ITunes loses my entire library with artwork, playlists and podcasts every time I close the program. Any advice very welcome
iTunes loses my entire library with artwork, playlists and podcasts every time I close the program. Upon restarting it takes at least 15 minutes to rebuild the library and podcasts and a lot longer to replace the artwork, I also lose playlists. I would really welcome some feedback and assistance here and am losing faith in the Apple product. Since iTunes has been updated to version 11 it seems to have caused a lot of issues for many people. I am hopeful of a reply and a resolution. I have approx. 1200 albums at just under 90 Gb. Thanks in advance for any help.
Ditch AVG (at this stage it really does seem to be the problem for some people) and install Microsoft Security Essentials...
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