device you are using.
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Before you delete, find out if you'll be able to download the song you deleted again (it depends on where you live). To delete a song:
Tap the Music app.
Tap the Songs category.
Swipe left to right over the song you want to delete.
Tap Delete.
Afterwards, re-download the purchases from your purchase history:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Shuffle updates the same songs every time

this is a problem i've had with the shuffle from 1.0 and itunes 5 and persists even with the latest update and itunes 6.... basically it has 3 songs that it thinks need to be updated when i plugin the shuffle. if i eject and re-insert it, itunes copies the same 3 songs again. at every re-insert the same thing keeps on happening. deleting the songs and copying them over again doesn't solve the problem.
if i completely factory reset it, and load it up with songs, it'll pick anything from 1 to 3 songs to continually update at every insert.
anyone know the cause?
(i have the 1gb shuffle, disk use set to 102mb, itunes reports 112.3mb free)

anyone one else with that problem at all or perhaps possible solution??

How can 2 people use itunes in the same household? we both have iphone 4 and separate id but the same itunes? pleasehelp

how can two people use itunes in the same household? i had a iphone before so alreday had an itunes account now me and my husband have upgraded and we now both have them. he has set up a username and i have mine yet when he logs in he seems to just get my account? please help

Decide which iPhone will be keeping the current iCloud account. On the one that will be changing accounts, if you have any photos in photo stream that are not in your camera roll or backed up somewhere else save these to your camera roll by opening the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tapping Edit, then tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share and tap Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing Notes with iCloud, you'll also have to email your notes to yourself so they can be recreated in the new account as they cannot be migrated.
Once this is done, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. (This will only delete the account from this phone, not from iCloud. The phone that will be keeping the account will not be effected by this.) When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On My iPhone. Next, set up a new iCloud account using a different Apple ID (if you don't have one, tap Get a Free Apple ID at the bottom). Then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account.
Finally, to un-merge the data you will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the data you don't want (such as deleting your wife's data from your account, and vice versa).

TS3274 My iPad has suddenly frozen up. I've tried to shut it off but the little pinwheel just keeps spinning round on a black screen . I can't get it to power off nor go back to the normal screen. Obviously I'm using a device right now. Help!

My iPad has frozen up. I've tried to power it off but the little pinwheel keeps sping round on a black screen. It won't shut off nor come back to normal screen. I'm using my wife's iPad right now.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem please?
Thanks
ETB

Hold down on power and home button together for 15s
If it just comes back to the spinning wheel after resetting power it down w power/home button then hold down home button and plug into a computer, keep holding til u see itunes logo on the screen then let go and follow onscreen instructions to restore ipad

Just purchased a 3rd generation iPad and cannot connect to house wifi. It keeps searching for a connection but the gear wheel just keeps on turning. The wi-fi spot is listed and I entered the security WEP code. I connected a Macbook without problems.

Just purchased a 3rd generation iPad and tried to go thru the startup and connect to the house wi-fi. Found the house wi-fi among the listings and was prompted to enter the WEP security code. Gear wheel just keeps on turning and a connection is never established. I have tried this 4 times with the same results. A desktop computer is connected and I easily connected a Macbook without any issues. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Try Settings, select the network name, click on the blue arrow to Forget This Network and try signing in again.

Well I am trying to turn off my ipod touch 4g but the white wheel just keeps spinning?!?!?!

Well i have had my ipod touch 4g since june and once in a while i turn off my ipod...... but this time when i turned it off it usually just goes quick but this time it us taking at least hours!!!!! I AM DESPERATE FOR ANY HELP AT ALL!!! and all that is happening is a white spinning wheel that is just annoying me!!! HELP ME!!!!
And this never happened at all in the past!!

Start here:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
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My iPhoto keeps crashing, i can open it but the coloured ball just keeps going on it and i can access my photos or load them up?? HELP!!!

Date/Time:       2015-04-02 17:22:15 +1000
OS Version:      10.10.2 (Build 14C1514)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version: 21
Command:         iPhoto
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Version:         9.6.1 (910.42)
Build Version:   1
Project Name:    iPhotoProject
Source Version: 910042000000000
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 811998964
Parent:          launchd [1]
PID:             609
Event:           hang
Duration:        0.20s (process was unresponsive for 323 seconds before sampling)
Steps:           3 (100ms sampling interval)
Hardware model: MacBookPro9,2
Active cpus:     4
Fan speed:       2003 rpm
Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically
Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting
Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:
3 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 13769) [0x7fff8736c5c9]
3 ??? (iPhoto + 67823) [0x10a3348ef]
3 NSApplicationMain + 1832 (AppKit + 10772) [0x7fff8cd81a14]
3 -[NSApplication run] + 594 (AppKit + 95635) [0x7fff8cd96593]
3 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194 (AppKit + 145200) [0x7fff8cda2730]
3 _DPSNextEvent + 964 (AppKit + 147329) [0x7fff8cda2f81]
3 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox + 190123) [0x7fff81d756ab]
3 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431 (HIToolbox + 190570) [0x7fff81d7586a]
3 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox + 191215) [0x7fff81d75aef]
3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296 (CoreFoundation + 464984) [0x7fff8e235858]
3 __CFRunLoopRun + 2159 (CoreFoundation + 467727) [0x7fff8e23630f]
3 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9 (CoreFoundation + 744569) [0x7fff8e279c79]
3 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 861 (libdispatch.dylib + 56511) [0x7fff8d8d7cbf]
3 _dispatch_client_callout + 8 (libdispatch.dylib + 7187) [0x7fff8d8cbc13]
3 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12 (libdispatch.dylib + 25379) [0x7fff8d8d0323]
3 ??? (iPhoto + 1027537) [0x10a41edd1]
3 ??? (iPhoto + 244855) [0x10a35fc77]
3 ??? (iPhoto + 317210) [0x10a37171a]
3 ??? (iPhoto + 188690) [0x10a352112]
3 CFTimeZoneGetSecondsFromGMT + 73 (CoreFoundation + 566297) [0x7fff8e24e419]
3 -[__NSTimeZone secondsFromGMTForDate:] + 214 (CoreFoundation + 566550) [0x7fff8e24e516]
3 ucal_open + 279 (libicucore.A.dylib + 60759) [0x7fff905dcd57]
2 icu::Calendar::createInstance(icu::TimeZone*, icu::Locale const&, UErrorCode&) + 924 (libicucore.A.dylib + 67928) [0x7fff905de958]
2 icu::GregorianCalendar::GregorianCalendar(icu::Locale const&, UErrorCode&) + 41 (libicucore.A.dylib + 69385) [0x7fff905def09]
1 icu::Calendar::setWeekData(icu::Locale const&, char const*, UErrorCode&) + 218 (libicucore.A.dylib + 74916) [0x7fff905e04a4]
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1 ??? (libicucore.A.dylib + 331881) [0x7fff9061f069] (running)

Try to restart your Mac and try again. I see from the hang, that if was hanging when accessing the data and time.
Did you just change your system preferences while iPhoto was open? That can crash open applications.
If that has not been the reason, test, if iPhoto will work on a new, empty library.
As a test, launch iPhoto while holding down the alt/options key and create a new library from the library chooser panel. Does that work?

Multiple playlists with the same song but don't want duplicates on the iPhone

I have many playlists to organize my music and many songs end up in multiple playlists. I want to have these playlists in my phone but do not want duplicate songs taking up space on the phone. How do I do this?
To be more detailed, I am a musicain and I keep playists of the songs I need to know for different bands that I'm in and often times there are songs that multiple bands require me to know. Also, I have DJ playists that again, will utilize the same song. These are two examples of how one song can be in multiple playlists. I really need these playlists in my phone but I can't have some Beatles song four or five times in my phone. Isn't there a way to import a playlist as a pointer or locator to metadata so the playlist, once imported, just parses through the existing songs on my phone and generates the playist? This seem like it would be a fairly simple thing for Apple to do, no?
Thanks!

Hi, Damon M., and thanks for answering me!
So my Playlists and Smart Playlists are only made up of music (plus four or five music videos that don't represent a lot of space), no Audiobooks and no TV Shows.
When I click on my Music folder, it says I have 4.12GB on the bottom (including the Music videos).
Since I don't sync anything else on my 8GB iPhone but this 4.12GB of music, reorganized in Playlists, I don't see why I get a box saying I need 12GB to fit everything in.
So what I do now is manually sync my music, which on my iPhone takes up about 4GB. But I want my Playlists too...
It's as soon as I want to sync on my Playlists that everything goes wrong.
So... do you have any more suggestions/ideas?
Thanks,
Vincent

I have extra tracks of the same song,plus extra albums showing of the same album in their relevant lists how can i remove the extra ones safely?.

Please advise, i have somehow downloaded some extra tracks of the same songs, plus their relavant albums showing in songs/albums lists on my ipod nano 7th gen,how can i remove the unwanted extra songs/albums safely. Please note i am a newcomer to using a ipod nano/uploading,downloading music.

Hi Myketyke,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Since you are syncing your iPod nano to your computer, the best option is to remove the duplicates from the iTunes library on your computer. Then resync your device. The article below will show you how:
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
Cheers,
- Judy

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