Half of my itunes on my macbook randomly got stored as "damaged"
i left my computer on (but charging) all day, & when I got back it seemed like my computer had had part of it's memory erased- when I went online, it didn't have any of my usual websites remembered (i.e. I typed in "f" & it didn't fill in the rest of the link for facebook, la-dee-dah). Anyway, that was fine, but when I tried opening up iTunes, it said "importing iTunes" but it was taking 5ever, so after a few minutes or whatever I just clicked "Stop". So then when iTunes opened, I had less than half of my music! My computer said that the rest of the files were "damaged". They're still here on my computer, but I can't access them & don't know what to do.
Boot your computer from your OSX installer disk and repair you hard drive with Disk Utility (not permissions, the First Aid thing). If it won't repair it you may need a stronger utility such as Diskwarrior ($100) and hope it works. Can't tell at this stage but maybe your drive is on its way out. Hopefully is is just directory corruption.
Hopefully you have a backup.
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Hard to say. May be a onetime glitch.
1. Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the appropriate method.
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Is your computer still authorized in the Store menu in iTunes?
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization
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Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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iTunes 11 requires 10.6.8 (not 10.8.6 as you have typed). If your Mac is an Intel one with at least 1Gb of RAM then you can buy Snow Leopard in the online Apple Store (type 'Snow Leopard' in the search box rather than browsing for it).
Once installed, download the combo updater to bring it up to 10.6.8:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
You will then be able to install iTunes 11. However if your Mac has a PPC processor you cannot install Snow Leopard and will be unable to proceed. To check this, choose 'About This Mac' from the Apple menu and look where it says 'Processor' - it needs to say 'Intel' for you to be able to upgrade. -
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
See if your computer is supported > http://support.apple.com/kb/sp575 Buy Snow Leopard > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard Then, make a backup, insert the DVD and upgrade. Finally, go to > Software Update and update to the latest version.
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No there's not. Otherwise that wouldn't be very secure, would it?
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RossIt will never automatically update. You always will ahev to tell it to update. it will never update unless you tell it to.
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How can I overcome this problem? I have 29 days and 23 houors to solve this problem, but would like to do it for watching NLT Monday, 21 May 2012, evening!Mr. Churchill - First, to answer your last questions:
Yes, the movie is fully downloaded, all 3.69 GBs.
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Fletsch
Re: Rental Movies not showing up on Apple TV
Mar 4, 2008 1:58 PM (in response to Mark_Mac)
there are three possibilities: you have not upgraded to version 2.0 or in Summary on the ATV device in iTunes, you should look whether you have it set up to only sync or otherwise disables movie syncing, or you have not paired your Mac to the ATV (on your tv, settings/computers/connect to itunes library - not shared library)
MacMini core duo, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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