ITunes damaged file
Ive been having problems with uploading new songs to my iPod. When I connect it to my computer it says some files are damaged and I should run CHKDSK. When I do nothing happens, same problem still there. I have the latest downloads to iTunes and iPod, and Ive tried re installing and nothing works!
Please help me!
HP Windows XP
here is the best place to start with that error message:
iPod: What to do if Windows displays an "itunes.exe - Corrupt File" message
but if more advanced treatments seem to be required, see:
Da Gopha: chkdsk errors
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I am using an external hard disk for storing songs and I continuously get error message : iTunes.exe damaged files (dutch beschadigd bestand). I already downloaded the update version of Ipod and reinstalled the Ipod itself. I should run CHKDSK and now more than 1000 files are removed while listening on my ipod before the files were good.
While using Ipod songs are skipped or overruled by fragments of other songs.
What could be wrong;
- my new external harddisk ?
- my Ipod itself?
- Itunes programm?If Windows has difficulty reading information off iPod or iPod shuffle, it may display a message from the System Tray, indicating there's a corrupt file and to please run the Chkdsk utility.
I recommend using the latest iPod Updater to restore iPod because this will address the file system issue and will also defragment the iPod drive. Although you can use the Chkdsk utility to fix file system errors on the drive mapped to iPod, Chkdsk will not defragment the drive.
Warning: The restore process cannot be undone. All of your songs and files will be deleted. Always make a backup of your important data.
Tip: Make sure you always eject iPod properly and that you wait for the orange light to stop blinking before disconnecting iPod shuffle. Click here to learn more about iPod shuffle status lights.
This issue may be more likely to occur on iPod shuffle if iPod shuffle's file system has become heavily fragmented. A restore will eliminate fragmentation. Chkdsk will not.
For restoring the ipod
Open the iPod Software Updater application. It's in the Utilities folder, which is in your Applications folder. Open the iPod Updater showing the most recent date in the filename.
Connect your iPod to your Computer.
When it becomes available, click Restore. An alert box appears to confirm you want to restore iPod.
A dialogue box will appear prompting you to enter an adminstrator's name and password.
A progress bar appears on the computer screen.
When the restore process on the computer has finished, close the iPod Updater and look at the screen on the iPod.
If you see an image of a wall power plug, connect your iPod to the AC adapter that came with it and plug it into a wall outlet and wait for the restore to complete.
If you see a progress bar underneath the Apple logo, leave the iPod connected to the computer.
If you had to put iPod into Disk Mode before restoring, the iPod screen may display "OK to Disconnect" and you may need to reset iPod.
After the restore is complete and the iPod is connected to the computer, the iTunes Setup Assistant window will appear asking you to name your iPod and choose your syncing preferences similar to when you connected your iPod for the first time.
iPod has been restored to factory settings and updated with the music and playlists in your iTunes music library. -
How to repair itunes library (damaged) file. Multiple iTunes libraries on an external harddrive. All libraries have been working fine. Do some "housecleaning" on a one of the large libraries 296GB. iTunes quits and now has damaged file. 296 GB still on HD.
The duplication is unnecessary. Exporting creates a duplicate of the file. So now you'll have a duplicate of a duplicate. Exporting is not "working on" a file.
No it's not merging, it's exporting from one to the Finder and into another. No matter what lose something. If you export the Original you leave behind all the work you've done in iPhoto. If you export anything else, you lose the non-destructive editing and the ability to revert to the original. With merging you preserve that work. Yes, you can trash the old Library when you have completed the manoevre but no it's not the same thing as merging.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue. But in brief:
Current gets you the iPhoto Preview, used for sharing via media browsers. It's a jpg, medium quality missing metadata. Original gets the file you imported, unchanged and then you can export different version of the current version at different qualities. If you choose to export anything except the Original you do not get a Raw. There's no such thing as an "edited Raw", and you lose the connection between the original and the exported version. That means you've taken a non-destructive workflow and turned it into a destructive one.
The Tiff will certainly be higher qulaity and less likely to suffer generational loss in future editing but the file sizes are vast, often more than 10 times the size of the jpeg.
Put it this way, it would be cheaper to buy Library Manager than the disk you'll need to contain all the Tiffs. Unless you plan on a lot of editing, I'd go for a high quality jpeg as a reasonable compromise.
To be clear:
So, I guess my new question is, how can I edit the Raw image and keep it in a RAW format that IPhoto recognizes so that I can reprocess without any loss at a future time, or is it that once you edit a RAW image, then it is no longer a RAW image?
Once you edit a Raw it can no longer be a Raw. End of. -
Error when opening iTunes : iTunes has stopped working '' A problem caused the program to stop working correctly''.
When I repaired damaged files the problem still exists and also after uninstalling, redownloading and reinstalling iTunes.
My pc is working with windos 8.
Is there a solution?Hey there Rodney274,
It sounds like you are getting an error from iTunes when you launch it. I would try the troubleshooting in this article named:
iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Start with troubleshooting for 3rd party plug ins section, then the rest of the article if needed:
Start iTunes in Safe Mode
Open iTunes in Safe Mode to isolate any interference from plug-ins or scripts not manufactured by Apple.
Hold down Shift–Control while opening iTunes. You should see a dialog that says "iTunes is running in safe mode" before iTunes finishes starting up.
Click Continue.
See if the issue you're experiencing persists in Safe Mode.
If you have the same issue while iTunes is in Safe Mode, proceed to the "Create a new user account" section. If you don't experience the same issue, follow these steps to remove third-party plug-ins.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling -
Everytime I open iTunes lately...I get all my music thrown out of the library and this annoying message come up...The file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged) 4”. Is this how an apple works? It doesn't? Why all of a sudden is it doing this? Please help. Thank you.
DavidDid you happen to bring this iTunes library over from a windows machine? You might read this kb article to see if it helps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
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Updating iTunes damaged my library file
I left iTunes to update, and after restarting my computer, I got a message that popped up saying that the library file had been damaged.
The only advice I got came from this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
...which says to revert back to an older backed up library. Unfortunately, the latest library I have comes from November of last year. If someone knows how I can restore a more recent version of my library from say... last week, please say.
If I can't do that, I'd rather just have iTunes scan and add my music over again, losing whatever song ratings/playlists I have. (I'm not sure how to do that either, thank you.)
I still have all of the damaged files in my recycle bin, as well as an iPod which is synced with the ideal library, if there is a way to make use of those.Thanks, but recreating the library from the xml file didn't really do it either. I looked into CopyTrans, but I'm not sure I want to pay 20$ for something I'll only end up using once. I might just delete the entire library and then start re-adding everything, assuming I'll be able to access my purchases again.
I thought that iTunes had an option that scans and adds all of the music on your computer automatically. Does that exist or do I need to add my albums one by one?
Also, can someone tell me how to authorize the library to have access to my purchases so that I don't have to rebuy them? -
My itunes has been working reasonably well but I have had many issues with it crashing over the last year or so. I just got a Sonos device and after having problems with indexing my songs the support guy looked through my itunes folder with me and we found a load of library files as follows:
itunes library (Damaged) Created 15 Sep 2012, modified and last opened 16 Sep 2012
itunes Library Extras.itdb Created 16 Sep 2012, modified and last opened today
itunes library genius.itdb Created 16 Sep 2012, modifed and last opened 8 Dec 2012
itunes library.itl Created 8 December 2012, modifed and last opened today
itunes library.xml Created, modified and last used 15 October 2008
itunes music library.xml Created 18 May 2009, modified and last used today
We moved all of these files up a level to the music folder, which didn't help with Sonos, and the support guy at Sonos then suggested I 'Reset' my itunes folder location in the Preferences.
THe issue with Sonos was that it was picking up some but not all of the songs and I couldn't see any sort of pattern to it. The number of songs I have is fine and there is very little if any DRM left in there.
It looks as though I need to do something to sort out these library files but I'd prefer to get some guidance from you guys on this forum.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
DavidAll these files should reside in ~/Music/iTunes. You don't need the damaged file, or the iTunes library.xml file. That is an old library file as yu can see from the date. One troubleshooting step that sometimes helps me is to delete the iTunes Music Libray.xml file and let iTunes rebuild it. Although I'm not really sure it will help in your situation.
The other question I would ask is about the format of the music that isn't bring found by the Sonos device. Are you sure it works with the files that aren't bring recognized?
I'm afraid I don't have a lot of input beyond that, though. -
My computer crashed when I was using Itunes. I got everything up and running and got this message "The File “itunes library.til” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your itunes library and renamed it to “iTunes Library (Damaged itl)” Everything loads up put in takes 10 min. then my music playlists are deleted everytime I turn Itunes on. What can I do to solve this problem? Thanks.
Hi shyanne23,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If your iTunes library file has become damaged in some way, you may want to try recreating your iTunes library and playlists by following this article:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
Cheers,
- Ari -
My itunes library suddenly that the file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged)”. I use an external hard drive for my Itunes.
The library file appears to have been corrupted. You say you use your external drive but is the whole library on it or only your media? No matter, you will have to rebuild the library file:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451 -
Hi
When I opened my itunes today I discovered that only a third of my total songs were displayed. When i look under my music it says that the itunes library file has been damamged. Any know how i fix this, have I lost all my music?
Thanks
GordonI am suffering the same problem. I DO love apple products but please fix this terrible problem with iTunes, it's making me sick. I find myself backing up the .itl and .xml files under the iTunes folder almost every night because I fear losing them, which happens about every 3 to 4 weeks, no matter if I do upgrade or not to a newer version of iTunes. It used to happen when I clicked on upgrade, then I learned to make a full backup before upgrading and the problems seemed to fade away (all i had to do was upgrade then restore the .xml and .itl files if they were damaged during the process) but all of a sudden today, with no clue as of what was happening, the library got corrupted.
I can see all of you have Windows Vista, just like me, do you think that can be the cause??? -
Error message 13026 the itunes library file cannot be saved? and damaged fi
this just started to happen today--i tried to open ituens and then it said that the library was a damaged file and i basically had to re-upload all of my songs, vids, etc over again. Now when I try to organize my library an error message: 13026 comes up that in essence says that the itunes library file cannot be saved an unknown error has occured. When i did upload the library again, half of the album art never appeared.
My questions are has anyone else experience this? How should I fix this? Should I uninstall and reinstall itunes completely?Hi there - I am having similar problems, I keep on getting damaged library file error messages, which means I have to reimport my entire music collection files again after deleting the damaged library files. Obviously I lose my playlists every time. I've also had to uninstall and reinstall Itunes several times. I have checked permissions on my iTunes folder as well as the Itunes Library Genius file as above and have 3 types with full control: Fiona PC, Fiona PC administrator and System. I can't seem to change individual permission types away from everything being allowed. Is this part of the problem? would appreciate any help, thanks Fiona.
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Persistent damaged itunes library file
Has anyone had any problems with their itunes library file being damaged every time they open itunes? This started a few days ago and initially I lost all of my playlists. I started recreating my library and all was fine. I even opened and closed itunes several times. But now, every time I open itunes it tells me my library is damaged. At one point it said some of my itunes files were missing and I had to reinstall itunes. I had already done this once when all these problems started. I have searched the forums for similar issues but mainly what I'm finding are posts regarding the Sony Vaio issues. I'm using a Dell. I also have Symantec anti-virus protection (Norton Internet Security).
I'm extremely frustrated with this issue. I am thinking this all started after I upgraded to the latest version of itunes. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!I've had exactly the same problem for over a month. If I'm unlucky enough to have plugged my iPhone in when this happens it completely wipes all my apps, music and setting. Really useful!
Have tried re-installs of current version, old version and the latest version of iTunes with no luck at all. Sometimes it can go for days without falling over, other times it's everytime I open it. It has been working fine until the 8.2 upgrade messed it all up. v9 hasn't fixed it either.
Annoyed doesn't start to convey my feelings with this as everytime this happens I'm forced to re-install everything onto the iPhone and completely re-build my music, podcast and app libraries and playlists.
What would be nice is a way of identifying what's caused it so I can purge the file from my system or get a patch from Apple. Until such a time I'm not using iTunes anymore.
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Help... iTunes Library file damaged
Since moving some files to defrag my hard disk, I now get the following error message when I run iTunes:
The file "iTunes Library .itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged) x .itl [where x is 1,2,3,etc]
This is happening every time I try to run iTunes so there are a series of the damaged files in iTunes folder and each time I run iTunes there is a new set of Audiobooks, Music, etc. playlists in iTunes.
Can anyone help??
Thanks
Dell Latitude D600 Windows XP Pro iPod 20GbEarlier this month, my entire iTunes library disappeared from my Mac G5.
There were more than 50 songs I purchased on iTunes, plus more than 1,000 from my own CD collection as well as some original songs I wrote using GarageBand.
The songs were displayed on the iTunes rundown, but when I clicked to play, a prompt told me that it was unable to find the song.
Multiple searches were fruitless and the iTunes folder shows none of these songs to exist.
Much of these same songs are still on my iPod.
A few of the iTunes-purchased songs are also on my Mac G4 Powerbook.
The difference between the G5 and G4 is that I’ve not upgraded the latest iTunes version on the PowerBook…however in late March, I did upgrade on the G5.
No other new applications have been added to any of my computers since around the first of the year.
So I am asking you and everyone else (especially the Aplle people):
How can I recover those songs I bought from iTunes?
Why did this happen?
Have other Mac users experienced this?
Is there a flaw in the new iTunes version? -
VIsta + Itunes = Damaged .itl file
After 2 months of flawless use of Itunes on Vista, I would open itunes and it said the library was damaged, spent 20 minutes correcting it them worked. Now after the 3rd time this has happened it now will not show me anything in the library of itunes at all. I tried changing back the damaged files to the correct namd for the file to force it to recover but it simply will not. Any ideas how to rename the old damaged file or get it to see them correctly without corrupting the .itl file again?
FYI the music is still on the PC unchanged and unmoved. I could let it rebuild the library by adding the file folder back but I do not believe I updated the files that i changed information on....
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"damaged file" error in iTunes digital booklets
Has anyone corrected the "damaged file" error in iTunes digital booklets? I can't open any digital booklet, either through iTunes or the finder.
Hello artsheffield
Delete the booklet and then download it again through your previous purchased section in iTunes. If that does not work, then report the issue to the iTunes Store.
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBooks Store purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
Regards,
-Norm G.
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