Edit as new for msg with attachments sends original file contents, not new contents

I recently converted from Eudora 7 to TB 24.6 on Windows. TB seems to be working ok except for one issue.
I have a email with 5 files attached. Those files get updated occasionally and I need to resend them. With Eudora I would do a "send again" and the contents of the updated files would be attached and the email sent.
With TB I go to the sent folder and do edit as new. When I send the email it sends the contents of the old files not the updated contents. I have to remove all the attached files and then attach them again to get the new contents. This is very inconvenient.
Is there a way to do the same sort of "send again" that Eudora allowed?

No there is not. Eudora stored attachments in a folder and grabbed them when required. Thunderbird encodes them at the time they are attached so there is on disk file to update.
What you seriously need to consider is storing the files in one of the file services on the internet and using links to the files in your mail.
Google drive will automatically sync files with your PC and allow you to send links to the internet copies in your mails.

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Webservice for soap with attachments

HI
I am try to develop webservice for soap with attachments for the sending images like jpg,tiff,gif.
it works fine when I statically attach the file
but when i pass dynamically the file name it will give me error for the call.invoke() method
Following is the code and the error details
I am using eclipse wtp2.0 and using weblogic appserver 8.1 and axis-1.4
that is my configuration details.
// This is my service code
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.xml.soap.AttachmentPart;
import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBodyElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPPart;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import org.apache.axis.Message;
import org.apache.axis.MessageContext;
import org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope;
//import org.apache.axis.soap.MessageFactoryImpl;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.activation.Repository;
public class AttachmentServer1
     SOAPMessage msg = null;
     Message response= null;
     FileDataSource fileSource;
     DataHandler dataHandler = null;
     MessageContext context = null;
          public void sendImage(String fileName) throws MessagingException, IOException{
          try {
                    //java.lang.System.setProperty("javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory","com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.soap.ver1_1.SOAPMessageFactory1_1Impl");
                    java.lang.System.setProperty("javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory","org.apache.axis.soap.MessageFactoryImpl");
                    MessageFactory fac = MessageFactory.newInstance();
                    msg = fac.createMessage();
                    context = MessageContext.getCurrentContext();
                    response = context.getRequestMessage();
                    if(msg != null){
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement");
                         //File f = new File("D:/1.png");
                         File f = new File(fileName);
                         fileSource = new FileDataSource(f);
                         dataHandler =new DataHandler(fileSource);
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement 1");
                         AttachmentPart part = msg.createAttachmentPart(dataHandler);
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement part");
                         //part.setContentType("image/jpeg");
                         //part.setMimeHeader("Content-Type", "image/jpg");
                         //part.setContent(dataHandler, "image/jpg");
                         SOAPPart soapPart = msg.getSOAPPart();
                         javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope();
                         SOAPBody body = envelope.getBody();
                         SOAPBodyElement bodyElement = body.addBodyElement(envelope.createName("attach"));
                         SOAPElement element = bodyElement.addChildElement(envelope.createName("parent"));
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement 2");
                         part.setContentId("axis");
                         msg.addAttachmentPart(part);
                         element.addAttribute(envelope.createName("href"), part.getContentId());
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement 3");
                         msg.saveChanges();
                         System.out.println("From inside if statement 4");
                         System.out.println(part.getContentId());
                    }else
                         try {
                              throw new Exception("Responce message is null");
                         } catch (Exception e) {
                              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                              e.printStackTrace();
               } catch (SOAPException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
// This is the client code
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.soap.AttachmentPart;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import org.apache.axis.Message;
import org.apache.axis.MessageContext;
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope;
public class AttachmentClient {
     public static void getImage(){
          try{
               String endPoint = "http://localhost:7001/Test/services/AttchmentServer";
               Service service = new Service();
               Call call = (Call)service.createCall();
               call.setOperationName(new QName("sendImage"));
               call.setTargetEndpointAddress(endPoint);
               call.setUseSOAPAction(true);
               call.invoke(new Object[] {});
               MessageContext context = call.getMessageContext();
               Message msg = context.getCurrentMessage();
               Iterator obj = msg.getAttachments();
               while(obj.hasNext()){
                    try{
                         AttachmentPart part = (AttachmentPart) obj.next();
                         File graphFile = new File("test.jpg");
                         FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(graphFile);
                         DataHandler dataHandler = part.getDataHandler();
                         if(dataHandler != null){
                              dataHandler.writeTo(outputStream);
                              outputStream.flush();
                              System.out.println("File Saved at:"+graphFile.getAbsolutePath());
                         }else{
                              System.out.println("null");
                    }catch(Exception e){
                         e.printStackTrace();
          }catch(Exception e){
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String args[]) throws SOAPException
          getImage();
// The error is something like that
- Exception:
java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.mail.MessagingException: Error in input stream;
nested exception is:
     java.io.IOException: End of stream encountered before final boundary marker.AxisFault
faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException
faultSubcode:
faultString: javax.mail.MessagingException: Error in input stream;
nested exception is:
     java.io.IOException: End of stream encountered before final boundary marker.
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
     {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:javax.mail.MessagingException: Error in input stream;
nested exception is:
     java.io.IOException: End of stream encountered before final boundary marker.
     at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.load(InternetHeaders.java:122)
     at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.<init>(InternetHeaders.java:93)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readTillFound(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:499)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readAll(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:433)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.getAttachments(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:439)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.mergeinAttachments(AttachmentsImpl.java:171)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.getAttachmentByReference(AttachmentsImpl.java:341)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getObjectByRef(DeserializationContext.java:617)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.populateDataHandler(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:74)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.startElement(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:59)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1048)
     at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.java:165)
     at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElement.java:1141)
     at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:345)
     at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:384)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2467)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
     at AttachmentClient2.getImage(AttachmentClient2.java:27)
     at AttachmentClient2.main(AttachmentClient2.java:58)
     {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:solusoft18
javax.mail.MessagingException: Error in input stream;
nested exception is:
     java.io.IOException: End of stream encountered before final boundary marker.
     at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readTillFound(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:609)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readAll(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:433)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.getAttachments(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:439)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.mergeinAttachments(AttachmentsImpl.java:171)
     at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.getAttachmentByReference(AttachmentsImpl.java:341)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getObjectByRef(DeserializationContext.java:617)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.populateDataHandler(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:74)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.startElement(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:59)
     at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1048)
     at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.java:165)
     at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElement.java:1141)
     at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:345)
     at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:384)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2467)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
     at AttachmentClient2.getImage(AttachmentClient2.java:27)
     at AttachmentClient2.main(AttachmentClient2.java:58)
Caused by: javax.mail.MessagingException: Error in input stream;

Hi David,
The "covert byte[] to a base64 encoded string" solution, is probably your best
bet given the scenario you described.
Regards,
Mike Wooten
"David Ruana" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Weblogic 6.1 (SP2) does not support SOAP with attachments. In the meanwhile,
what
is the best approach in order to send a SOAP message which has binary
data?
My EJB is currently receiving a byte[] and returning also a byte[]. The
only solution
I can think of right now is to convert the byte[] into a String in base64
format.
Would you recommend that?
Thanks in advance.

This is a new notification coming up with iTunes, why and how do I fix it? The song "Penny Lane" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?

This is a new notification coming up with iTunes, why and how do I fix it?
The song “Penny Lane” could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?
Max

Hey xxCreepyFiaxx,
First, I would try the following suggested steps for when you don't see content in iTunes after updating:
Quit iTunes.
Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
Use the Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer (Windows) to go to the iTunes folder that contains the iTunes library files:
Mac OS X
/Users/username/Music/iTunes/
Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000
\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7
\Users\username\Music\iTunes\
Drag the iTunes Library file from the above location to the Desktop.
Open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in the iTunes folder.
Locate the file named iTunes Library YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the date you upgraded iTunes (Year-Month-Day).
Drag this file to the iTunes folder (the enclosing folder).
Rename this file to iTunes Library.
Open iTunes.
You should now see your missing content in iTunes.
via: No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
If that doesn't resolve the issue, then I'd go through the steps in here:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Have a good one,
Delgadoh

I have a new hard drive as my old one crashed. Everything seemed to transfer fine except for my entire iTunes library. It shows all of my old songs, but when I click on one it states "the song could not be used as the original file could not be found

I have a new hard drive as my old one crashed. Everything seemed to transfer fine except for my entire iTunes library. It shows all of my old songs, but when I click on one it states "the song could not be used as the original file could not be found.would you like to locate it".
Either how do I locate it, and I've tried every trick I know, or how do I restore all of my songs from one of two sources. I have my old hard drive backedup on an external drive which should have all of my songs, and I have most of my songs on my old iPhone 3S which I'm using as a backup iPod.

The "missing file" error happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, one of its parent folders, or the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place. In the case of a library moved from one system to another there are also potential permissions issues. See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to Get Info, then click No when asked to try to locate the track. (Due to a bug in iTunes 12 you currently have to say No twice!) Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, a folder renamed, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions. If the difference between the two paths is an additional Music folder in one path then this is a layout issue. I can explain further if that is the case.
In some cases iTunes may be able to repair itself if you go through the same steps with Get Info but this time click Locate and browse to the lost track. It may then offer to attempt to automatically fix other broken links.
If another application like Windows Media Player has moved/renamed the files then the chances are that subtle differences in naming strategies will make it hard to restore the media to the precise path that iTunes is expecting. In such cases, as long as the missing files can be found somewhere, you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes. See this post for an explanation of how it works.
See also Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

TS1717 Having trouble running iTunes version 11.0.2 on a Dell Laptop running Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1. Keep getting an error message "the software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly..." reinst

Having trouble when I launch iTunes (version 11.0.2) on my Dell Laptop running Windows 7 Professional (service pack 1). I get an error message indicating software required to communicate with iPod and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you? I normally respond with OK and it immediately tells me "could not be repaired. Please reinstall iTunes..." I have done this a number of times to no avail.

I also notice Quicktime is not getting installed at all.
That one is normal nowadays (ever since the iTunes versions 10.5.x).
The software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you?
Let's try a standalone Apple Mobile Device Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of why it's not installing under normal conditions.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
http://www.rarlab.com/
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (or AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi) to do a standalone AMDS install.
(If it offers you the choice to remove or repair, choose "Remove", and if the uninstall goes through successfully, see if you can reinstall by doubleclicking the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi again.)
Does it install (or uninstall and then reinstall) properly for you?
If instead you get an error message during the install (or uninstall), let us know what it says. (Precise text, please.)

Error message: "the software required for communicating with Ipods and mobile phones was not installed correctly....

2 error messages when opening itunes: "The software required for communicating with Ipods and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want Itunes to repair this for you?" When clicking yes another message indicates not able to remove services. Another message is: "Service (ipod service) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system sources." I've uninstalled all Apple services (itunes, quicktime, apple software update, apple mobiles devices support, bonjour and apple application support and reinstalled itunes/quicktime - no change in error messages. I cannot burn CDs using Itunes. This all seemed to happen when I updated itunes to version 10. I have a Windows 7 64-bit operating system on a Dell Inspiron Zino HD; the Itunes software is also 64 bit.

See the second box of Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
tt2

When I click on itunes, it tells me that thesoftware required for communicating with ipods and mobil phones was not installed properly. I have not changed anything on my computer so I'm not sure what I should do? Help

Help, When I click on itunes on my computer it tells me that the software required for communicating with ipods and mobil phone was not installed properly. I havent' changed anything. Does anyone know what I should do? Thanks

See the second box of Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
tt2

The software required for communicating with ipod and mobile phones was not installed correctly

ok i've seen this in several threads and haven't found one with an anwser. the software required for communicating with ipod and mobile phones was not installed correctly. of course when you tell it to repair it does not. this has happened several times now and only cure i have found is uninstalling itunes and reinstalling. works for maybe a few weeks then does the same thing and i start all over again with uninstall and reinstall. i tunes version 10.4.1.10 64 bit running on windows 7 64 bit and trying to sync with Iphone 3gs - so anyone have a fix for this or am i stuck reinstalling itunes every few weeks???

"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again, or enter an alternative path to a folder containing the installation package "iTunes64msi"
(1) Download the Windows Installer CleanUp utility installer file (msicuu2.exe) from the following Major Geeks page (use one of the links under the "DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS" thingy on the Major Geeks page):
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4459
(2) Doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file and follow the prompts to install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. (If you're on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 system and you get a Code 800A0046 error message when doubleclicking the msicuu2.exe file, try instead right-clicking on the msicuu2.exe file and selecting "Run as administrator".)
(3) In your Start menu click All Programs and then click Windows Install Clean Up. The Windows Installer CleanUp utility window appears, listing software that is currently installed on your computer.
(4) In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any iTunes entries and click "Remove", as per the following screenshot:
(5) Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

Can someone please tell me the cause of the msg-The song could not be used because the original file could not be found- and how I might correct that problem?

Can anyone please tell me the cause of the msg-The song" " could no be used
because the original file could not be found-and how I might correct that problem? Lou

I stupidly tried to copy my music files to an external drive so I could transfer them to my new iMac (old Macbook Pro is being retired). I now know I should've tried home sharing or something to transfer the music.
Anyway, the situation I am in is that I have not managed to transfer anything and I now cannot access the music on my old Macbook Pro either! I have the message "the song 'xyz' could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?". I understand that this is because iTunes cannot locate the files. When I try to locate the files I find nothing.
I have tried searching my whole Macbook Pro for mp3 files and m4a files and Spotlight cant find any! The tracks are all still listed in iTunes. I also searched the external hard drive. I definitely haven't deleted anything. So where could they have gone and is there anything else I can do to search for them? I have a feeling I am just not searching for them in the right way because I have not deleted anything.
Old computer is Macbook Pro OS X 10.6.8 with iTunes 10.4.1
New computer is iMac OS X 10.7.2 with iTunes 10.5
All I want to do is to set everything back to how it was so I can try the transfer a better way.
Please help. Thanks, Dashford.

Recently bought a new computer and all my music appears in iTunes as well as on my computer in a saved folder. When I try to play the music in iTunes I get an error that reads"the song could not be used because the original file could not be found."

Recently bought a new computer and all my music appears in iTunes as well as on my computer in a saved folder. When I try to play the music in iTunes I get an error that reads"the song could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" Hope you can help me solve this issue.
Thanks,
Shellyboo

This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
tt2

I have a new computer that downloaded all of my playlist. but i cannot play all songs. i get a error that say "the song could not be used because the original file could not be found. would you like to locate it? but it does not help to resolve.

i installed itunes to my new computer and transfered all my playlist from the older computer. the software came with the new computer hp link up. the problem
comes in where i want to play a certain song on a playlist and this error pops up "the song could not be used because the original file could not be found.
would you like to locate it? which is of no help.
is there a solution to this problem?

The file path for these songs IS NOT correct per your iTunes Library file.
See: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=listmias for an Applescript to locate these files for re-adding.

Less destructive fix for the "original file could not be found" issue

+(Note: this is mostly a copy of the post I just submitted in reply to http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6785594#6785594)+
Most solutions to the "The song xxx could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" issue involve deleting iTunes library files, deleting-then-re-importing everything from iTunes, and other destructive techniques. I found an easier fix for this, but it might be (a) specific to libraries on a network drive (NAS) or (b) specific to me. YMMV, but give it a try. This was on a Mac, so a Windows solution might exist with the same technique. Please post here and let me know if this works for you!
After some investigating and trial-and-error, I discovered that if I viewed a list of songs in Finder, iTunes could find the files again. For example:
*Double click on a song in iTunes and get the "original file could not be found..." error. Do not say 'Yes' to locating it.
*Open Finder and locate that Folder of songs
*Double-click on another song from that album. It should work.
So, my fix: *run a command that lists/touches every file in your iTunes music folder.*
For Macs:
*Open Terminal
*Run this: *ls -R /Path/To/Your/iTunes\ Music \Folder/* (note how you 'escape' spaces in the folder name with back-slashes).
Windows:
*Start - Run - cmd
*Run this: dir /s \Path\To\Your\"iTunes Music Folder" (note that you escape spaces by quoting the dir name.)
My NAS is named "VAULT" so my command was "ls -R /Volumes/VAULT/My\ Music/" You will see the files being listed at light speed -- ignore this. It will run for a while, depending on how many files you have, about 30 seconds for me. After executing this I could listen to any music file in iTunes!
But, every time I lost my connection to my NAS, such as waking from sleep mode, I had to run it again. So I created an Automator application and a Apple Script to run it from within iTunes so I can run it any time I need to. If you don't want to do that, just run the command I specified. If you want to download my Automator app, or see instructions on how to create your own, check out my blog post: http://40withegg.com/2008/3/8/mac-attack-making-itunes-find-those-original-files -especially-on-a-nas
With any luck, my post will be *completely unnecessary* soon because Apple will find a real solution to this.

Jeffe hello,
I have seen more problems created by the consolidate command than I have ever seen fix things... I'm not saying it does not work but what it does do and what it does not is very hard to work out for most and major problems are the result...
to sort your problem do this...
1. Open your iTunes folder in the Home Music folder and make a backup copy of the iTunes Library file and put on the desktop.
2. Start iTunes and in the Library sort on the Heading 'Date added' ... you may need to install it... control/click on heading-bar and select from popup menu.
3. When you have sorted scroll to half way and you will see the songs are split evenly... select the ones you want to remove with a shift/click and hit delete key... say no about move to trash for now.
4. Check that everything is as you want it... if so carry on... if not come back and tell me what happened.
5. Quit iTunes and put the iTunes Library file in the iTunes folder in a safe place like your Documents folder... drag the copy from desktop and put it in the iTunes folder.
6. Check the name is correct on the 'copy' edit it to be iTunes Library.
7. Start iTunes by double/clicking on the file and go through steps 2 & 3 again but this time when you delete say yes about move to trash... don't empty it yet 1st check that all is OK with your library.
You can edit the good files that you are left with but the addition of '01' in the name will not have any adverse effect on them at all... editing with an Applescript is very easy.
take care Jeffe and let's know how you get on or if you run into any unforeseen problems ... TP

After upgrade, iTunes complaints with "original file could not be found"

After upgrading to 8.2.0.23, a large number of songs now have a ! in them and if I try to play them, iTunes will say with "The song xxx could not be used because the original file could not be found." This has happened to me before but never to this large number of files.
If it were only a handful of songs it wouldn't be an issue because iTunes allows me to locate it manually, which for first time, iTunes opens the dialog in the directory where the file is. I can click on the mp3 file and that's it. Problem is that from the on, the dialog opens in the same directory as the first song, which makes it very hard to navigate to the directory where the second song is (unless it's the same album of course). Multiply that by 1000 and it's an impossible task.
I've found that the problem is neither the itl file nor the xml file. I already tried the previous itl file and the problem persists.
After comparing the files that are OK with those missing in the .xml file, I found that iTunes is somehow messing up the location tag for files with underscores in the filename. For example, 01_mysong.mp3 gets replaced to 01%20-%20mysong.mp3 in the location tag in the xml file. If use iTunes to locate the file, which as I mentioned above fixes the issue, the location tag gets updated to the correct filename and a bunch of hex numbers get added to the comments tag.
Now, if I exit iTunes and change the location tag to the correct filename in the xml file with a text editor, iTunes magically messes up the tag again when it comes up.
I tried unchecking the "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" but that didn't help.
At first I thought it was an issue with the comments tag and that only mp3 files downloaded from Amazon had the problems. It seems that ALL those songs have the problem but there are a few other songs I got from the iTunes store that are also messed up.
I have not moved any songs at all, this just happened all by itself after upgrading.
I also tried re-adding the folders where all the Amazon mp3 files are, but this created duplicate entries in the library. Unfortunately, even though the new entries do play, they don't have ratings or play count.
Is there any way I could fix this without losing my ratings and play counts and without having to manually fix every song one by one?
I'll appreciate any hint you can provide.
Thanks

I have the same problem except almost every song I bought from Itunes has this problem. Not only that, but somehow some of the music, about $125 worth has been deleted form my 3 back up discs. This is only happening with my purchases and not any songs I uploaded from cd. How on earth did this happen, and how did it wipe clean 3 different back ups? I have found some of the music where it belongs, but like I said some of them are gone, gone, gone. I run three different back ups and they are on 24/7. Where is all of this music? I still have it on my ipod, but it will not load back into itunes the way purchases used to. Some of the music is purchased straight to my ipod touch, but shouldn't i be able to reload them into itunes? I spent 3 hours going 1 song at a time reloading them from their original location. But I cannot locate about $125 worth of music that I purchased from itunes. I have 6 macs in my family and preach the good news to all who will listen about hows macs are flawless. Now I have egg all over my face and have thrown away a nice sum of money on missing music. Please help!

Every tune in my library is marked with an explanation mark and produces a report " The song ..... could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" Probably yes - but how ?

Every song in my library, both purchased or downloaded from a CD, is marked with an exclamation mark and produces a report " The song ......... could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it ?" Well, probably yes - but how ? and why necessary ? HELP !

It would help to have more background about your iTunes collection such as if you keep it on an external drive, or if you have moved or renamed anything recently. iTunes is very sensitive to you renaming or moving files or folders involved with your media. iTunes only keeps a reference to where a media file is located and then goes to look for it when you try to play it. If you have changed things since it was added to itunes then it's like me sending you to look for a friend in my addressbook but that friend has moved.
The other possibility is your computer is starting to lose files. Again, the computer uses a reference database to tell it where on the drive to look for a file. If that database gets corrupt then it starts losing files. Use Dsk Utility's first aid to verify your hard drive.

Since i download the new version of i tunes i canot play the songs of my library...it say that "the song could not be used because the original file could not be found" what i do to just play the songs directly? please someone help

since i download the new version of i tunes i canot play the songs of my library....it say "the song could not be used because the original file could not be found".
would you like to locate it.i just want to play directly..what i do? please help thanks

This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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Edit as new for msg with attachments sends original file contents, not new contents

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