HT1923 When I uninstall i-Tunes, won't I lose all my music, and audiobooks on the computer?
When I uninstall i-Tunes, won't I lost all my music and audiobooks from the computer?
it depends how you uninstall it. If you delete the whole iTunes directory in ~/Music containing your music and audiobooks, then yes, your files will be removed.
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TS5376 why all the problems with itunes? If i uninstall itunes do i lose all my music and books?
problems with itunes. being instructed to totally uninstall in a specific order and if i fail untold evils will occur. why all the problems? Also, if i uninstall, do i lose all my music and books????
See Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
tt2 -
My iPod deleted all my music and playlists on the iPod when synching!
I turned on wifi on my iPod and opened up iTunes today to add music to the iPod. It was doing fine, then suddenly a song I was adding froze (it stayed grey on iTunes with a synching icon by it). It stayed like that for I don't know how long, I thought it was fine and so I wasn't looking. I look back a while later and every song on my iPod as displayed on iTunes has an exclamation point by it. I look at my iPod and it says "No Music." iTunes still knows all my playlists and songs and shows my iPod as having them all, except for all the exclamation points.
What happened, and how do I get all my music and playlists back?
I have an iPod Touch 4g with iOS 5, and iTunes 10.Currently trying to do a restore from a backup I made about a week ago. I don't know if that will help; I'll update when it's done.
EDIT: Music still gone. -
When I select a song it will run thru all my music and will select a song not selected
I can not get any help from the Apple store. I have had my phone there 3 times they just say they don't know. The last time I took it in I was told to hook it back up to my computer take everything off and reinstall all again I did that and now I have lost all my ringtones and it did not fix the problem with my music. I called itunes support today and now they tell me because my warrenty is up I will be charged for fixing the problem. I decided today to call I tunes suport. Apple never did send me to itunes support I have been dealing with this for 6months. Anyone else have this problem?
Hey there Mrk_wrd,
It sounds like you can successfully sync with iTunes and get no error messages, but when you try and play your music, the songs just scroll through and will not play.
I think I would start with closing the Music app on your phone and restarting it. Then try again to play your music.
Restarting your iOS device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider.
After the device has turned off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
From: iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If the issue persists then I would resync your content to your phone.
Plug your device into iTunes and click it. Then go to your Music tab and uncheck the Sync Music checkbox, and click apply in the lower right corner. That will remove the music from the iPhone.
From: iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12113
When that process is done, restart both your iPhone and the computer, then go back into iTunes and recheck the Sync Music checkbox and click apply again to resync your music to the phone and test it again.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
All the best,
Sterling -
keep getting error7 ( windows error 1114) when trying to open i tunes. If i uninstall/reinstall will i lose my library/purchases etc. Sorry not very computer literate so easy instructions appreciated.
See Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates. Your library should be safe, but you ought to back it up anyway.
tt2 -
Am i going to lose my music if i uninstall then re install?
check all payment parts are filled in and u have endered you last 3 digs on back on card used to set up account
if using an other computer make sure all fileds are right and filled in
and u enter to itunes sec code -
Before I upgraded to IOS7 I could connect my iPhone5 with my computer but it won't let me do it now
Without the Apple ID and passcode that was used to originally activate the device you will not be able to use it ever. This is Activation Lock, a feature of iOS 7. See this support document. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
Without that information, that device is nothing more than a fancy paperweight and no one, including Apple will be able to activate it. -
Youtubes are black and won't play-loses all my tabs and app pins sometimes
Hi,
Recently after the last update my youtubes anyway will not play, they are just a black square?
I've tried reloading FF 6.01 removing cookies from Youtube...nothing!
Also some times FF loses all my pinned tabs and reg tabs. This is VERY ANNOYING!Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
You can also try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Cannot+view+full+screen+Flash+videos
* http://www.youtube.com/swf_test.html (right-click the player: Settings)
Flash "Display settings" window:
* http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html -
Every time I turn my computer on and open iTunes all my music is gone, if comes up with the scan media page, all my playlists have been deleted. All my music is still on the computer and in the files. I don't know why it keeps doing this, it's really annoying as I have loads of music and then have to do my playlists again just to sync my phone. Can someone please help??
Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. Note that in iTunes 11 an "empty" library may show your past purchases with links to stream or download them.
In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
Alternatively, depending on exactly when and why the library went missing, there may be a more recent .tmp file in the main iTunes folder that can be copied and renamed asiTunes Library.itl to restore the library to an earlier state. Look for a recent .tmp file that is similar in size to the .itl files in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. If it has happened repeatedly you may want the earliest such file generated since the last iTunes upgrade.
If applicable, see iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device. Even if you have the media you can use selected steps from the tip to ensure that you don't lose settings and data from the device as a result of switching libraries.
A large number of users with this issue have been using AVG Anti-Virus which appears to be implicated in the problem. AVG have released a patch which might help, so if you use AVG then I would update that first. I'd also be interested to know which AV you use in case others may cause similar issues. I recommend excluding the iTunes folder from any real-time and scheduled AV scanning process. Another possible cause could be automatic backup tools.
tt2 -
Hi, I want to share music from my ipod touch to my ipod classic but it says my bonjour service is disabled. When I go to help it says to uninstall and reinstall my itunes. Won't I loose all my information and music?
No. Removing and re-installing iTunes has NO affect on the content that is stored in your iTunes library. Use the steps in this article to help you remove and re-install iTunes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925
B-rock -
I purchased a film but it won't play because iTunes says I need to authorize the computer, but when I do that it says the computer is already authorized. Huh - some system. Any ideas?
Using Windows 7Hey Louni,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are having issues with Authorizing your computer to play content. The following articles may help to resolve this issue:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1277
Thanks,
Matt M. -
whats the best way to transfer all my music and i tunes library from an old xp pc to a new one when the old one wont take the latest version of iTunes.
iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
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I updated my Itunes the other day and now, when clicking on the itunes icon, the program does not open?? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, resetting the computer, checking permissions, running as adminstrator.. nothing is working?? Help!!
Amazing steps you've done so far! The great news is this is very unlikely an issue with your iPhone.
I've run into a similar issue lately as well. I narrowed it down to one song that was causing 30 songs not to sync. I removed the song from the sync list (unchecked it) and all 29 songs were able to sync.
You may be running into a similar issue. This may be a problem with this version of iTunes, an issue with one song or a group of songs; hard to know for sure. It's important to narrow down and isolate the cause. Most imporantly get that music back on there!
The way to narrow down the casue add just a few songs at a time (even 1, just to get that first sync finished). Manually syncing is what you'll need here.
Plug in your iPhone, on the Summary screen (shows a picture of your iPhone, the iOS version, Restore iPhone....; etc). Under the Options area at the bottom choose to Manually Manage Videos and Music then choose Apply in the lower right. The music that's on your iPhone now should be removed from your iPhone now. You're now able to sync music manually.
The link below explains how to drag the songs from the iTunes library on the computer on to your iPhone which will start the sync. Add just one song just to see if you can get 1 of those hundreds of songs on there. If you can, awesome! Keep adding until you find the song or group of songs that are causing this issue.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Please let me know how things are going.
Cheers! -
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Downgrade OS X Lion To Snow Leopard [Video How-To]
http://www.cultofmac.com/110614/downgrade-os-x-lion-to-snow-leopard-video-how-to /
How To Downgrade OS X Lion To Snow Leopard: The Complete Tutorial
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-downgrade-os-x-lion-to-snow-leopard-the-complet e-tutorial/
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389334,00.asp -
Updated ipod last night and now when turned on tells me to coonect to itunes (picture of usb cable with arrow to itunes). I can't connect to itunes on computer because apple application support can't be found. Tells me to uninstall then reinstall itunes. Will I lose all my music or is it still on my ipod?
Under normal circumstances, an uninstall/reinstall doesn't touch your content. (That being said, it's still always a good idea to maintain a current backup at all times in case of disasters.)
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