Updates iTunes duplicated all my songs and messed up my iPhone
I recently updates my iTunes and now all my songs are duplicated and my iPod on my iPhone does not work anymore. How do I fix this?
HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
To find duplicates.
Select an item below Library or Playlists then do one of the following.
Choose File>Show Duplicates
Or... Press the Shift key and choose File>Show Exact Duplicates.
Connect your iPod. In the iTunes window click File>Sync iPod
Regarding the iPhone issue, please post in the iPhone forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=201
Carolyn
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