I'm taking the plunge.

I graduated high school last week, and for my graduation present, my mother's friend decided to contribute an astounding $2000 toward the purchase of a new Mac. See, I've been on a PC for a long time now, and graphic designing on Windows wasn't entirely condusive.
I've used Macs before. I took a Multimedia class that used what I believe were the G4 PowerMacs along with Final Cut Pro. I'm writing this post on a 700MHz G4 iMac my girlfriend let me borrow. She herself has a 20" Intel iMac, stock.
However, with the support from my mom's friend, as well as an extra $600 from other presents, I'm finally ready for one of my own. And I couldn't be more happy. I've been reading up on it for the past few days, tracking my order since I placed it on the 26th, and eagerly anticipating the iMac/iPod combo i've placed an order for.
The iMac's going to be 20", 500GB HDD, and 1.0GHz of RAM. Everything else is stock.
I did have a few questions though about the shipping part of the process.
First, why does the shipping for my AppleCare Protection Plan already fall under the Completed category? Does that just indicate that they've processed it, and it's ready to ship with my iMac?
Second, the Estimated Shipping Time on my iMac was today/yesterday (since it's after midnight). Not trying to be too impatient, but with the upgrades stated above, how long would the lead time generally take if I made the order about four days ago?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the life story. I'm just excited for the Mac, and these forums seem really excellent in terms of population.
~Joseph
-edit: Ouch. They just updated the shipping info on the iMac. Says it won't ship until July 6th, and it won't be delivered until July 13th. Hopefully these figures will drop a little and I can get it a bit sooner. Maybe I am impatient.. >_>
20" iMac Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

AppleCare: When it sais completed it means it was processed, you will receive a seperate package by postal mail probably about one week after you get your computer containing the AppleCare information (Proof of Insurance, etc along with a diagnostic CD)
Shipping: I had the same thing happen to my replacement iMac, it was estimated to ship on July 8th, midnight came and went and i was followed by an email the next morning saying estimated shipped was pushed back to July 14th (making the estimated delivery date the 16th).
Naturally I freaked out, and called Apple. The support person told me that the date they specify in the e-mail is a worst case scenario and it will definately ship by that date, and that it could even ship much sooner. So I was like it could even ship out today? and she sais it's possible.
Turned out later that day my iMac shipped, so I wouldn't worry too much. So it shipped on the 9th even though their email said the 14th.
Congrats on graduating by the way, nice present

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Okay...
I have cried for help on this forum before about the somewhat common problem of iTunes 7 having a strange relationship with music on my external drive. The drive in question is a Lacie 250 GB Firewire drive.
A few months ago, out of the blue, one day I opened iTunes to find a sea of exclamation points. Though all the music I had added after a particular date was there, most of the music I had added prior to that was tagged with the exclamation. When I'd try to play one of these songs, iTunes would say it could not be found, though I could manually locate it and things would work fine. I tried a few fixes recommended on this forum by well-meaning but misguided people that resulted in a few sets of duplicate playlists but no fix to the problem. Then, one day, out of the blue again...it started working fine.
I don't even recall having restarted the computer. iTunes had just fixed the problem somehow.
Well, now the problem is back, and I've dealt with it for about a month. But I'm not convinced that it will just go away this time. So, even if I destroy my painstakingly cultivated hundreds of playlists, ratings, play history and comprehensive information (artwork, composer, etc.), I am determined to fix this problem without manually locating over 10,000 songs.
I am posting my attempts here as a record that will hopefully help those struggling with this problem in the future. Though I would welcome any and all comments or questions, I have frankly come to expect very little assistance or even the willingness to assist from this forum (that is to say, I imagine my unresolved question will languish for awhile as a monologue until I either fix the problem or die).
The first thing I will do (after doing a final backup, of course) is to determine whether it makes a difference if an updated version of my iTunes library file and .xml are in the Music folder (on my hard drive) or in my Musica folder (on the external drive). The latest edition of the file is currently on the external drive.
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Well, I've made quite a mess of things. So I have 14,000 songs. Most were added years ago. Looking at the date added in correlation with the exclamation points, it seems as though iTunes forgot the location of most of the songs added before 5/9/06. Mind you, iTunes worked fine (with the exception of doing this whole thing once before) until about a month ago. So, in May 2007, iTunes forgot most of what happened before 5/9/06.
(For reference purposes, the gap seems to exist between two songs I downloaded. "Help Me, Ronda" by the Beach Boys is the last song with an exclamation point in the date added list (see two exceptions below). "Proud Mary" by Ike & Tina Turner, on the other hand, is exclamation point free and only a couple of songs added after "Proud Mary" have exclamation points. They are:
Freedom, by Richie Havens, added 6/3/06.
Slow Free Bird, by Geesekey, added 12/17/06, a song I made in Garageband.
Now, don't let me give you the impression that there is a solid wall of exclamation points up to "Help Me, Rhonda." Maybe about every 10/20 songs, there is a song with no exclamation point that plays fine. Following Jase's lead before (his advice to another user), I have investigated some of these songs that work fine, but can't find any reason why these work and others don't (any difference in the iTunes Library.xml, files created with/without track number, etc.).
So, here's what happened in the past couple of days: I dragged my "iTunes Music" folder (located in my "Musica" folder on the external drive) into the iTunes source list). Most everything was duplicated, with the new songs playing just fine but lacking ratings and play history. Also, the new songs were not included on any playlists.
What I did next was poorly executed. I sorted iTunes by the Date Added and selected the first few thousand (roughly, A-J; seeing them according to the Date Added reveal that they weren't added in exactly a linear fashion). I hit the delete button and selected "Remove", but I then told iTunes to "Move to Trash." What I should have done, I imagine, is told iTunes to "Keep Files". So, my A-J songs are now deleted off the External Drive and gone (though I have backup DVDs generated by the iTunes "Back up to Disc" feature).
What should I do next? is the pressing question. Should I rip everything out and start from scratch with my backup discs? I guess the question I would have with that approach is this: if I restore from backup discs made three months ago, will I still have all my playlists, ratings and play history as they were when I made the backup? If that's the case, that'd be fine with me...I just want to make sure that's what will happen. Also, I have a backup of my iTunes Library file before I've done all this crazy stuff of the past few days, so if that enters into the equation, let me know.
Otherwise, let me address your comments, Jase.
Anyway, here's a question. Can you export your
playlists, even though they're made up of songs with
exclamation marks? If so, you could try exporting one
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songs). Does the newly imported playlist play, or
does it still have the exclamation mark problem? I
wouldn't know what to expect, but it might be worth a
try.
My playlists themselves are all still the same as they were (though there are exclamation marks all over the place). From what I can tell, they look fine when exported to an .xml (the music folder seems to have the correct path). When I import it, it's the same deal: exclamation points at the same places.
If your playlists are exportable, you might want to
export them to XML files, just so you'll have those
little databases of them. Then, if worse came to
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file and reload your Music folder into a new library,
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I'm not willing to export every playlist, because I have hundreds and it would just take too long. Is there a way to export all or a lot of playlists at once? Anyway, I figured that my playlist data was stored somehow in the iTunes Library file, so I felt I had a backup already. I could be wrong about this, though, as I really don't understand much about the iTunes Library file and .xml and the like.
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playlist? Somehow, I doubt it. But if you can, you
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know how that happened, and I didn't know what to
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song file problems occur when this is on.
Yes and yes. Based on what you told others, I have looked at the .xml of some of the problem songs and the working ones and could find no difference, but I didn't really know what I was supposed to be looking for. I also use the Add Track Number feature and always have.
If you still have the 28,000 songs in your Library
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I probably should have done the latter (just restore the backup of the iTunes Library file). Oh well...
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small sample if possible unless you're absolutely
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This is a great idea. I wish I would have checked my sample more closely or done more tests before I plunged off the cliff.
Back up your iTunes Library file, as well as your
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Check.
Those are a few things to think about. They probably
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Since iTunes did fix it once before, I would not
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Okay, I will post what I do next, provided that I don't hear any compelling advice and make my own decision (though I should be even more gun-shy after my recent blunders).
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