Help me Delete my entire music library
I have a bunch of old crap music. Annoying orange my son dowloaded... which I cannot bear any longer! I deleted imy entire iTunes library and also off my phone... but I have iCloud and the music still shows on my phone. with a little cloud and arrow on it. So technically I still have this **** music on my phone. Even though it says 0 music. How I do I completely delete it? I don't want to see it anymore.
No you don't have it on your phone, you have it in iCloud. And if you don't want to see it on your phone you can hide it.
How to Disable Showing Cloud Music in iOS 7
Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Open the settings menu
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Music option.
Select the music option
Step 3: Move the slider to the right of Show All Music from the right to the left.
When this setting is off, you will not see any green around the slider.
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Reinstalling iTunes should fix the major issue that might have gone wrong, perhaps your explaination points will disappear and everything will be peachy again.
But if they don't, you can open the XML file in iTunes Folder using a Text edit program to see what the common pathname is to the iTunes Music folder or where your content is located.
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I can't download iTunes to my Vista virtual machine to test it out right now because iTunes is down, so I can't verify the pathname, perhaps your issue and the iTunes being down are related somehow?
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Hi,
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See this Link on Syncing:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/ -
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Hi everyone,
I have an iPod Classic running software ver 1.3. I keep (kept) my entire music library on the iPod rather than on my laptop. I've used the iPod this way for nearly 5 years now. This morning I connected the iPod to my Windows Vista laptop, running iTunes 9.2.1.5, which I do almost every day.
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Beyond frustrated,
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As a side note, there are way too many people on this forum that don't keep their library on their computer (25 Gigs doesn't take up that much room) or at least store it on an external hard drive (they're cheap). Too many things can happen to your iPod such as; theft, damage, malfunction, or your experience that not keeping a back-up copy is risking losing a "library that took years to collect and organize". I know that I have all the CDs that make up my 31,000 song library that are all on my iPod Classic but I still keep them on my computer AND my backup hard drive. I know if I lost my iPod I really wouldn't want to rip all those CDs again, not to mention hunting down missing artwork.
CDJunkie -
I just accidentally wiped out my entire music library. I sent everything to recycling bin and then immediately hit restore all items as I knew what I had just done. Now I can find where those files went. Is there anyway Apple can just send me my purchased songs again?
See Here > Download Past Purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519 -
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See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Backing up Playlist (Or the Entire Music Library) on a Second Hard Drive
I know there are many solutions for this subject online, but neither suits my needs. I have already read many tutorials on how to backup your entire music library using your ipod as a hard drive, but I have a different matter. I have all my music stored on my second hard drive (witch has a capacity 80 Gigabytes), the size of the music folder is about 49 Gigabytes; my ipod has a capacity of 30 Gigabytes, and my first drive (where Windows runs has a capacity of 20 Gigabytes.) On my current library I have all my playlists the way I like them. My problem is that I constantly need to re-install Windows for testing matters, so I would like to keep all my playlists, my ratings, and my play counts when I reinstall windows. I can not use my ipod as a hard drive, because all my music won’t fit. I have also read that it is necessary to have the option (Keep my Itunes music folder organized), but I am not able to do that also, because of the lack of space on my 1st hard drive. What would be my best option to backup my library?
Thanks in advance,
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[email protected]Dirk Breeuwer,
It sounds like you may have your songs stored on the external hard drive, and linked to the library on the internal hard drive. Is that correct?
You can move your iTunes Library folder to the external drive, and then tell iTunes to keep the library organized. This article discusses creating a different library, and how to switch between them. (This is a feature that was added as part of iTunes 7)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
The initial configuration of that option may take a while, but once setup would be the easiest way to accomplish keeping the library intact through reinstall of Windows with the songs stored on a second hard drive.
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1. Copy the iTunes folder from My Documents to the external hard drive
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Hope this helps,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1205?viewlocale=en_US
Sync Music
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351?viewlocale=en_US
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7065803#7065803
Importing music and video already on your computer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/7.6/en/15349.html
About Add to Library
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301509
iPod touch
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I am trying to sync a playlist to my Nano, but when I click on the Music tab at the top,
it will not allow me to select the option Selected Playlist, Artists, etc. I cannot un-check the Entire Music library
option and check the Selected Artist … one.
I have changed the Sync option to Manually sync, but that does not help.
How can I change this to the second option?
Thanks.There is a checkbox above those two options for how to sync. It says Sync Music; it enables automatic syncing. That box needs to be checked before you can select from the two options for how automatic syncing is performed.
NOTE: If the iPod is current set up to Manually manage music [and videos], checking that Sync Music box replaces its current content with content from your iTunes library, based on how automatic syncing is set up on that screen.
So, if your goal is to add ONE playlist to an iPod that is managed manually, you do not want to do this because iTunes will erase the iPod's current content and replace it with just that ONE selected playlist (and whatever else you select on that Music settings screen).
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Help would be appreciated.I'm not quite sure how a screenshot would illuminate the issue. I can, however, try to explain this in simpler terms.
I have my playlists in their folders (the sort created by selecting File -> New Playlist Folder). I imported (through File -> Library -> Import Playlist) my music library from an other computer. The playlist folders imported showed every item in my library (automatic playlists didn't). Apparently, moving any playlist out of a folder fixes this problem.
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