10.4.9 stole my music

Oh dear...
Repaired permissions before updating.... all seemed to be ok until on reboot it hung on the Apple logo and that little swirly thing in the middle of the screen going 'round for 35 minutes - until I reached for the power button.
Reboot was then successful but alas - my iTunes library of 10,000+ (legal!) songs was no more. Gutted is not the word. I HAD a backup on my iPod until that broke just after Christmas...
Anyway - Imagine my dismay when itunes loads and it was empty. My music folder where all my music was kept - empty... Three folders are in the trash (labled Recovered Files, Recovered files #2, Recovered Files #3) but the contents there relate to attachments from Mail?!?! Crazy....
Everything else seems intact.... Luckily.
Anyone got any suggestions where it might have gone? Anyone else had this happen? This MacBook Pro has been nothing but a headache since I got it...
A disgruntled Jay...

That is a good suggestion for those I have purchased in that manner... thank you
Unfortunately a lot are from my original CDs - a lot of which I don't have any more And some aren't even music but audio tracks. I don't know if they could still be on my hard drive somewhere... Ya hear stories about "files aren't really deleted" on the news etc... I wonder if Norton might get them back....

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Ah yes school boy error there out of frustration and discontent..
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They initially fail and message is displayed stating unable to download / purchase at this time, yet if I retry it says I've already purchased (?) or alternatively I go to the purchased section and there they are waiting with the cloud symbol..
However some items get frozen in the download window and cannot be retried or deleted. Message appears stating to tap to retry, but even if you stole every bath and sink in the uk you'd still not have enough taps.
I post here as the iTunes guys are useless in there 'help' and have only advised posting here or phoning apple, at my expense, to explain a problem that could be rectified by forwarding my original email to a techie. However the tech team apparently don't have an email address as they're from ye olde Middle Ages..!
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So I tried sync to pc, but instead of showing the file as ready to listen/use/view, the iCloud symbol shows and I'm back to square one as the item is unable to download..
At frustration station waiting for a train from pain...
All my software is up to date, and had all worked fine prior to the last big iOS update that resulted in all the changes in display and dismay.
Answers in a postcard :-)
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iTunes match is a misfire and I'm sad that I'm paying for a service that made listening to music on my device a pain. This stuff used to be easy and intuitive and now its just frustrating.
fix this and help us out would ya?

The sync is one way - computer to ipod. The only exception is itunes purchases: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

10.4.9 stole my music

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