ITunes database integrity check?

In iTunes I have a few ! that have appeared in the first column indicating iTunes can't find the file. So far I have found three folders (albums) that are missing from my music library disc and I don't understand how or when they dissappeared. I haven't found any individual missing files yet, just missing whole folders. It appears iTunes doesn't update the ! indicator until it has some reason to actually go open the file. Is there a way to automate this? So far I've been looking at each song with Command-I to check the Where info under Summary, or selecting the first song of an album and using Command-R to view the songs in finder. This is going to take a long time with nearly 8000 songs in my library. I'm trying to get an handle on the extent of the problem. I am careful to only use iTunes to manage the library (I don't move files around with finder). My library is on an external Firewire drive. Ideally, I would like there to be an "iTunes database integrity check" command.

The MSDN documentation says "RESTORE VERIFYONLY" command does not verify whether the structure of the data contained within the backup set is correct. Does it mean the restore command will not able to detect corruption in the database and I just need to
restore each of the backs starting from the latest to see if integrity check fails after restore ? OR RESTORE VERIFYONLY will confirm if the database is un-corrupted ?
As the documentation suggests, RESTORE VERIFYONLY checks the structure of the backup but not the database itself. You'll need to restore the backup to check the database consistency.
Dan Guzman, SQL Server MVP, http://www.dbdelta.com

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Hello,
Recently, I had a task where I needed to install a custom non-signed driver onto my Windows 8 64-bit setup. As it is known, Windows has driver enforcement policies that, as a security measure, do not allow you to install non-signed drivers.
I did not want to alter my current boot configuration so I decided to create a separate boot entry that would have driver signing policies disabled. For some reason I did not find any good source that would contain a step-by-step instruction on completing
this task, so I decided that I'd better share my experience here.
Lastly, there are multiple ways how you could turn off driver enforcement policies, but I find the way to do this via boot manager.
Here's how you can do that.
1. Press WindowsKey and type 'cmd' (without quotes) to find Command prompt, then click Command prompt icon. If you have User Account Control turned on, hold Ctrl+Shift keys pressed when clicking the icon.
This will force Windows to ask you for elevation of command prompt. Elevation is necessary for editing Boot Configuration Database (BCD), the database used by Windows boot manager to store boot settings.
2. In the User Account Control window click Yes to confirm elevation of command shell.
3. At the command prompt type
bcdedit
to list your BCD entries.
This will give you an output like:
Windows Boot Manager
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
integrityservices Enable
default {current}
resumeobject {a329b5cf-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
displayorder {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5cc-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5ca-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5c2-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{current}
{a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
device vhd=[D:]\win8prowmc01.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5d1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8prowmc01.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5cf-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
The section that starts with Windows Boot Manager lists current settings for the boot menu. Here you find what boot entry is chosen by default, this is the one what you will boot into if you do not select any boot entry in the
boot menu.
The following record
default {current}
indicates that by default my Windows boots into configuration which I use at the moment (currently booted Windows configuration).
To find out what exactly is current configuration, look into the list of boot entries, records that contain boot loader configuration and are titled as Windows Boot Loader in the bcdedit output.
For example, the entry shown above is one of my boot configurations. This is one of the boot entries listed on the boot manager screen when I start my PC and it looks like:
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
device vhd=[D:]\win8prowmc01.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5d1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8prowmc01.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5cf-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
This record has a unique GUID identifier that can be used to reference this boot entry, which is:
identifier {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
If we look at the Windows Boot Manager settings, we'll see this entry is the first in order to be displayed in the boot menu on OS start (I marked the unique bits):
displayorder {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5cc-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
It references my VHD drive, a virtual hard drive where my Windwos 8 setup is residing:
device vhd=[D:]\win8prowmc01.vhdx
And it also specifies that the boot manager must use UEFI BIOS extension code to access my Windows boot partition:
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
3. Now locate the current boot entry.
Current boot entry contains boot settings used to boot into Windows configuration to which you are currently booted. It is referenced in the list of boot entries as a Windows Boot Loader record that has the {current} keyword inside and may
look like:
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {current}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8 Enterprise RTM
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
Because we are more than happy with current configuration and want to base our new boot configuration on these settings, we need to copy this boot entry ({current}) to a new boot entry.
This is done by running the following command:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "No Driver Signature Check"
Parameter /d here indicates that the following sequence of characters specifies the display name for the new boot entry that we are creating. The name inside the double quotes will be displayed in the boot menu when you boot your Windows.
In other words, if you know restart your system, you'll see the new No Driver Signature Check in the boot menu.
When copied, the entry is automatically given a new GUID identifier, so upon running the command above, you'll see the following line returned (you'll have an other GUID since these are unique identifiers):
The entry was successfully copied to {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}.
4. Make sure the entry has been successfully created.
Run the same bcdedit. (You may specify /enum or /v, or both /enum /v parameters at the prompt to get more detail about boot entries, but simple bcdedit is just enough to see the new entry):
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
integrityservices Enable
default {current}
resumeobject {a329b5cf-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
displayorder {a329b5d0-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5cc-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5ca-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{a329b5c2-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
{current}
{a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {current}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8 Enterprise RTM
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description No Driver Signature Check
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
The entry has been created and given a unique a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240 ID. It now has exactly same boot settings as the boot entry we used to boot into current configuration of Windows.
5. Modify created No Driver Signature Check entry and specify that Windows must have driver integrity checks disabled when booted using this boot entry.
Any modifications to boot entries are made using /set parameter. To indicate that we modify a specific boot entry, we must specify the GUID for the No Driver Signature Check record, which is:
identifier {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
In other words, to edit (add or change) an option for the boot entry, we need to use the following command syntax:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set GUID <boot_option> [<option_value>]
First, we must specify that we don't want integrity checks be made. This is done by adding the loadoptions option and setting it to DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS value:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240} loadopti
ons DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
The operation completed successfully.
6. Verify that load option has been added.
Run the bcdedit command:
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {current}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8 Enterprise RTM
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description No Driver Signature Check
locale en-US
loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
7. Add the option that turns on test signing mode and disables checks of driver signature.
Adding the testsigning option and setting it to ON does the trick for us:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240} TESTSIGNING ON
8. Now we have a boot entry that enables Windows not to do integrity checks and digital signature validation.
We check it by running bcdedit:
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {a329b5d8-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
device vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description No Driver Signature Check
locale en-US
loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {a329b5c3-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
testsigning Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice vhd=[D:]\win8rtm.vhdx
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {a329b5c1-fb29-11e1-a74d-f2c962d62240}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
9. Type 'exit' without quotes to exit from command prompt, and restart Windows.
Upon booting you will be present with a new boot option to start Windows in configuration that allows you to install custom non-signed drivers.
Hope this will help anybody to create their own custom boot configurations.
Well this is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given...

Hi,
Thank you for sharing the solutions & experience here. It will be very beneficial for other community members who have similar questions.
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Meaning of this error (ISE 1.2 on SNS-3415): HARDWARE RNG INTEGRITY CHECK HAS FAILED!

Hi. We recently purchased an ISE 1.2 appliance (SNS-3415 hardware). It installed fine, but I am unable to access the GUI. When I login to the box and run the following command on the CLI
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ISE Database listener is running, PID: 7737
ISE Database is running, number of processes: 38
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ISE M&T Log Collector is running, PID: 9294
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Can anyone help me? What can I do to ensure that the hardware RNG integrity check succeeds. Is it a license issue? Is it faulty hardware? Please advise. I would be very greatful.
Thanks in advance.

I worked with a TAC engineer on this and he said one other customer had this issue and the only recourse was reimaging the appliance with the ISE 1.2 ISO image.
I did reboot, restarted services, reset to factory default and none of that worked. It is possible that the issue happened because during setup of the appliance I didn't have network connectivity and went ahead with the setup and configuration of the ISE application anyway. I later had network connectivity but by that time ISE manifested this fault.
Reimaging and ensuring network connectivity during setup the next time around fixed the problem.

CCX7.0 Database Integration with Oracle 10g through ODBC

Good Day…
We are up to integrate CCX7.0 with Oracle 10g, CCX7.0 documents show the way to integrate the CCX7.0 with SQL server, but mention nothing about Oracle 10g, anyway...
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If there any tips or recommendations I will be grateful, as it is my first database integration.
Thanks
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Hi Aaron
Thanks Aaron for the information, and yes you are right, I am not a database person.
I have here some questions, sorry if some of them sounds silly
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Integrity check fails on column key

Dear DBA's,
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actually i am trying to work on Wallet,
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kindly help me how to resolve this issue.
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after that i created wallet key using orapki option after I tried to create the tablespace it is giving above error.Please log a SR for this issue.
I have one doubt that we can create encrypted tablespace only ones for a database instance?You can create more than one.
to create one more encrypted tablespace what will be the procedure to remove the previous encrypted tablespace?Drop the encrypted tablespace like dropping any other tablespace -- Use "DROP TABLESPACE <tablespace name> INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES;" command.
See this link in addition to Oracle documentation -- http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/TablespaceEncryption_11gR1.php
Thanks,
Hussein

Friend(really) just erased & trashed iTunes database....

I just received a panic email from a friend who said she just erased & trashed her entire iTunes database.
Is there something on her Mac(Intel iBook OSX10.4.10)that she can use to recover it; or even a software program she has or can get?
I guess one of our worst Mac nightmares...!!

Hi Robert,
Have her open a Finder window. In the Sidebar on the left, tell her to click Music. With any luck at all, her iTunes library should be in there.
And ...
From the File menu, choose Find (if using Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can alternatively click the Spotlight menu).
Type either .m4p or .m4v or .ipg as the search term.
Click Search (Spotlight automatically searches as you type, and does not have a Search button).
If you see the files you are looking for in the Search Results window, you can add them back into your iTunes library.
Check your Recycle Bin/Trash
Another place to look for wayward music files is in your Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Mac). Don't ask. Sometimes things happen and files wind up there. We've all done it and couldn't even begin to guess how. If you find any, just move them from the Recycle Bin or Trash, and add them back to iTunes.
If you don't allow iTunes to automatically organize your music or make copies of songs and videos to the iTunes folder (such as if you use a customized file structure), you may need to rebuild the structure before adding the files back. Check the structure and see if the songs have been returned to their former homes.
Still can't find them?
You may need to restore the files from your backup, if you have one. If a backup is not available, the music or videos may be lost. In that event you may need to purchase replacements. For content acquired through the iTunes Store, please read Apple's policy on replacement.
The best way to avoid this regrettable situation is to make regular backups of your music and video files—especially your downloaded purchases—before this situation arises. Instructions for making an initial backup and subsequent incremental backups are included in the above articles.
Article ID: 301749
Carolyn

ITunes Database Editing, How Can It Be Done?

Hi
I have a problem with some *iTunes song links (!)* after marking some changes in the song database using Flash Renamer.
What I did was *change all caps titles* on song files names & folders to propercase, *plus corrected spacing between words*.
I was just orginizing my song library to look uniform to find songs more easily.
It would have been a lot of editing through iTunes one at a time including the folders.
After the edit was done the *song titles are still uppercase in iTunes*, *when I check the songs in explorer their propercase?*
Question:
Is there a way to rescan the database to relink file/folders and edits?
Is there a program to help me fix the song links and edits in iTunes?
How can I fix this problem?
Thank You
Joe....

Questions:
1. Is Tag & Rename a good choice?
I don't know, personally I prefer to use free sofware whenever possible. I generally use iTunes for minor tweaks since that's what I use to populate my iPod. E.g. correct a spelling error, open the containing folder, update the filename, Get info, then find the "missing" file. In the past I've used Magic File Renamer and The Rename to do batch level renames, e.g. rename all tracks to *## <Title>* format. My current preference is for Media Monkey as this works as a player, tagger, including web search, tag from file & path info. etc. and a renamer/reorganiser. It can often find artwork that iTunes cannot or fetch tracknames when all you've entered so far is the album & artist.
2. Not all CD album song files are in the album folders in iTunes, How can this be fixed?
iTunes has a consolidate function which will make new copies (using it's naming rules given below) of any files that are not inside the iTunes Music folder and change the library entry to point to the new copy. Original files are left in place and so could potentially be added again as duplicates. The alternative is to manually place all your files inside the iTunes Music folder, delete the original entries and then reimport the files. Unlike Windows Media Player which can watch your media files and take account of changes, iTunes won't know if you move or rename a file. You have to either take care of things manually or use a third party tool (see below).
3. I would like to consolidate all my subfolders into one folder, Is this possible?
The consolidate function will import all your iTunes Media into the iTunes Music folder. If you let iTunes *Keep the iTunes Music folder organised* it will also organise all the music along the lines of <Album Artist>\<Album>\
\[<Disc No.>-\]<Track No.> <Track Name>. Artist is used if Album Artist is not present. Compilations are stored in Compilations\<Album>\... Disc Nos. are suppressed if the tracks are marked as Disc 1 of 1. or no disc no. is present. File & folder name lengths are clipped at about 35 characters. All invalid characters are transposed to underscores.
If you're asking for one flat level folder with all tracks from all artists & albums mixed into it, then it is certainly possible either manually or with a renamer, but it's not how I would choose to do it. The Artist\Album\Track structure is a good one. Ideally leave it up to iTunes, but if like me you feel you can't then I'd still recommend you use something similar as a starting point.
4. Same question as # 3. but using other folders outside iTunes, A. How will links be affected, B. Is there a fix?
A: Links question answered above...
B: Is there a fix?
*Adding new items/removing orphans*
Try iTunes Folder Watch or iTunes Library Updater. Folder Watch is much faster on the adding files front, can be set to run in the background and includes a useful exclusion feature, however it’s really slow at removing orphans. iTLU is better for this although doing it manually after looking at a list of proposed removals generated by Folder Watch is probably faster still. iTLU can also be set to update iTunes when you've used 3rd party tools to change tag info.
While both the tools above can be used to update iTunes when you've moved things around externally, if you are making piecemeal edits, tidying up the metadata for just one album, then it is often just as easy to remove & reimport an album or relink an individual file without using these tools.
Given that you will be using one application or another to accees your music, populate any media player or backup your media it can fairly be argued that while organising the tags is desirable you really shouldn't concern yourself over the actual filenames & folder structure. Many people are quite happy to let iTunes keep everything organised and it works just fine for them. That said I keep manual control, using full-length filenames, putting compilations in <##> <Title> - <Artist> format and keeping certian areas such as Audiobooks, Comedy & Classical in separate parent folders. All my music is organised within the main iTunes Music folder as this allows the library to be easily relocated & backed up.
Before you undertake any reorganisation you might also want to review my post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums which outlines various issues iTunes & the iPod havve with featured artists, albums with the same name, spelling consistency etc.
tt2

Is there some way to instruct iTunes to not check for updates of one of my apps?

2nd gen ipod touch running 4.2.1 (which is the highest availble for that generation).
I have a free weather app that just came out with an update. This new version requires at least 4.3.
Since I have the older version of the app, iTunes notifies me of the update, which is not going to work on my ipod. (Actually I downloaded it anyway just to confirm that it wouldn't work, and sure enough, it didn't even want to start).
So now that I have deleted that version and reloaded the old one, will I be stuck with that number 1 next to the Apps icon for ever more? Is there some way I can instruct iTunes to not check for updates of that app? Or is there some other solution that isn't apparent to me?

You get all the new iWork suite (Pages 5, Numbers 3 & Keynote 6) free with your Mac purchase. You just need to go to the App Store and sign in with your Apple I.D.
We warn against relying on the new iWork Apps, they really are just public betas and we are getting a number of users here with unopenable files. Bad news if this is your Masters.
iWork '09 can be purchased as a Boxed DVD set from Amazon US$27, or online.
It is much more usable and safer (not totally).
LibreOffice [free] does not have as polished a UI but is actively supported, and uses open file formats as well as MsOffice formats. It also has the advantage of opening/saving virtually every known format on the planet (wish it would do Pages!) and has a usable but not briliant intgrated database.
Peter

Anybody else finding that the iPod classic cannot handle their iTunes database?

I have a very complex database that heavily uses the smart playlists. I have playlists referencing playlists, etc. and the last 2 operating systems can't handle it. I've got way too many hours behind my iTunes database and I'm unwilling to throw it out to use the iPod. It works great on my machine, allowing me to create well balanced and interesting playlists that are broad and diverse. My database used to work on the iPod. The problem arose with the instalation of a new iPod operating system back over a year ago. The installation killed my iPod and Apple refused to consider that the upgrade was responsible and called it coincidence. Since then an iPod will only work until I make some small mistake, like trying to use the Genius or plugging it into my computer and making some change in my iTunes database. Then it's back to disk mode, erase, reboot, reload and eventually replace.
Apple dismisses the idea that there is some software or hardware flaw causing the trouble. They claim that the iPod software will handle any iTunes database that is functional and fits on the iPod with a little extra room. They have replaced my iPod 4 times in the last 6+ months under the now impossible idea that I am receiving a series of flawed machines. These iPods sits in my glove compartment of my car and suffer no abuse. Since the last OS update, I can only load an iPod by importing my music in smaller chunks, a day long process at best. A full load of the database kills a new iPod immediately. My last time through tech support we came up with this technique as a way to isolate a potential bad song or album. Everything loaded fine in chunks and the iPod handled everything until a made a change to one of the songs and it went into eternal Apple mode and was replaced at the store. I am pretty convinced that Apple is wrong on this one and that the iPod software or hardware is not robust enough to handle what you can do in iTunes. Anyone else have a similar problem? Anyone at Apple care to look a little more carefully at the problem as a learning tool?
Dan, Tired of Riding the Bull

Hi huskerpapa!
The issue you are seeing could be related to several things, but luckily, we have an article that can help you troubleshoot this issue and find the source of the problem. That article can be found right here:
iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Using one Itunes database across two macs

Using one itunes database across two macs
I currently run a 2010 MBP (500gb hd) at home and on the road and a 2013 Imac (1Tb hd) at work. I have a large lossless itunes library of about 300gb and would like to increase the library further.
My MBP started running slowly and I realised that my iTunes library was choking the whole computer. I started to explore ways to store my library on a remote disk and bought a G drive 1Tb portable drive.
My efforts to carry out the transfer were only partially successful with most of my library transferring but a significant number of tracks displaying the ! sign which means they couldn't be located.
I have also got an Imac at work and what I had hoped to achieve was to have my iTunes database on the 1tb portable drive and use the portable disk on both my MBP and iMac.
Our technical support company are dubious about whether this will work because the local specific itunes library data on each machine will differ and each machine will not operate correctly with the underlying data on the portable drive.
I am not very technical and I am finding it difficult to follow the various posts on this board and elsewhere. Many seem to comment on splitting their library across multiple disks but I cant really seem to get to the bottom of storing my library on one disk and using it across multiple computers.
Is what I am trying to achieve practical?
If it is, can someone point me to an article/post please? Or alternatively could someone explain how I might achieve my goal.
Thanks in a advance for your help.

Here you go.
http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/ultranewb--how-to-move-your-itunes-library -to-an-external-drive-238296.php

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