Itunes always losing my music, driving me up the wall?

This is really getting on my nerves. I have reloaded the songs into itunes so many times that I have lost count, when the list of music comes up, I manually go in delete the song/album and reload it into itunes. I have a folder w/all my music on my desktop, so I don't why itunes keeps losing the location of the music. Why does this keep happening? With older versions of itunes this happened like 1x or 2x. Btw I have always used a PC and currently using an HP envy.

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This post I found & pasted below seems to explain it best - this is only for Ipod (& Ipad?) the iPhone 4 will only let you add from 1 computer supposedly. Basically IF YOU CHECK THE MANUALLY MANAGE BOX YOU CAN NOT SYNC WITHOUT ERASING AND ADDING, BUT YOU CAN DRAG & DROP FILES TO THE DEVICE INSTEAD
What is the "Manually Manage Music and Vidios" option on itunes + ipod?
When I connect my ipod on my computer theres this ipod page + 1 of the options is "Manually Manage Music and Videos". What does that do if i select it? The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to mess up my ipod if I do select it. + later I can't change it back. THANKS!
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It is the best and easiest way to use your ipod.
When you manually manage your music you choose what to add and delete from the ipod. You dont have to sync your ipod.
When it is on manual you can use your ipod on as many computers and itunes libraries as you want without losing any music off your ipod.
You just drag and drop the songs, videos and playlists you want from the itunes library to the ipods name.
Right click and delete what you dont want from the main playlists under the ipods name.
Nothing will ever be deleted or added until you direct it and you can safely use it on any computer.
If you click manually manage music nothing will change on your ipod as it is now until you physically add or delete things.
If you resync with an itunes library later, though, you have to be careful because anything not in that itunes library will be deleted off the ipod. I always keep my ipod manually managed because I use it on several diff computers.
or you just highlight the 20 songs together and drag them in one action
some people are so lazy, lol
Think if it this way
If it is manually managed and you go to your friends house you can use her itunes library which means basically getting music from any other itunes library you want. Not just your own.

TS1368 when i try to access the itunes store to buy music, it loads at the top and says connecting to itunes store..then it loads all the way and goes to a blank page. it loads and seems like it is will work, but then goes to a blank page. Why is it doing

when i try to access the itunes store to buy music, it loads at the top and says connecting to itunes store..then it loads all the way and goes to a blank page. it loads and seems like it is will work, but then goes to a blank page. Why is it doing this?

Hello katyhale,
I found a couple of articles that might help with the issue you are experiencing with the iTunes Store.
If you are getting a white screen when accessing the iTunes Store and using a Windows computer, I recommend reviewing this article:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123
If you are still not able to access the store, I recommend the following article:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Hey guys i got a problem connecting with itunes always giving me ox80090318 if u know the answer please let me know thx

hey guys i got a problem connecting with itunes always giving me ox80090318 if u know the answer please let me know thx

Hello Makiaveli,
It sounds like you are getting this error code when you are trying to access the iTunes Store.
I found this article with this error listed in the symptoms section, for you that should help troubleshoot the issue named:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123
Resolution
The cause for these issues is a program that monitors the Winsock protocol for Windows conflicting with Apple software. These programs usually use a Layered Service Provider (LSP) that can help identify the particular program installed. The programs that monitor this protocol have a variety of purposes, including security software, content filtering, and optimization of network traffic.
To find the LSP:
Download Autoruns for Windows from Microsoft
Look for Autoruns.ZIP and open the compressed folder.
After reviewing the contents and the license, drag autoruns.exe to the desktop.
Open Autoruns.
Click on the tab that says Winsock Providers.
A list of items should appear. A column showing the publisher should be available.
For items other than Bonjour, which is from Apple, check with the publisher for updates to resolve the conflict between their software and Apple software.
If the publisher is unfamiliar to you, you may be able to use the table below to find out more information about the origin of the modifications to Windows.
Some of the publishers and programs that are known to have versions with a conflict are listed below:
Product or Publisher
LSP Name
Bigfoot Networks / Killer Gaming
BfLLR over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6]]
Bsecure
Bsecure over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Bullguard
BGLsp over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Bytemobile, Inc.
BMI over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
CA / Total Defense Internet Security
LAYERED_PROVIDER over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6]]
ContentWatch / Net Nanny
CWALSPSYS CWALSP MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]
Covenant Eyes
Covenant Eyes Monitoring over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Dr. Web
DrWebSP.4 over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Earthlink Total Access
PropelLSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Eset
NOD32 protected [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Fourelle Venturi
VENTURI_TP [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
FoxyProxy
FoxyProxy Service Provider over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Hide My IP / My Privacy Tools
My Privacy Tools - LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
MegaUpload / MegaKey
msadmid over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Netintelligence
NIHLSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Netscape Internet Service
SlipStream LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Netsweeper
Liger over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Norman/Norman Security Suite
NLF over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Panda AntiVirus
PAV_LAYERED over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
PC Tools / Spyware Doctor
PCTOOLS over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
PureSight Internet Content Filter
Winsock over MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]
Ratajik Software StationRipper
AVSDA over [MSAFD-Tcpip [TCP/IP]
Safe Eyes / McAfee Family Protection
Internet Content Filter over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Sendori
SendoriLSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
SpeedBit Video Accelerator
SBLSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
TellyAbroad
EasyHideIP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
Trend Micro
Trend Micro LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
VMWare
VMCI sockets DGRAM
Wave / Embassy Trust Suite
Wave Systems Kerberos LSP over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]]
XFire
Xfire_LSP MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]
Once you've identified the third-party software that installed the LSP, you should check for updates. If the software is your security software, see iTunes: Troubleshooting security software issues for additional information.
Bytemobile is usually associated with cellular data connection software. You may want to check if your provider has instructions to disable or uninstall that portion of the software, such as these instructions from AT&T.
Note: If unsure on the origin of your LSP, you may try to locate vendor information to determine which software is responsible for the non-default value here.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
SterlingD

Conforming Audio is driving me up the wall!

Hi all,
Windows Vista Home Premium, i7, 12GB ram, Production Premium CS5.
I am making a DVD in Encore CS5 with 4 AVI files and a static menu.
When I add the Avi video files En conforms the audio...
I was getting frustrated because it seemed the audio was getting lost somewhere so after 'clearing' and re-importing files a few times I came to realise that before conforming the Audio was playing fine but once the Audio was 'conformed' the sound dissapeared? I used AME to create a Wav file from the Avi video files and added them to the EN timelines to get round that problem.
The problem I am having is that EN is conforming the audio every time I go to another window, like Explorer, or even if I preview within EN, I close the preview window (or just come back from explorer) and EN conforms all the files, all over again! It is driving me up the wall!!!
Then I started 'Transcoding Now' my assets and after every Video is finished I get
so I click OK and EN shuts down ...
When I restart it, opening the same project, it gets partway through opening the project then windows leaps in and declares EN to have a problem and the only option is to close the program. I then start it up again and it starts correctly, I can then 'Locate Transcoded File' for the video file I just transcoded.
Seems like ENcore CS5 is no more stable than CS4 and if anything is less stable.
Any ideas? I can still work through all this 'Stuff' and produce DVD's but the Conforming, CONTINUALLY is just so annoying!
Peter

Interesting ideas MobyTrix.
Slight problem in that my Encore project did not spring from a Premiere project, Premiere was not involved at any point. There was something weird going on there because EN had written it's Cache files but everytime I switched windows it just had to write a bunch more, it was irritating to say the least.
I was amazed after having this issue and discovering the folder of conforming files. It had, over the months built up to nearly 600GB of data! After the lengthy process of cleaning the database it reduced to 350GB or so, then I reduced it to 0GB by deleteing it all
As far as I have worked out there are 4 aplications using these files; Premiere, Encore, Soundbooth and After Effects.
I recently upgraded my DivX codecs at the insistant pestering of the DivX software and there after none of my Adobe software could read any of the AVI packaged DivX files, I found some older codecs out there and installed them and everything went back to normal (what ever that may be).
Encore still crashes on startup with certain projects, I uninstalled it and re-installed and nothing changed, it is just fragile, it is consistent at least and robust enough to go through all the little boughts of behaviour and not get 'broken'.
Perhaps it is all Vistas fault LOL. I think it is just the way things are frankly, with so many different 'platforms' and 'standards' it's amazing anything interacts outside of its own family of hardware/software... The longest project I have worked with was 1 hour and 30 minutes (my own video files edited in PPro for Blu-Ray and DVD) and it all went pretty smoothly, I think upgrading from 6 to 12GB of ram made a big difference.
Cheers,
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I bought a MacBook Air - the top model - a year ago. I got into iTunes - not knowing what I was stepping into. On the Preferences dialog - Advanced tab - there are 2 boxes: one says to "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized" the other says "Copy files to iTunes Media Folder when adding to Library" - I checked BOTH of these boxes.
I added my music files, imported CDs and bought stuff. ALL of my music files have been copied into the iTunes media music folder which is then broken down into directories by author, then by album and then the song files have track numbers appended to the file names. Whatever. I have about 500 music files now.
The problem is that almost everytime I open iTunes I have anywhere from 20 to 200 music files with an exclaimation point beside them. I cannot play them because iTunes cannot locate them. I have to click Locate and navigate into the iTunes media folder, author folder, album folder and then click the mp3 file containing the song and it plays - it fixes that song. Doing that for 200 songs? Are you kidding me?
I noticed that if I close iTunes and open it back up again most of the time the exclamation points are gone but it still will not play the songs. If I click the song it does nothing - it doesnt even give me the box to locate the songs.
This is driving me crazy. Obviously iTunes is not a practical, usable product. But it's the only way to get music onto my iPhone. Or is it?
I've searched thru the Apple support and they're taking lessons from Microsoft - they say the cause is that you moved the initial files and now iTunes cannot find them - they're essentially trying to blame their bugs on us - the users. So Apple - what about all the music I bought from the iTunes store? Did YOU move the initial files? Yes the CDs I imported have "moved" everytime I put my car in gear. The files I imported from my files system are still right there where they have been all along. And no - none of this music is on a removable drive. It's on whatever flash memory you guys put inside this thing when you built it. I refer to it as my internal flash memory - which takes the place of the hard drive most computers have. Seriously, does Apple have answers for this? Not just trying to put the blame back on me.
Had I not told iTunes to keep the media organized then would it keep all the music in one directory? Would this problem go away? Importing all my music again would take an entire day. If i'm going to go thru the trouble of rebuilding my iTunes library I want to solve the problem for good. I do not have time to keep fixing this problem.
I would just go and get a real music player that actually works - but I want to put music on my iPhone - that's why I use iTunes. I guess i'm screwed.
I suspect this has something to do with the fact that a MacBook Air does not have a physical hard drive - it uses flash memory instead - and since flash doesn't retain storage for long they probably have background processes moving files around so they stay fresh - and somehow when I close the computer and it "sleeps" and then wakes up it has "lost" hundreds of my music files because they were moved and iTunes doesn't have the new location?
Does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone found a solution to this issue? Is Apple ever going to fix this problem? If so - how do I get the fix?

If you click one of the marked library entries and reassign the proper file, will it work again?
Then iTunes seems to have problems to access the folder where you placed the music. User rights, removable drive locations... There could be many reasons.
The best way would be perhaps to define the media folder where iTunes can definitely access it, then import all files again and perhaps tick the option to copy the music files instead of just linking them.

Ive had a lap top from a friend, she cleared everything off it but ive downloaded itunes and all her music has appeared in the itunes library. How can i delete her music from the itunes library?

ive got a laptop from a friend, she cleared everything off it. ive downloaded itunes and for some reason all her music has appeared in the library. How do i delete her music from the itunes libary so i can add my own music?

In iTunes, select the music you want to delete (⌘+a to select all) and hit Delete on your keyboard.
Also delete the music files in Finder. Also make sure you have your own Apple ID and iTunes account and logged in.

ITunes 10 losing my music library -- is this a possible solution?

I last synched my iPod on Friday afternoon.
This morning, when I downloaded the new version of iTunes, it lost all my music.
Apple's "recreating your iTunes library" doesn't seem to help. But I have an appointment tomorrow at my local genius bar.
In the meantime, can I use my iPod to recreate my library? I'll lose some stuff because my library is too big for my iPod but I can live with that. Everything I really want is on my iPod, including all the playlists and play courts. But I'm afraid to synch it because I don't want to end up losing what's on it.
This new version of iTunes not just looks different (which I don't like) but feels buggy. I wish I hadn't downloaded it, at least not until Apple had devised patches, tweaks, new versions so these problems are headed off.

Double check to see that the ‘iTunes Library.itl’ file or the folder it resides in (the ‘iTunes’ folder) is not read-only.
First, see this Article for some background information: What are the iTunes Library files?
Using Windows Explorer:
a) Right-click on the file name
b) Select ‘Properties’
c) If it is read-only, then close iTunes, change it, and reopen iTunes.
Now (and going forwards), any changes you make to the Library should be retained (i.e. – rebuilding).
For Vista users, How to Take Ownership and Grant Permissions in Windows Vista may offer some help.
Give yourself ownership and full control of the main iTunes folder and all its subfolders.
If you are running a Sony Vaio PC, then This Thread may offer some insight.
FYI: Rumor has it that Sony has released a Vaio update on their Support site to fix the iTunes related issues (at least on their UK site). I would assume that the same would be available on their US site. See This Link
Best of Luck

How can i transfer my ipod to my new itunes without losing all music

my computer crashed and now all i have is my cousins and i need to know how to convert my music onto her new itunes, hopefully without losing all my music. if thats possible, so there is no way i can go back to my old itunes, her computer is the only itunes i will be able to use. how can i transferr my ipod touch to her computer without losing all data???

Welcome to the discussion,
Create a new user in windows to keep your iTunes library separate and log in. Make sure your new computer is authorized in iTunes. Disable autosync in itunes, connect your ipod, right click on it in the device list and choose backup.
This will save data, pictures and settings to itunes. See what's included in this backup here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Transfer your purchases the same way to copy all apps and bought media from the Store to your computer.
Set up at least one contact and event on your computer to be able the merge your calendars and contacts after your ipod got wiped during the first sync.
The rest of the data can be restored from the backup you made.
Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Music is one way only, from the computer to your device, unless you bought the songs in itunes and transferred your purchases.
There is 3rd party software out there, but not supported by Apple, see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013615&tstart=0

I deleted iTunes from my PC, is there any way i can sync my phone to a newly downloaded iTunes without losing my music that wasn't purchased from iTunes?

BACK-STORY
I recently was given a new iPhone 4S from the Apple Store, I synced it to my PC when I got home and got everything back.I had to uninstall a download of windows 8.1 back to the original windows 8 in order to install an anti-virus software. The only way to uninstall Windows 8.1 is basically a factory reset, by doing so I lost everything that wasn't saved in cloud or external drive.I downloaded iTunes again, signed in and the only thing I could find was the music that I purchased from iTunes. I don't want to connect my phone to the iTunes I just downloaded,because I think I'm going to lose all the music that's already on there, minus the music I bought from iTunes. It's a lot of albums and it took me a while to collect them all too.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE HELP WITH PLEASE
Can I transfer the music on my phone to some type of storage?
USB memory drive
Cloud ex. Skydrive, Google Drive, Dropbox etc
Store somewhere on my PC. (I know I can't sync from my iPhone to iTunes.)
If it is at all possible to store the music that's already on my iPhone using another method,such as the ones I've mentioned or haven't,can I then transfer it to iTunes?
If there is no way to save my iPhone's music library, then when I rebuild it is there a way to store it, that if the same thing was to happen I wouldn't have to go through this process?
Also, any other tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ALL!!

The syncing of music is one way, computer to phone. See this helpful document from a fellow user. Credit goes to the author.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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I have moved some folders and now have some access/authorization issues in iTunes. I've tried to trouble shoot and still have problems doing things like converting WAV files to AAC files in some of my playlists; I get 'not authorized' error messages. I thought it would be easier to delete and reinstall iTunes. How can I safely remove iTunes and reinstall so that I keep all my ripped music, videos, and mobile apps? It's installed on an iMac with two users.

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Downloading past purchases from App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Hope this helps.

HI. iTunes is losing my music.

I will by items on my iPhone, and when I plug it in to sync with the iMac it saves some of the songs but loses the others. I can still play them on my iPhone, but when I try to play them on the iMac I get this error message "The song “Gun Shot (feat. Beenie Man)” could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" and an exclamation point shows up next to the song. I cant find the file anywhere. What do I do??? I am still running snow leopard if that makes a difference. Please, I need my music on my iMac so I can mix songs with garageband.

Hello monkefeet27,
I would be concerned too if I was not able to locate my music in iTunes. I recommend reviewing the following articles to locate you music files on your computer:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1408
Where are my iTunes files located?
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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For some reason or another, I haven't been able to update iTunes for a long time now. I want to reinstall it but I am afraid I will lose all of my music.
How can I delete iTunes and still keep all my songs?
Thanks
btw...I have iTunes currently on an external hard drive so it doesn't eat up space on the computer.

just go to the store and log into your home country's store again.
It happened to everyone's update I think. Just different countries.

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I am having so much trouble with itunes. I keep getting compatibility errors. Can I delete it and reinstall it? I already tried to repair it.

I keep getting compatibility errors.
Could you give us the exact text of what those errors are, and when you are recieving them?
Can I delete it and reinstall it?
Yes.
Go to START > Control Panel. In Add or Remove programs, find the listing "iTunes" and click "Remove".
If you are simply deleting the program like this, your iTunes library will still be safe and saved on your computer under a folder called "iTunes".
-Kylene

Can i uninstall itunes without losing my music?

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What do you mean 'lose'....if you don't have iTunes, how will you access your purchased items?
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