Accidentally deleted music?
I have accidentally deleted several CD's bought from iTunes and i was wondering "Can i get them back?" Somehow a few of my albums on my iPod touch have been removed and i can not find the files for them anywhere. Is it possible to somehow re-download them without repurchasing them?
The policy on music/media purchases is that you only get one download and it's up to you to maintain a backup against loss: iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on this link it'll take you to the support/contact page, from there click on Music Purchases then the Lost or Missing Items option, from there click on "Email Us": Customer Service - iTunes Store Support
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
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Can I still take into consideration re-installing the entire OS?
You can, but extracting just the QT Player app would be faster.
I tried using Pacifist to extract the QT X Player but I can't find it.
When the Pacifist list of extract items is displayed, check the following path...
Contents of OSInstall.mkpg
Contents of EssentialsSystemSoftware
Contents of EssentialSystemsSoftwareGroup
Contents of Essentials.pkg
Applications
QuickTime Player.app
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If you don't have the music saved to an iTunes library, you may want to see if you can find an unerase utility for Windows (sorry, I can't recommend any). If you enable disk use and run the unerase utility against the iPod's drive letter in Windows (your profile indicates you are using Windows 2000), you might be able to recover the data. It's a long shot, but might be worth a try.
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That music is gone but if your friend still has the music on their iTunes library you should be able to get it back that way.
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i was cleaning out my computer and accidentally deleted my Itunes, i have re-installed the latest version, how do i get all my music back into i-tunes from one of my devices?
Use your backup copy of your computer.
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I accidentally deleted all my music from iTunes I was able to recover the music. How can I restore playlists?
If these playlists are still on your iPod, check out this older thread on how to export playlists from your iPod via iTunes.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12256388
Otherwise, I'm afraid you are of luck and will need to rebuild them.
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I accidentally deleted all my music and now can't download an album I downloaded of a CD
I accidentally deleted all my music off my iPod and then synced my iPod to iTunes on my computer. However, it says "Some of the items in the iTunes library including --------- were not copied to the iPod ----- iPod touch because they could not be found". What do I do to get my music back as it is in my iTunes on my computer but not in my purchased file on iTunes on my iPod as the music is off a CD. Help would, as always, be helpful. Thanks.
That message means that iTunes can't find the actual music files. You need to find the music files. This may help
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads -
I can see my previously purchase music, it says downloaded but why can't i download the music? The were accidentally deleted from the itune folder?
Do I have to have icloud to download previously purchased music?
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HELP! I Accidentally deleted the iTunes folder in the My Music folder
HELP! I Accidentally deleted the iTunes folder in the My Music folder so I lost the two files
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml
As I understand it, these files contain all the play counts, ratings, etc. and I've spent weeks getting this info the way I want it and don't want to lose it.
I have all my mp3 files on my desktop computer HD under a seperate directories, so I'm not worried about loosig origninal music files. I don't have iTunes copying the files when I add them to the library and I do have "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" checked. I have not relocated any of the original music files.
I have not auto synced my iPod, and I can open the iPod in iTunes and all my songs, with play counts, ratings, etc. are there. I just want to get the playlists, play counts. ratings, catagories, etc. back to my PC.
Is there any way to get the playlists, play counts. ratings, catagories, etc. from the data on the iPod and recreate the .itl & .xml files on my PC? I see there are many files on the iPod two of which look promising "iTunesDB" & "iTunesPlaylists".
Can someone please tell my how to recreate just the .itl & .xml files by using the info on the iPod itself? Again, I have not relocated or lost any of the original music files, I just want to get the playlists, play counts. ratings, catagories, etc. back that are stored in the .itl file.
I really don't want to have a software utility copy the info over as then I will have two copies of my music files and I've spent a lot of time organizing and naming the mp3 files just the way I want (not the way iTunes wants).
I've read many posts and it seems many have screwed up recovery by trying things without clear direction.
Thanks for the help in advance.Try some of the more robust recovery/trnsfer programs. Several can recover the playlists, and metadata of the songs on the iPod. Do some reading on the respective websites.
These links will give you several methods of recovering whatever songs remain on your iPod; some free, some third-party software, some more comprehensive for restoring Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, etc. Read them and their associated links before deciding on a strategy that works for you. There are many various third-party software programs that will offer a more robust process, or an easier GUI. Do a Google search for them if the links below leave you wanting…
Don King Resurrected: Deleted files from hard drive (free user steps – music recovery only)
MacMuse: Computer Crashed (free user steps – music recovery only)
Copying music from iPod to computer (a primer on various methods and software)
Copying Songs from Your iPod to a Mac or PC (resource for 3rd party software)
iPodRip Software
PodUtil Software
Senuti (Mac OS X v10.3 or higher Recovery Utility)
XPlay (Software For Music Recovery &/or Cross-Platform Functionality)
XPlay Photo Browser (For recovering Photos)
After recovering your song files, strongly consider developing a thorough backup strategy for just this type of situation.
You need at least two full sets of your music, not including what is on the iPod:
-- One full set on the PC within iTunes (on internal HD or ExHD)
-- One full set on an separate external backup medium (CD/DVD/ExHD/other)
-- One (full or partial) set on the iPod
Music files on just the iPod and only one other medium is not considered having any backup.
If you cannot store your complete music files on the computer’s internal HD, then create and maintain at least two external sets (any multiple combinations of ExHDs, DVDs, CDs).
Backup both the music files and the Library database file (iTunes Library.itl). What are the iTunes Library files?
Here is a post on developing a thorough backup strategy: http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=394618&messageID=1263275 -
I accidentally deleted a folder of music from iTunes. I have Match, and now it seems deleted from all my devices. How can I get it back?
Were you in iTunes or the Finder? If you were in iTunes what exactly did you click? You say "a folder" but the only "folders" in iTunes contain Playlists and deleting a playlist will not delete tracks from the iTunes library.
When you deleted the music were you prompted to delete the tracks from the cloud? If so, did you do so?
Were you prompted to move the files to the Trash. If so did you do so? If you did have you emptied the Trash? -
I accidentally deleted all my apps and music. I can re-download the music but don't know how to get the apps back without buying them again. Any thoughts?
Just follow this:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store -
Recovering music files i accidentally deleted
I accidentally deleted all my Pear Jam!!!!
searched for them using finder and no luck
I'm sure there is an easy solution
please send help
version is 11.4 if that makes a difference and i have an iMacHowdy Maynard,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
I imagine that frustrating, losing a lot of your favorite music. The article below provides a lot of great suggestions that’ll hopefully resolve the issue for you.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads - Apple Support
Take care,
-Jason -
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Please help...Yes--see if any of these help:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=797432#797432 (look for post by MacMuse)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61131
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4717269� (look for post by Jeff Bryan) -
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