Formatted hard drive and changed computer, how can I sync with iTunes?
Yes, I formatted my hard drive and got a new computer, without thinking that it would cause any problems. Now I have installed iTunes and want to sync my iPhone, but it wants to erase my current music files. What do I do?
P.s. If there are any ppl who have contact with developers, a little proposition... perhaps develop a shared computer version of iTunes (for work-home commuting, internet cafes ect.) where a person can log-in manipulate and download onto their iPod/Phone ect. without this problem of being fixed to one computer (which to be honest is rather unrealistic? no?)
found life saveing program called media widget well worth the $29 if you have alot of stuff on tour ipod
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My computers hard drive has stoped working, how can I retrieve my Itunes library from my computer?
My computers hard drive has stoped working. How can I retrieve my itunes library? My back ups were on this hard drive as well.
When I brought my computer to be fixed they said they would retrieve photos and music and documents but loose my programs. That being said I am not sure if I will recover my music from itunes because it may fall under the program category. I support itunes by purchasing from itunes, but now i am in a position where i may loose years of purchassing music and it has me feeling a little bit sick to be honest...the stress this is causing is really big. DÙoes anyone have any experience with this type of problem?
Help is appreciated, thank you.If the data is recoverable from the drive then they should have recovered the entire iTunes folder which includes the library database. Restore this into the <User's Music> folder of a replacement system, install iTunes, and it should be as before.
See also Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device. Even if you don't have one there should be some useful links...
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Lost old computer how can I sync with new?
The computer I used to sync my iPhone has stopped working and I really would like to sync my phone so is there any way to sync my phone to another computer without losing everything?
Whatever you bought/downloaded from iTunes Store can be re-downloaded from there to your new computer and synced to your iPhone, or iPod. Just sign into your iTunes account.
As far as music that didn't come from iTunes Store there are non-Apple programs to move music from your iPhone to iTunes on your new computer. I'm using PodWorks (not cheap,~ $8); another is Senuti. There are many others & some good ones are free.
I agree that you should be using a backup. But that's not the question you asked, just something we all need to do. Saves a lot of headaches. -
I had to restore my iPhone to factory settings and now I can't sync with iTunes.
I had to restore my phone and I was able to use the most recent backup. However, when I plug into iTunes, it keeps asking if I want to restore from a backup or start as a new iPhone. I have already restored from the backup twice, but the message won't go away. How can I sync with iTunes?
I used the solution posted here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/7838243#7838243
It's weird that you have to restore from backup, and then choose to start as a new phone. But I didn't lose ANYTHING when I did it that way! Thank goodness! -
I have moved my library to an external hard drive and changed the location of the iTunes media folder in Preferences, but every time I close and re-open iTunes, I have to do it all over again. How can I make the iTunes media folder change permanent? I have an older machine with Windows XP.
I don't believe mounting the hard drive should be necessary, unless you have several external drives and want your computer to recognise them as folders, rather than drives. I've never had to mount a hard drive, ever. If you don't know how to do it, then it shouldn't be necessary now.
Try this:
Prepare iTunes so that it can see the external drive.
Make a note of which drive-letter the external drive has been allocated. (Look in Windows Exploer)
Look at the file location for a song. Make sure it plays (and therefore that iTunes has found it). Highlight it and select File/Get Info/Summary>Where: and make a note of the drive letter for that song.
Close and shut down the computer.
The next time you turn the computer on again, connect the external drive
Before you start iTunes - check the external drive in Windows Explorer. Is it ready, does it have the same drive-letter that it had last time? Can you go into the drive and see the files on it?
Once you can, start iTunes. (If the drive lettter has changed, you need to work out why before going any further.)
If iTunes fails to find your external drive, you need to check where iTunes is looking for your Library.
Select the same song you checked before (presumably iTunes can no longer find it). Follow the procedure for locating it. You should be able to see where iTunes thinks the file is. It's the drive that counts. Which drive letter is iTunes looking at? Is it the same one that it was previously (which should also be the same one that the drive has now).
What happens, which step do you have problems with?
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i formatted my ext hard drive and changed it to mac os x extended(journaled). then i put in all my data back. after a while, i insert the hard drive but my macbook cannot read it. plz help
SanandaDutta
tried on a different mac. The same problem exists.
If that is the case, its extremely unlikely you have a bad USB cable on the seagate, rather as I mentioned earlier a bad SATA bridge card.
If the Seagate 1TB USB external wont open on either Mac and youve verified same (try a diff. USB cable if you have one however this is nearly never the case),....then to get the data off that HD (unless it is dead which is also extremely unlikely),......then you would need to extract the HD from its case and insert same into either a HD dock or USB HD enclosure.
8 out of 10 seemingly dead inopperable 1-3+ year old external HD are perfectly fine, rather the cheap 50 cent SATA bridge card fries and dies (alas)
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my 2007 20inch Imac keeps freezing/crashing and the mouse is moving while its frozen? is the hard drive going out? how can I fix it?
Whats the problem? how can I fix it?komivi wrote:
my 2007 20inch Imac keeps freezing/crashing and the mouse is moving while its frozen?
How large is your HD? How much space do you have left?
is the hard drive going out? how can I fix it?
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I am trying to connect my fathers ipod touch to itunes on my computer, how can i sync itunes on my machine with the ipod such that his songs don't get deleted and i could add new songs to it (mp3 on my computer)
You cannot merge accounts. Frequently asked questions about Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
One computer using multiple iTunes Store authorizations - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1206 -
I've recently purchased a macbook but my iphone 4 is synced with another computer. How can I sync with my new computer and keep my information?
Sync the iTunes content from the iPhone to the new computer.
iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
And... launch iTunes on the new computer. From the menu bar click Store / Authorize This Computer. -
I just recently purchased a MacBook Pro (13 inch with Retina display), an iPad Air 2, and an iPhone 6 plus. Before these purchases, I was using a Windows 7 laptop to manage my iTunes library and iTunes purchases. I am in need of syncing my iTunes library on my iPod classic (160 GB) with all of my new Apple devices. How can I sync my iTunes library with all of my new devices?
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When this is to a new computer put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.) -
I have itunes directory on an external hard drive and want to direct a new installation of itunes on windows 8 to use it. I tried holding down ctrl and clicking itunes and after many tries got it to work one time. When I went back in later it had reverted back to a blank version of itunes and I cant get ctrl to work again. Any other ideas?
This is sometimes caused by a problem with the iTunesPrefs.xml file, normally found at C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunesPrefs.xml. Try dragging this to the desktop and trying again.
Alternatively the problem may be that you have McAfee AV and it is preventing iTunes from updating the same file and thus causing the problem. See Why does iTunes delete my itunesprefs.xml? for details.
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How can I sync with a new computer without lost all the info?, the old one was stolen.
How can I sync with a new computer without lost all the info?
See Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive
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Hard drive crashed on computer had to rebuild. Reloaded itunes logged into account, registered computer, but cannot sync itouch w/o losing everything b/c it is "registered" to another computer.
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Hi, I have a prepaid visa card but when I want to purchase a product, I face" please contact to Itunes support to complete this transaction". what should I do and how can I contact with Itunes support?
These are user-to-user forums, you are not talking to Apple here and they don't monitor these forums (I've asked the hosts to remove your email address from your post).
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