ITunes content deleted
I import all my music complete with artwork and films into iTunes and sync ok with my iTouch. When I close & reopen iTunes the content is still there but if I open the iTunes folder on my hard drive where the music library and all of the temp files are stored and then re-open iTunes all of the content of iTunes is gone - although the music library folder is still complete.
Am I doing something wrong - this is very frustrating haaving to re-import the content and rebuild playlists etc and then re-sync with a different music library?
Welcome to AD!
Vaio users worldwide have been seeing this problem. Some Sony software causes a conflict with iTunes. You need to set the Sony Content Folder Watcher to leave the iTunes folder alone.
Looks like Sony may have put out an update for that in Asia:
http://www.sony-asia.com/support/faq/300917/productcategory/itpersonalcomputer
Contact Sony to see if they have an update for your model, or configure its software to leave itunes alone.
There is a way to configure the sony software - I don't have a Vaio, but this older topic has directions
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277
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-> https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/in-the-cloud/
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