All music and playlists gone after newest iTunes update?

I just updated my iTunes and when I opened it back up my whole library, music and playlists, were gone? What happened and what do I need to do to get it all back?

This seemed like it was working but I have way to many iTunes files and folders all named the same in various spots. I beleive I need to delete some of them but I'm not sure what to delete and what not?

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It doesn't say anything. It runs through the sync process like normal and tells me all of the songs that it's synking. But then when it says I can disconnect it, nothing actually synked.

Will my music and playlist be there if Itunes is deleted from my computer and I reinstall it

Will my music and playlist be there if Itunes is deleted from my computer and I reinstall it*

Yes, you can uninstall and reinstall iTunes without damaging your library.
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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My windows laptop suffered a serious crash. How can I transfer all music and content from iPhone to iTunes on new windows 8 laptop?

My windows laptop suffered a serious crash. How can I transfer all music and content from iPhone to iTunes on new windows 8 laptop?

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My iTunes isn't reading my IPhone 5 and I have the newest iTunes update 11.0.3 I use a windows computer, when I plug my iPhone to another windows laptop it reads it, except mine

My iTunes isn't reading my IPhone 5 and I have the newest iTunes update 11.0.3 I use a windows computer, when I plug my iPhone to another windows laptop it reads it, except mine

Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

ITunes wiped out all music and playlists

This is a real problem as many of what I have loaded are teaching lectures and the titles were added at the ITunes level. What is on my hard drive are numbers that have no coorelation to the lecture title.

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.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
Would you mind telling me which anti-virus package you use? It may be that it is disturbing iTunes when it tries to write out the fresh database, as it does after almost any activity with your library. I'm noticing more of this type of problem than usual and trying to see if there is any pattern. It may help to prevent a repeat of the problem if you look at the advanced options for your AV package and see if you can find a way to exclude the iTunes folder from any real-time scanning process.
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Where is my music and playlists? Opened iTunes to find my music and playlists gone, as if I just loaded iTunes for the first time.

Running Windows 64 bit. This has happened before. It was running great for the last 8 months (including this morning), syncing no problem with a variety of Apple devices. Opened it today and it is like I have a brand new iTunes loaded up with no music or playlists.
Please assist getting my music back and playlists (took hours to rebuild playlists last time). Why does this happpen?

There's a couple of ways to get through to the authorisation controls in the 11.0.x versions.
The control is still in the Store menu, but first (if you're using iTunes versions 11.0.x) you might need to bring up the menu bar to see the Store menu.
If you're using 11.0.x, click on the wee boxy icon up in the top-left corner of your iTunes to see the "Show Menu Bar" control, as per the following screenshot:
Then you'll find the control in the Store menu:
Alternatively, if you don't want to bring up the menu bar, it's still possible to get into the authorise controls via nested menus accessible from the wee boxy icon. Here's a screenshot of where to find them:

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Lately, my computer has been having some weird problems with memory. I tried opening itunes one day, only to discover all of my playlists and music gone. Is there any way I can re-import my old library? I'd hate to have to re-import every single song one by one.

File>Add folder to library and add the whole iTunes folder into your library, it should be in My Music

After newest iTunes update i cant sync music to ipod! erroe OxE800400C

I was having issues with my 3rd Generation iTouch, so I restored it. After having issues restoring it, i updated all the newest software (iTunes 10). Once I tried syncing it I realized something odd...my music wont sync! All of my apps synced perfectly but my music and podcasts arent. The bar at the top of the screen says "Copying 1 of 1: 'song name'" and the bar just wont move. My iPod says "sync in progress" and will sit there for a half hour or so before a box comes on and says the device timed out and error code OxE800400C. Also, everytime i try to sync it the whole iTunes program becomes non responsive and im forced to end the task and start over, only to have the same thing happen again. I have tried everything I can think of and i have found no solution to this problem. Can someone please help me im so frustrated and cofused!!

Interesting, I get this exact same error! And it's the music on mine as well -- however, it will copy SOME songs over. It still syncs with my older iPod, and my new iPod will work on my other computer, which it was never connected to before. I'm hoping you hear an answer soon!

Playlists GONE after installing itunes 7.

I upgraded to itunes 7 and immediately all of my playlists were GONE. All that shows up is a garbled group of songs in "party shuffle". How can I reinstate these playlists? It seems that every single time I upgrade to the new software there is a problem, and each time it is more severe. I have found some of the SONGS on my computer, but not the playlists. One itunes Music folder shows up as "damaged", and most are simply DATA folders.HELP PLEASE!

Hey, i had a similar problem. Not all my playlists are gone, but the music video one is! So now i cant see my music videos in iTunes, but they're still syncing to my iPod. I'm gonna go to the Apple Store today to try and get this sorted out.

All Music and Video gone from Ipod classic - help please.

I unplugged my ipod from my work pc yesterday and found that all the music and video have apparently been erased.
I've plugged it back in this morning in the hope that an xml file needs rebuilding somewhere and itunes is showing my ipod as empty, even the pc thinks there is 150gb+ space on there. Sharepod also thinks it's empty.
The strange thing being that some old photos that were on there have remained. I don't use the sync feature and unfortunately my back up external disk which contains my music library is in another country at the moment.
Have my files gone forever?

Sounds like the directory holding the music has been erased. Odd that it still had some photos. An undelete/unformat software might be able to rebuild most of your files from "free" sections of the disc that haven't yet had anything new written into them. If you can recover the files to the point that they are taking up space on the iPod's drive (or they can be copied to another drive) there are other posts that help with rebuilding them into a library.
There probably are some suitable free tools out there if you can wade through all the "free" recovery tools that are only free up until the point of any actual recovery.... Otherwise shell out a little cash or wait until you can be reunited with your backup.
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Music gone after last itunes update...

So after the last iTunes update some of my music that i have bought from the iTunes store is gone. Now this have happend more than once. Not just after this update btw. I have tried the method from this link here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Does not work. Today i just wanted to test something so i bought a song. And yes it workd but then i connected my iPhone to my computer it synced and the song came om my computer. I saw the song it was on my computer. Then i clickd on my computer again sync. Then it was gone. And now i cant find it or download it. I just dont understand what is happening.
Sorry for my bad grammar.

Hello ErikErvik
Check out your music folder on your computer. If your downloaded songs are there, you can drag them into iTunes or your can revert the iTunes database file before the update the update.
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

Hey, so I logged onto my computer after a mandatory restart and my music and playlists were deleted from itunes, but I still have all of the music files that go into itunes if I open them individually. Any way I can get them back into itunes altogether??

really just want my songs back in itunes, trying to find a way to do it all at once instead of clicking on individual song files since i have so many.

copy them and then paste them into music/itunes/itunes media/music/ automatically add to itunes. that should automatically add them back in.

I had to replace my hard drive due to a crash how do I transfer my music and playlists back to my itunes library?

I had to replace the hard drive on my laptop due to a total hard drive failure. Is there a way to transfer all my music (non purchased) and play lists back to the new drive?

- Transfer iTunes purchases by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
- Transfer other music by using a thirdparty program like one of those discussed here:
Copy music from Ipod to new computer...: Apple Support Communities
- Macke a backup of the iPOd by connecting the iPod to the computer and right clicking one the iPOd under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
- Restore the iPod from that backup
I do not think the playlists will be restored.

Transfer of all music and playlists to iMac?

After creating a music library of approx 8000 songs on a PC, can all of this be transferred including the playlists to a new iMac?

There's a few different ways to do the move. The following document is worth checking through:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer

All music and playlists gone after newest iTunes update?

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