Deleted my library!!!

I deleted my library by accident and I was wondering if it possible to retreive my songs back.
On windows, you can just go back to a certain day and everything will be there from that day.
Is there a way to do that with Macs?
Thanks,
Sam

I don't want to ruin your day...but next year's Leopard feature "Time Machine" won't help you recover the files you deleted today. It would have had to already be installed on your system for it to work.
I probably don't even have to mention this now as you've learned the hard way, but always, always, always back up important files.
You should contact Apple to see about redownloading purchased music from the iTunes Store. From what I've read, they will do this for you.

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Hi Bill,
You could also try com.apple.helpviewer.plist (in ~/Library/Preferences). Have you noted whether this is system-wide or restricted to your user account? I'd create a test account (if you don't have another on your system) and try the help menus. If they're messed up over there, then fixing things in your user folder won't help. The only system resource I could find that seems remotely relevant is /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.helpdata.plist, but I'd be verrrry careful about messing around with stuff in your System folder.
Hope that helps!
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HT1229 My iPhoto Library (version 8.1.2) is 280GB (greater than 50% of my 500GB total storage memory on my iMac. It was too large for me to drag it to a new hard drive so the Apple geniuses did it for me. However they did not delete the Library from my

My iPhoto Library (version 8.1.2) is 280GB (greater than 50% of my 500GB total storage memory on my iMac. It was too large for me to drag it to a new hard drive so the Apple geniuses did it for me. However they did not delete the Library from my iMac (that's my responsibility). I dragged it to Trash and when it started to move I clicked over to the new hard drive to confirm it had indeed been copied. I became nervous when I didn't see among the few files on this otherwise empty new hard drive anything that resembled a 280GB Library so I cancelled the migration to trash.
How can I be sure that my iphoto has been copied and that all my "metadata" survived in tact?

the new backup drive
I thought the new drive would be your data drive to host the iPhoto library. Do you also use it for TimeMachine backups?
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You could try to rebuild the Spotlight Index, if you do see no progress:
Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes
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HT4914 I would like to know if after subscribing to ITunes Match I will be able to delete my library from my PC and, by these means, liberating the disk space currently used by my music

I would like to know if after subscribing to ITunes Match I will be able to delete my library from my PC and, by these means, liberating the disk space currently used by my music

Your purchased music is availble for download again at no cost. If you have iTunes match service, you can download your matched music.

After I download my music to library and put it on the cloud can I delete my library so it doesn't take up space on my hard drive?

After I download my music into library and put it on the cloud, can I delete my library so it doesn't take up space on my hard drive.

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Relocated iPhoto to external hard drive - now need to delete old library.

I have relocated my iPhoto library to my external hard drive. I did this due to space issues on my internal hard drive. Now I need to delete my iPhoto library on my internal hard drive to give me more memory. What is the best, easiest, and safest way to delete? Thank you so much!

Before you delete anything:
1.) Make sure the drive you put your library on is Mac OS formatted. Click on the drive icon and go to File > Get Info and check the "Format". If it isn't Mac formatted, reformat the drive and re-copy the library over.
2.) Tell iPhoto to look at your library on the external drive to make sure it has all the pictures you want. Hold down option key and launch iPhoto and choose the library on the external drive to see within it.
3.) Do you have a backup? I have my library on an external drive like you do. I have another external drive that backs up my computer and the drive with the library on it. External drives are relatively inexpensive (You can also backup using DVDs although if you have a large library it might take quite a few disks.)
__You will see it said over and over here on the discussion boards. If you have information that is important to you, have a backup.
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To Delete your library:
In the Dock (long strip of icons at the bottom of the computer screen) click on the Finder icon.
Look in the sidebar on the left hand side of the resulting window. You will see the Home.
__Inside the Home go to the folder called "Pictures". Drag the iPhoto Library from the Pictures folder to the trash and empty the trash.
Hope that helps.

I try to open I photo and I get the message, your iPhoto library is damaged...please restore from backup. But i din't made backup copy. How can i delete previous library and work wrom the new one?

I try to open I photo and I get the message, your iPhoto library is damaged...please restore from backup. But i din't made backup copy. How can i delete previous library and work wrom the new one?

Try this (assuming you're using iPhoto 12): make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library.
Select options #1, #2 and #6.
Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

Deleting from library does not delete from hard drive????

itunes support states when deleting from library, it should prompt to remove from hard drive. i am not getting this prompt. i cannot find a setting that changes this either. please advise
thanks,

It only deletes it from the hard drive if it is in the iTunes Music folder path;
Look at your itunes menu > Edit > Preferences >Advanced tab.
"itunes music folder location"
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If you delete a file from the itunes library lists that exists in C:/SomeOtherFolder, it will not get deleted from the hard drive.

I Receive Error DF015 Unable to delete symlink "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/APE/3.4/adbeapeco

Hi,
I am having issues installing Extension Managger CC. I receive the follwoing error when attempting to install Extension Manager:
Exit Code: 7
Please see specific errors below for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DF015 ...
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What yould you recommend?
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Rocky

Moving this discussion to the Creative Cloud Download & Install forum.
Rocky you are correct to determine this is a file permission failure which is causing the error. Please see Error "Exit 6" or "Exit 7" | Install log | Read, write, system file errors | CS5, CS5.5 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-exit-6-exit-7.html for information on how to adjust the file permissions.
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I was trying to clean up the photos in my Picture folder and accidentally deleted the library folder. I have recovered the folder but not the pictures. How do I get the pictures back? I opened iphoto and was asked about a library so I checked the library with the photos and it did not import or reinstall them. I do have two libraries (library and library_1).
Any ideas?

kll3701
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Which library do you want to use?
hold down the option (or alt) key and use the Locate command to point iPhoto at the required library.
If that doesn't get your pictures back, what do you see in the iPhoto Window - utterly empty? blank squares where your pics should be?
Regards
TD

How to delete photo library from iPhone?

how to delete photo library from iphone?

connect your iphone to your mac.
1. open image capture app on your mac
2. back up your iphone photos to your mac
3. select all photos you want to delete
4. click the red circle with the red line through it in the left bottom of the image capture window.
5. this will delete your iphone photos you selected.

Still can not get songs to delete from library.....

I have read through the forums..made sure to try every option available..still I can not get songs to delete from library. Help!!

I am assuming you have tried all the obvious ones, delete key, right-click -> delete, Edit -> Delete, etc. Are you getting an error message when you try to delete? Are you just trying to delete from the library or delete the file as well?

Is it possible to lose all calendar settings on exchange server if you delete the Library/Calendar file?

I set up on Office 2011 for mac calendars for multiple direct reports that I have given access to a deligate. She will put info into the calendar and it will show up on her side, but not mine, and vise versa. All on Exchange 2007 server. So I read a piece that said to delete the Library/Calendar files and it will reconnect as it sees there is not one.
Now I have no calendar or appointments. What to do.
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hargate2338 wrote:
OK fromsouth.
Is the CalDAV account information specific to me or would it be specific to the author of the calendar who initially sent out the invite?
Will all the petinent updating and manipulating permissions remain as they were intended per the original invite?
Many thanks again. I was hesitant to post thinking I was missing something simple and standard. Thanks for your quick and courteous response.
You are welcome.
Since shared information is temporary yours (temporary while being shared) you should be fine. CalDav is just underlying exchange protocol. So as long as you can see that info shared -CalDav is just a delivery vehicle.
As far as permissions - yes they are going to stay. Thousands of us share for example Google calendars, cause Google integrated calendars sync in IOS mail. The question is just as simple as if your exchange supports it and if they(your IT) are going to allow your ipad/iphone connect to it.(Make sure to get their instructions if your exchange requires specific setup)

When I update itunes it deletes the library file, and when I restore that file from the previous libraries or my backup, itunes will run but tell me "the iTunes library file cannot be saved. A folder was specified instead of a file" How do I fix this?

When I update itunes it deletes the library file, and when I restore that file from the previous libraries or my backup, itunes will run but tell me "the iTunes library file cannot be saved. A folder was specified instead of a file" How do I fix this?

Hi there Br0x,
You may want to try rebuilding the iTunes library as an initial troubleshooting step. Take a look at the article below for more information.
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
-Griff W.

HT4236 hello , when i want to add a folder of photo and I select then sync that folder in itune,there will be 2 folder in my iphon :1-in name of photo library 2-in name of photo library . how i can delete photo library folder from my iphone ?

hello , i want to add a folder of photo to my iphon from my comp. i select that folder in itune and sync with my iphone . but i have 2 folder in my iphone .
1-in name of the folder 2-in name of photo library.how i can delete photo library from my iphone but i still have my photo folder?

You can't delete the Photo Library. The iPhone stores photos the same way iPhoto does on a Mac. All photos are synced to your Photo Library. The various albums/folders merely contain pointers to the actual photos which are in your Photo Library, they are not duplicates.

I deleted ~User/Library and now I can't get it back

For whatever reason, I have a program which is installing files that I need to access to ~User/Tom/Library (to clarify I don't mean ~Library). I deleted this library folder when I first got my mac because I found having two libraries confusing, and I didnt really see the need for one in my user folder.
Anyway, now if I go to my user folder and try to create a library folder inside it, it says to choose a different name as that one is already taken - and the folder is definitely not there! Is there any way to restore the folder?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There are 3 Library folders in OS X:
One in /Users/Tom/Library (i.e. inside your home folder, assuming your user short name is "Tom"). This is commonly abbreviated as ~/Library and if you type 'cd ~/Library' in Terminal that's where you'll go. This is for preferences and settings for applications and system settings unique to your user goes, typically. There's a LOT of stuff in there.
One at /Library (at the root of the hard disk). This is for settings for applications that may be used by the system or by multiple users on the system.
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Deleted my library!!!

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