All of my Itunes has disappeared! Please help
I've had iTunes on my Windows for quite a while and I have frequently used it. Unfortunately today, another family member used it and now for some reason or another all of my music, playlists and videos have disappeared. I was able to retrieve all my music, but I lost all of the playlists and play counts and such. This makes it very frustrating as I had which songs I wanted included on my iPod in a seperate play group and now I have to redo that and resend them onto my iPod. Is there any way to fix this without having to go through all that trouble? Plus I would really like to have my play counts back if possible. The guilty person has no idea how they caused this to happen, so they're off no help there. I would really appreciate your help. What should I do to fix this?
Is your Itunes program gone? If not then open up your my computer, go to program files or something on the lines of that, then find Itunes and look for playlist and import them back into Itunes =)
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Hi all,
I opened up my iTunes library a few minutes ago and have found that ALL of my playlists and songs have disappeared. What have I done? Could someone please tell me how to remedy the situation?
Many thanks,
StuOkay, this just happened to me to.
What happened to me was that I renamed my user folder, and all iLife and other applications reset.
To fix this, this is what I did:
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2) LOG OUT and log back in (very important not to do to much before you do this
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Can anyone suggest why the itunes library would now be empty of all music???Okay, this just happened to me to.
What happened to me was that I renamed my user folder, and all iLife and other applications reset.
To fix this, this is what I did:
1) Go to your Users folder, a new folder with information from the old username will be there and a folder with the new name will be there. QUICKLY rename both folders (with one being the old username).
2) LOG OUT and log back in (very important not to do to much before you do this
This worked perfectly for me, if not for you:
visit http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1952.html
or go to Apple Chat Web Support (google search it) -
and all of his music has disappeared from the iPhone and from the iTunes library! Luckily he does have music still stored on his iPod, but I can't get it from the library on his iPod back to the phone or to itunes.Please help, but technophobe so put it in simple english please!
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But you need to move your itunes library to his computer. Create a user account on his macbook pro for you. From your external drive backup, load your itunes library on it. Then sync as usual! (Don't tell me you don't have a backup for your computer!) -
HT1451 Music has completely disappeared from ITunes library! Please Help!!
Music has completely disappeared from ITunes library! Please Help!!
Hours and Hours of renaming, adding cover photos and so on have been for nothing. Itunes cannot find the files since they're not in the library at all!
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Thank you,
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Note also that some "free" recovery tools are bait & switch. The free download will show what can be recovered, but you have to pay up before it actually pulls out any data.
tt2 -
I have an itunes account on my home PC. I want to use my same account but on my laptop. How do i do this with out wiping out my phone and backing up all my Pictures and Apps? Please Help.
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I follwed all the instructions on manuals for both iPAD and iTunes re syncing, but after physically connecting iPAD with iMac with USB or via WiFi I still cannot find "phone button" under Device name on iTunes page. Please help! Thanks!
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Steps to create or choose a different iTunes Library file
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Additional information
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From: iTunes: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1589
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