Exclamation in front of song

I have an exclamation mark in front of a song and it will not allow me to click or double click to find song. Unable to find in windows search mode. Have download three times. What can be done?

The exclamation point means that iTunes cannot locate the song in its "library." You said you downloaded the song 3 times. Where did you download them to if not inside your iTunes library folder?

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Exclamation marks next to songs

I have a 33,000 song iTunes library stored on an external 1Tb USB2 drive that is permanently connected to my 20" Intel Core Duo iMac running the latest version of Leopard and iTunes. I keep getting exclamation marks next to songs and when I choose to loacted them thye are in the correct place. Sometimes its whole albums or one or two individual songs. Can anyone reccomend anyway to remdy this situation?
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Hi You are not the only one with this problem it seems that there are quite a few similar posts on this subject and no answers rather than going through one by one (no Thanks) or deletimg all files in iTunes and reloading over night (No Thanks!). This also means I will loose all my playlists!
Please Apple answer this or remedy some kind of Playlist save!

Why do I get exclamation marks beside my songs

what do I do to get rid of these exclamation marks

I have Exclamation marks by my songs but not in the itunes library itself, only when i try to download them into my phone. the URL below is a video showing my problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doNLwKTme1c&list=UUFpnYmFaxG1CQbfHgV3oq4w&index=1 &feature=plcp

Exclamation point next to songs and won't play

Exclamation point next to songs won't play

Exclamation point
Next to a song: The song can’t be located; it may have been moved or deleted.
Next to a podcast: Recent episodes haven’t been downloaded because you have multiple unplayed episodes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408

Exclamation point beside certain songs

What does it mean when there is an exclamation point beside certain songs in my iTunes library and how can this be fixed?

It means that iTunes can't find the original song file any more. If you have the files on an external NAS drive, and it's napping when you are manipulating stuff in iTunes, the exclamation points may appear.
This utility can help fix the exclamation points if you are certain that the song files still exist in the place they were when you added them to your iTunes library:
https://github.com/jbaumbach/TuneDoctor

I tunes: I have exclamation mark next to songs i can listen to...

Hi everyone.
Well, i read and read and read and got tired of looking.
Itunes shows me an exclamation mark next to song i JUST added to the library and tried to copy into my iphone. The exclamation mark appears next to the song name on my iphone display, but not on the itunes library. So, the result is i can listen to the songs on itunes, but itunes won't copy them into my phone.
Evidently, it's not a problem of "file not found", because if that were the case, itunes would not be able to reproduce the music.
I've been having problems trying to copy music into my iphone 5s.
Please, i do not want to reset my phone to factory settings or whatever, i feel this whole thing is a terrible waste of time. There has to be a solution.
I tried syncronizing music and accepting the reset of my phone's library, but the result was the only songs i have in my phone now are the ones i bought on itunes.
I'm preety upset, i feel like this should be easier, if not, i will eventually switch to android...
Can anyone help me?

Hi melisb3,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I know issues with iTunes music can be frustrating. In this situation it does sound like there is an issue with the location of your music on your computer. Please use the attached article as a guide for troubleshooting.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads - Apple Support
Have a great day,
Joe

I have songs in my iTunes library that I burned from CD's. They play in iTunes and will sync with my iPad. They play fine on the iPad. However, the songs will not sync to my iPhone 4S. There are now exclamation points next to songs (can't find source).

I burned cd's in iTunes. The songs were able to sync and play on my iPad. After this, exclamation points appeared in iTunes on my laptop (unable to find source). They still play in iTunes but will not sync with my iPhone 4S. Do some cd's have a limit on the number of times you can copy them or is this an iTunes problem.

KiwiLouisa - I had the same problem. I was eventually able to distribute my content that was "Not eligible for iCloud" to my iPhone by switching off ITunes Match in both the ITunes app/machine that hosts my library (my Macbook Pro, in this case) as well as on the device to which I wished to distribute my content (my iPhone 6+). This opened up the option for my device iTunes Music settings for selecting "Entire Music Library".
After I successfully transferred *ALL* my music and music videos via iTunes sync, I then again switched on ITunes Match in iTunes on my Macbook and on my iPhone.
This does not change the iCloud status, but at least I have the content on my iPhone.

PLEASE HELP! Exclamation point next to songs that can "no longer be found"

Here is the deal:
I have Itunes 6 on my non-Mac computer. I saved about 1000 mp3s from CDs I had onto my hard drive. All of them appeared in my Library and I could play any of them by simply double clicking the entry.
Now if I double click on SOME of these songs, an exclamation mark appears next to the listing and a message appears with this: "This song could not be played since the original file could not be found"...
I then have to find it on my computer and import it again... the problem is that this affects about 25% of the songs in my library.
Can anyone help?

The first thing I would do is search for all your MP3 files. Bring up the search window (its in the main menu in XP). Select "Files and Folders", Put in the search string "*.mp3" and let it look through all hard drives. This will list all it finds and may take a few minutes to complete.
Also, have you done the "Consolidate Library" function. This, I believe, will move all your MP3s to a central location ("My Documents\My Music\Itunes" ?) which might explain why your library cannot see them anymore.

Exclamation marks next to songs, but I can no longer find them on my harddrive

I have a Win 7 laptop and an old 30GB ipod. Both iTunes and iPod software are up to date. I download songs from CDs that I own and they appear in the proper iTunes folder. However, after I sync my ipod, many of these songs suddenly get an exclamation mark next to them in iTunes and I can no longer find these songs on my hard drive anywhere. In some cases, only a couple songs from a CD get the exclamation mark and disappear and in other cases it is the entire CD. Why is this happening and where are the songs that I downloaded? These is happening over and over. What is the fix?

This means iTunes can't find the location of the files. Try these articles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408?viewlocale=en_US
Hope these helps my friend.

Moved library from PC to Mac w/ iPod now exclamation points next to songs

I used the instructions at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173 to move my iTunes library from a PC to my new MacBook Pro.
Everything seemed to go smoothly...I moved the iTunes folder from the iPod to the Music folder on the Mac, then opened iTunes. Then something went wrong that I can tell will take me hours to fix. Or at least I hope not:
The first time I did it, all the songs had the exclamation point next to them and when attempting to play, I got the 'file not found do you want to spend hours re-linking all the files?' message. I moved the iTunes folder and tried it again. This time, about 95% of the 1,100+ songs had the exclamation point. And as I clicked on the few without the exclamation point to try and play them, they too developed the exclamation point blues.
Is this fixable? The .itl and .xml files are in the 'Music' folder. Should I try moving the iTunes folder from the iPod again? I also noticed that while my playlists and custom genre tags, etc. made it, the album artwork did not .
Please help! Thanks so much!

It is a likely possibility that the format of the folders is different between the 2 OS. Troubleshoot these
Make sure you have actually music files in the folder from your XP. Make sure you transfered your main music folder (My Music)
Do you have the folders in this order in your music category on your MacBook? iTunes>(iTunes Music Library.xml and iTunes Library data file)iTunes Music>(all of your music
If these dont work, then use Yamipod, a 3rd party utility that can extract all your info/music off your iPod into iTunes...

How do i get rid of the exclamation points by my songs

I transferred my music on to a new computer from a zip drive. Some of my songs play fine, but others have an exclamation point next to them and say the file can't be found. What do I do?

Select a broken song, press Ctrl+I to get info, click No when iTunes asks you locate the file, then look at the location on the summary tab. It will begin file://localhost/. Where is the file really?
I'd expect broken songs to be listed as file://localhost/<some path>/<Artist>/<Album>/## <Name>.<Ext> and the real location to be <different path>\<Artist>\<Album>\## <Name>.<Ext>. Sometimes it is just a matter of manipulating the physical location to match iTunes records, or tweaking a settings file if one path includes a folder called Music before <Artist> but the other doesn't. If that won't work I have a script called FindTracks that can be pointed at the folder with the media and used to reconnect the tracks as long as they are in some vague semblance of order.
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Exclamation marks by my songs

Ok, so one day I sync my IPod with iTunes and the next thing I know, all of these little exclamation marks are by a whole bunch of my songs. It is driving me nuts because I just recently bought a lot of new songs and I cant play them because iTunes can't locate them. When I try to locate them it brings up these folders including one that says iTunes, but when I try to click on it, it exists out and nothing happens. But the funny thing is that I can still play the songs on my actual IPod. Please help! I don't know what to do.

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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What does the black check marks in front of song titles do?

What does the black check marks in front of the song titles do?

Wow, old discussion from January.
Click on any song in iTunes and then on the edit menu, click on select all. Now right click on any one of those songs and select check selection orcheck all whatever the choice is, I can't remember exactly,

Exclamation point next to song

On every song in my library I have an exclamation point to the right of the songs and tv shows. When I click on it I can't play anything. It says file not found. Does anyone know how this happened? Help! Thanks

I've had the same problem in the past. I've found that the only way to fix the problem, is to delete the songs with the exclamation point next to them from itunes and then re-add them to itunes. As for how this happens, I don't know. I'll do the same thing if a song I want on my ipod does transfer over.

Explain the Relevance of the Check Boxes in Front of Song Titles

What are those check boxes for in front of every song...some are checked some are not. Seems that even after I've hot synched my ipod that some of them don't go away.
Please advise?
Macbook Pro Running XP Windows XP

The check boxes have a few uses:
Unchecked songs will be skipped when playing songs from the library or a selection.
(They will only play when individually clicked on).
Smart Playlists have an option that unchecked songs won't appear.
Unchecked songs will not be burned to CD.
The iPod has an option that if chosen, it won't update unchecked songs

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