Where is my missing music that I had uploaded to iTunes?

I uploaded music over the years, and after an iTunes update, my music that was not purchased through iTunes, is gone. Can it be recovered? How do I recover it, if it can be recovered?

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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Backup drive?
Subscribe to iTunes Match?
If neither of the above and you don't have the CD and can't find your tracks on the computer then they you're stuck. A file recovery utility will cost $100, plus another $100 for an external drive to which to resue the files, and may not even work. You can buy a lot of CDs for $200.

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LindyLouToo wrote:
... how do I replace the music I bought from the iTunes Store?
Download Past Purchases
Sign in with the Apple ID that you used for the original purchase. See which Apple ID you used to download an item.
2 )See if the content is available for redownload. Previously purchased items might not be available if they're no longer on the iTunes Store

HT203167 where is my OLD music that was there b4 new itunes?

Trying to look up my old music library from itunes B4 the change to new itunes. Has it been deleted??

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. Note that in iTunes 11 an "empty" library may show your past purchases with links to stream or download them.
In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
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Am I understanding what it is that you want to do? If I am understanding you correctly, you will find this to be useful.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store ... - Support - Apple
I admit that I'm a little confused by your remark about being logged into your iPad account. You should be logged into your iTunes account.

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for purchases from the iTunes store do this:
connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
for everything else check out this post by Zevoneer.

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I've opened it up today, my calendar is still there as are all the new events, but the pictures are empty outlines. If I open up a picture I just get the "!" but I can still see the thumbnails showing in the slider in the bottom - I don't know if that means the source files must still be there somewhere, or if it just means it captured thumbnails yesterday.
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All my old folders are still there, thankfully (although they're of course the ones that are also all safely back up).
Although I have a timecapsule, my photo library is too big to keep on my hard drive, so I keep it on an external drive - so it only gets backed up when I do it manually (thanks Apple for that, I will never understand why it was designed to work - or not work - that way). So if the pictures have been lost then they are gone for good which is super-frustrating (I just got back from South Korea and was in the middle of sorting out all my shots from that trip). It seems that this can only have happened because of the update - I should have known better than to have pressed yes.
If you have any ideas, I'd be most grateful!
Regards
R

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Hi,
I had my iphone stolen a few weeks ago which had quite a lot of music on that I had downloaded from itunes via my phone but had not synced with itunes on my computer.
Is there any way to access the music now or is it lost? Thanks x

By any chance, did you have the Find My iPhone app installed prior to it being stolen?
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
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hi,
i'm setting up new iphone from a back up and it's trying to sync all apps, this is going over memory capacity. it's also not bring over any of the music that i had on my old phone, any help greatly appreciated. thanks

Geesh - all this information and no one has any clue to this? Not even someone from Apple?
Can someone at least point me in the right direction?

Where is my missing music that I had uploaded to iTunes?

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