Had to reload windows, now itunes thinks I have a new laptop.
Had to reload windows, now itunes thinks I have a new laptop.
I cannot now delete or load songs onto iphone unless I wipe them all and start again. Is there anything I can do to get round this problem?
Strange how I do not have this problem with my ipod nano!!
Many thanks all.
+Strange how I do not have this problem with my ipod nano!!+
What folders did you back up and then restore after reinstalling Windows? The nano does not use a few folders that iPhones/iTouch/iPads use. But they both use the same library database file, iTunes Library.itl. That is the main file that tells itunes if a device has been synced to it.
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Had to Reload Operating System-Itunes thinks this is a 2nd computer?
I had a virus and had to reload the operating system and itunes. Itunes thinks there is another computer. Where do I go to delete my old computer?
Also, it is telling me an ipod can only be synced with one itunes library at a time. (I have made this an authorized computer)
Thanks!*I had a virus and had to reload the operating system and itunes. Itunes thinks there is another computer. Where do I go to delete my old computer*
If your system crashes or you reinstall your operating system without deauthorising iTunes first, even a single computer can use up your limit of 5 authorisations. You can't deauthorise those dead installations individually. If you've reached your limit of 5 you have the option to deauthorise them all in one go from your iTunes Store account and start over again. *Just note that you can only use this option once a year*: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation
*It is telling me an ipod can only be synced with one itunes library at a time. (I have made this an authorized computer)*
Authorising the computer isn't the point, the iPod was syncronised with a different library file (which you erased when you reinstalled Windows). Did you have a back up of your muisc to add back into iTunes or is that missing too?
If you simply want to continue using the iPod without syncing (and losing the contents) then change it to manual management. When you connect to your new computer and you get the message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel".
Alternatively open iTunes first and go to Edit>Preferences>Devices and check the box "Prevent iPods and iPhones from syncing automatically" and choose Ok. Then connect your iPod.
When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. In manual mode you can drag and drop new content to the iPod from iTunes without erasing what's currently on it: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
If you want to recover the music from the iPod and transfer it to your new computer there are a few things you can do. iTunes will only give you the option to copy your iTunes Store purchases directly from an iPod to the computer, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
For everything else (music from CDs, other downloads etc) there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
iTunes & iPod software
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
A selection of iPod to iTunes utilities:
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
YamiPod Mac and Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
Once you have recovered everything from the iPod and your iTunes library has been rebuilt it will be safe to sync again.
I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive -
Upgraded to Windows 7, now iTunes thinks it's a new computer and is making me authorize it
My computer was recently upgraded to Windows 7, and iTunes now thinks it's a new computer and is forcing me to authorize it as a new one (which uses the number of computers I can authorize). Not only that, but it's making me do it more than once, so this same laptop has now been authorized 3 times. Any way to let iTunes know it's confused, and/or to put it back? Also since the upgrade it will only download sporadic episodes of TV seasons I have purchased, not sure if it's related....
Go into iTunes, select the iTunes store, and in the upper right hand corner of the browser, you'll see your account name. Clikc on that, and you'll access an area where you can edit the details about your account. One of the choices is to de-autorize all your computers. Do that. Then authorize the one you want.
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I want to sync an album onto my iPod but that is the only music I have on my iTunes and i was wandering if I sync my iPod will my purchused items will go. I have about 25 songs that i have purchused and the rest I have got off a few cd's. So will my purchused items go?
Molly...
Launch iTunes on your new laptop. Then from the menu bar (top of your screen) click Store > Authorize This Computer.
Connect the iPod to your computer. Now from the iTunes menu bar again click File > Transfer Purchases from.
Your purhcased media will be stored in your iTunes library.
Hopefully you still have the CD's if you need to re import that music into iTunes if necessary.
Always good to have a backup just in case > How to back up your media in iTunes -
I had to reload windows now my bookmark back up is a " Unsuported file"
I reformatted My HD and backed up my bookmarks before i did now my bookmark file is an unsupported file. i was running 4 beta before. File type is "file"?
jdgiildenzopf wrote:
while i was running boot camp to install windows 7 i had to cancel operation. Now my mac comes up black screen with a curser at top
Reboot your Mac. As soon as you hear the chime hold down the option key, when the startup manager appears release the option key and select OSX as the startup volume. If there is no OSX volume, post back. -
ITunes thinks I have a new iPod Touch
Hi
I got a new iPod Touch yesterday. I connected it to iTunes, synced it, updated to 2.0 firmware and charged it. Now, every time I connect it to iTunes, I get the welcome screen as though it's the first time I've plugged it in. When I click ok, it goes to the normal iPod screen and all my content is there and my sync preferences are ok, but it's a bit annoying having the welcome screen come up every time. I don't know if this is something to do with the update or not.
Has anyone else had this? Would restoring help?I had this problem and a restore did resolve it, but I had to restore as *a new ipod* as restoring from backup didn't work... which meant I had to restore all settings manually .
What I think caused this problem is probably interrupting the first sync. Try restoring it as a new iPod, and don't sync any music, videos etc. to it just yet (i.e. uncheck all the boxes on the startup page or you'll be waiting a very long time for all of your music to sync) then wait until the iPod has synced completely. Then disconnect and re-connect again to find (hopefully) that the problem has gone away. Then you can sync everything back on your iPod.
The above is just my two cents. I might be entirely wrong. -
When I update my motherboard BIOs itunes thinks I have a new PC
I had a previous X79 EVGA SLI motherboard and everytime I updated the BIOs itunes thought I had a different computer. OK so I changed motherboards to a new X79 Dark and everytime I update the BIOs on this motherboard I get the same thing from the itunes store
As far as I recall I'm not aware of a BIOS update causing an authorization issue for me, but if it happens every time you update your BIOS then it is a reasonable conclusion that there might be a connection. I don't know how Apple authenticates a computer, but I assume it involves some kind of checksum derived by inspecting various components of the system. Perhaps a quirk of your BIOS/motherboard is involved.
tt2 -
hi, i had to re install my itunes library from a hard drive to my new laptop. Now itunes thinks i am trying to add new albums and saying there isnt enoug space. should i restore or is there a better way.
Have you tried exporting a 10 second section of the footage to see if the issue shows up once the seqeunce is actually exported from the timeline. I edit on CS5 with windows 7 pro at work quite often and have no issues so I assure you that isn't the issue. I also edit with AVCHD footage when at home and work quite freqeuntly as well so I'm positive that isn't the issue. It sounds like a GPU driver has been corrupted in the way it interacts with premiere pro. What type of GPU do you have? If it supports MPE's GPU acceleration have you tried turning it off and seeing if that makes any difference?
Anyways though try to export a 10 second test section of your timeline to see if when the clip is exported from premiere it will play normally in windows media player or vlc or w/e media player you want to use. If it exports fine then you can almost be positive it's a corrupted video card driver. If that's the case I'd re-install your GPU's driver and also check your gpu makers website to see if they have a updated driver avaiable. -
Had to reload window Vista need to reload stored cds from Windowsold file after reload
had to reload window Vista need to reload stored cds from Windowsold file
had to reload my computer after a HD failure. I reloaded everything along with current version of Itunes.
Consider Windows 7 has its own built in data and system backup, and now Windows 7 (Dev) has a better hourly backup/archive versions, and there are 3rd party programs....
you have the CDs still?
Prosoft Data Rescue 3 for PC and Macs (demo) can scan a drive for recovery.
Bad blocks, or issues with directory and such? out right hard drive failure?
And then there are network storage if you have more than one computer, or use HomeGroup (Win 7) to access files across LAN.
My Music Media Library is never on the boot drive, I wish the iPod backup wasnt as well.
For an excellent utility to clone Windows OS drive2drive, I recommend and use Paragon HDM 2011 Suite, used as needed and weekly so I always have a system clone that I can pop in and boot from, no image, no restore needed (set the BIOS or hot key). Wouldn't be w/o and $49. Takes 10 minutes for 50GB Windows OS.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-personal/ -
Had problem with laptop so reinstalled it now itunes will not sync on both laptops, it did before.
Had problem with laptop so reinstalled it now itunes will not sync on both laptops, it did before to my iphone5 says cannot sync to 2 libraries until I reinstalled it did.
iDevices can only be synched with one library. However, you can sync successfully with more than one computer if each has a copy of the same logical library - the identifier that iTunes uses to determine which library is synced an iDevice is recorded within the iTunes database (the iTunes Library.itl file). The best approach is to replicate your complete library (database, media, artwork, associated files) from one PC to the other. When you reinstalled iTunes on your laptop it will, by default, have created a new library with a distinct id from that of your other machine. Even if you copied all your media from one to the other, iTunes will still see the libraries as distinct with respect to syncing iDevices.
If you have configured iTunes to organize your media and to copy files to the iTunes Media folder, then the complete library will be contained within (by default) C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes, with a structure of subfolders and key files like this:
If this is the case, you can (with iTunes not running on either machine):
Copy this iTunes folder from laptop 2 to laptop 1 (the one that's had iTunes reinstalled) - depending on the size of your library you can do this over a network, using a thumb drive, or an external (USB) hard driveNote this this assumes no media on laptop 1 that's not also on laptop 2 - if this isn't the case, there's a slightly different process to follow to ensure that this media is preserved and can be added to the "common" library
Once the copy is complete, make sure that iTunes is using the correct library database by holding down SHIFT as you start iTunes. When you see this prompt:
select Choose Library..., navigate to the iTunes folder you just copied, select the iTunes Library.itl file you'll find there, and click Open.
For future reference, you can use turingtest2's user tip on Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy for a suitable method to backup your library to an external drive - you can then, with care, use this to keep the copies of your common library in sync across your laptops. -
Can no longer access my itunes account because my original computer no longer works. Now need to access prepurchased apps to download on my Ipod since i had to reset it. I have a new laptop.
Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and iTunes Radio availability by country - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple recommends, "You always back up your iTunes library in the event that a purchased item is no longer available on the iTunes Store," (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519).
You will be using your original AppleID and password. that works for any computer you own now or in the future. Do not make a new appleID. -
I purchased Adobe photoshop elements II and Adobe premiere elements II. They are both on one disc. My computer crasded and I had to reload Windows. I only have one serial number and it only works with photoshop II. The same serial number will not work for Premiere. I dont have any other serial numbers. What do I do???
Static_Unit
I am getting a bit concerned about what is happening in your situation. Yesterday you posted your question in at least two different forums, one of them being here in the Premiere Elements Forum.
Don't Have Serial Number for Premiere, Only Photoshop?
Wherever you posted, the reply was to contact Adobe via its Adobe Chat. It is the only one who can sort out this matter for you.
In the thread cited above I offered to help you with the difficulties that you were having visualizing the Adobe Chat in its web page. I was waiting for your follow up on that in the above thread. Instead, I find your same question in a new Adobe Premiere Elements Forum thread this afternoon with no refer the prior threads or prior recommendations given you.
I will also mention again...when you buy the Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements bundled in one packaging and with installation files for each on the same installation disc, each program has its own serial number. The Photoshop Elements serial number does not work for Premiere Elements and vice versa. The serial numbers are on labels on a box which houses the installation disc envelope(s). So, if you purchased both programs and found the Photoshop Elements serial number, then the Premiere Elements serial number should be in a label right underneath the label with the serial number for Photoshop Elements. I recall writing this in your yesterday's thread on this matter.
The moderator will no doubt be along shortly to close or delete this thread. So, just in case, please bookmark your yesterday's thread cited above so that we can continue this communication which is trying to help you.
Thanks.
ATR -
I now have a new laptop, but I'm afraid to plug my iPod in because I know it will wipe out all 300 songs. Is there a way to put my old music on my new laptop?
(After my old laptop blew, it won't turn on anymore). I've invested quite a bit of money into my music, and it'd be a bummer if it's all gone to waste.
Thanks in advance!Some of the information below has subsequently appeared in a document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was designed for you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchased content.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only media purchased from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. Examples (check the web for others; this is not an exhaustive listing, nor do I have any idea if they are any good):
- Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
- Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
- MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/
- Sharepod (free) - http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2 - Windows
- Snowfox/iMedia - http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imedia-transfer-mac.html - Mac & PC
- iexplorer (free) - http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/ - Mac&PC
- Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
- 2010 Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 - dates from 2008 and some outdated information now.
Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods.
Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Your_Music_Off_of_Your_iPod - I am not sure but this may only work with some models and not newer Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Additional information here https://discussions.apple.com/message/18324797 -
I had to reload windows and I have lost my Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 & Adobe Premiere Elements, I have the original online PO can I still download fthis software from Adobe and how?
stepheng
Do you have the purchased serial number? What computer operating system?
If you purchased from Adobe direct, you can get download installation files from "My Orders" at the Adobe web site under your Adobe ID and Password (http://www.adobe.com).
Alternatively, you can use the following Adobe document with links to the downloads....
Other downloads
Also, from the following web site as a tryout into which you insert your purchased serial number during installation
Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 Direct Download Links, Premiere too | ProDesignTools
To avoid Access Denied message, follow carefully the web site's "Note: Very Important Instructions".
Just in case note...make sure installation files are for your computer operating system 32 vs 64 bit. Two files (.exe and .7z)
Any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to ask.
Please let us know the outcome as your schedule permits.
Thank you.
ATR -
I recently had my hard drive wiped out by a virus and had to reinstall windows and itunes. When I hooked up my ipod it did not transfer my songs from my ipod to my itunes library. How do I do this?
iTunes syncing is generally in one direction only, from the computer's iTunes library to the iPod. You cannot use iTunes to transfer song files from iPod to computer (except for songs purchsed from the iTunes Store).
However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer. If you do an Internet search on something like "ipod transfer," you should get some links. (The CNET article seems to be popular.)
Once the song files are on your computer's drive, you can add them to your new iTunes library. (Going forward, you should use a backup strategy, and include your iTunes data in what gets backed up. Then, you would be able to recover your complete iTunes library, including things like playlists and ratings.)
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