ITunes deleted my playlists and cover art

How am I bale to fix my iPod where I have my cover art and playlists back?

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ITunes deleted all playlists and purchases

Help!
The other day I closed my iTunes program and it was working perfectly. I came back a few minutes later and re-opened it, only to find that all my playlists, purchases, everything had been deleted! All that is left is a library of songs about 3 years old. None of my activity (i.e. loaded songs, albums, purchases, etc.) since then is on there anymore.
I'm not computer savvy, so if anyone could break down some super simple help for me, that would be amazing!

It sounds like something has happened to your iTunes Library files - default location C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\My Music\iTunes - which in addition to telling iTunes where the actual song files are located also contain playlist and related information.
If you don't have a back-up copy of the last "good" .itl file - which would restore your Library - there are a few options for you to consider:
1) Search your computer for any and all of the .itl files it contains. Each .itl may contain references to a significantly, or completely, different library and following the steps described in this article in the Apple Knowledge Base, you can check them and may be able to reconnect iTunes with the particular Library that you're looking for. Close iTunes for a half minute or so before restarting it each time you want to choose a different library file.
At this stage, skip any of the .itl files located in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder ... We'll get back to those, if necessary, in Step 3).
2) You can rebuild your Library with the procedure outlined in this article in the Apple Knowledge Base.
You will lose some of your playlist related information (playcounts, dates added, dates last played, etc.) - but will retain most of it (ratings, comments, etc.) - with this method. The actual contents of the Library should be up-to-date.
3) If you don't like the idea of losing the playcounts and such, have a look at this Knowledge Base article for one other option.
Using this method will restore your iTunes Library to the exact state it was in on the date of the most recent .itl file in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. The drawback is that any changes made since then - songs/playlists added and changes in playcounts, ratings, comments and such - will not be included in the restoration. But it will be easy to add newer songs by following the instructions linked to in Step 4).
4) One final option is starting all over again with your iTunes Library by following the instructions in the Add to Library section of this KB article .
This will update iTunes with a list of all the files you add but will not maintain any of your playlists or related information.

Movies do not run and cover art is missing in iTunes Mac after sync with iPad

I down load purchased movies from Apple to my iPad. The movies runs fine and cover art is visible. Great. However, after I sync with my Mac Mini, the cover art on my iPad is missing. The cover art in the iTunes library on my Mac Mini is missing, and the movies won't run on the Mac Mini. Whe I re-sync, I get a message that says the movie can't sync because it can't be found.

Is your album cover issue resolved?
If not, have you perhaps tried to disable iTunes Match on your iPhone (in Settings) and signed out of your Apple ID (on the phone)? This might work.
The issue seems to be that the iTunes Match server does not update all the tracks with the new album cover art, particularly if you added the covers some time after importing the CD's (remember then that there was no cover art on some of them!)
Another possible solution is to rename the iTunes database (.itl file) by appending say "old" (without the quotes) and recreate a new one with maybe 1 or 2 albums, wait for the server to match the tracks (you can check on your iPhone after disabling and then re-enabling iTunes Match on the phone), then delete the 1 or 2 albums so that the iTunes music library is empty and wait again; you can check the iPhone again.
Finally, quit iTunes, delete the latest database and rename the original database with its original name (by removing the "old" appendage).
Then let iTunes Match reload the server with all the information: this might take a few minutes (hours?) depending on the size of the library.
In the meantime you can remove all the music on the iPhone by disabling iTunes Match in the phone's settings.

Why are iOS 8 and cover art incompatible?

Hi All,
First up let me apologise in advance about the quality of the photos i have attached but I think you will get the drift.
The examples immediately below are all taken from DVDs that I have converted to MPEG files and loaded into iTunes
I have installed iOS 8 on my iPad Air only. I discovered that it and cover art for movies and tv shows seem to be incompatible. Instead of the cover art there is a grey square with the title of the TV show in very small font in the middle.
This is what it looks like. Yes I know that is not grey. When opened there are another 3 grey squares.
The 3 squares represent 3 consecutive series
Then a series is selected, more grey squares. 3 episodes, it was a short season.
The two attachments below are what it looks like on the computer and what it looked like on the iPad before I updated to iOS 8
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Now something a bit different.
The following programme was bought and downloaded from iTunes. There is only one episode. I missed it when it was shown on TV.
The cover art seems normal. When the programme is opened there is still a grey area though.
It seems that if a programme with only one episode is added to iTunes the normal cover art is displayed. This is the case with movies. Even the movies that i have converted to MPEG files and loaded into iTunes displays normal cover art until the file is opened.
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I have tried only 2 remedies. I deleteted some cover art and put it back. Then I made the supreme sacrifice and re-installed iOS 8 which meant i had to start from scratch again. Failed to fix the problem. I do not intend updating my iPhone. I have an iPhone 6 Plus on order and if it arrives before Yosemite is released I will be putting it in the drawer until Yosemite is released.
That is all I can think of, wait for iOS 8.0.1 and hope that it fixes things or wait until Yosemite is released and see what happens. I realise I won't have any options O/S wise when i start using the iPhone 6 Plus.
Cover art is also behaving strangely when music playlists are selected. iPhoto on the iPad does not work any more either. Have to wait for "Photo" on Yosemite.

Thanks muchly Jonathan. Mostly worked for Cadfael except when i got to step 3, selecting episodes there were still 3 grey rectangles. having established that it basically worked i didn't try any more. Can't help wondering why it's not a problem with the movies though.
Thanks again Jonathan, looks much better now
Cheers :-)
UD

Playlist and cover graphics on burned cd's

I can burn cd-r's of music I've purchased on iTunes. When I do, I get the music but not the data (song titles, cover art etc.).
What should I do or what am I doing wrong?

William,
If you're talking about Audio CD's, you're probably not doing anything wrong.
Have a look at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607302&#607302
Although the song titles and cover art are both contained in the purchased .m4p files, that data will not be included in the Audio CD's you burn.

Burning and cover art

How do you add a cover art to a song that is gonna be burned to a CD? I have tried burning a playlist with cover art in each song but when the songs were burned the cover art were gone. Help on this would be very much appreciated.

How do you add a cover art to a song that is gonna be burned to a CD? I have tried burning a playlist with cover art in each song but when the songs were burned the cover art were gone. Help on this would be very much appreciated.

While syncing movie iPod/iTunes deletes my music and Podcasts

While syncing movie iPod/iTunes deletes my music and Podcasts. This is very frustrating becaucse I have ALL my sync settings set to Manual. What can I do to stop this? I'm about to throw my iPod against the wall!

sorry you've just been dealt a blow from Apple trying to "help" its customers. you're correct: you cannot sync only music or movies. even if "manually sync" is selected, once you sync something like moves, the rest of your library gets deleted. it's completely backwards and non-intuitive.

Hi.Have organized all my songs in itunes ,deleted unwanted songs and anupdated the album artwork but it has not changed them in my itunes media folder location in the C drive.How do i change this and back them up now i have everything the way i want it ?

Hi
-I have organized all my songs in iTunes ,deleted unwanted songs and updated the album artwork but it has not changed them in my iTunes media folder location in my C Drive.
How do I update it there so it is the same as my iTunes now so i can back it all up?
Thankyou.

I solved my problem. Here's how:
1. Right click iTunes and click properties from the "Windows 8 Desktop" (or if you want to call it the 7 desktop thats fine too)
2. Select the compatibility tab.
3. Set compatibility mode to Windows 7 and click apply.
4. Open iTunes, sign into iTunes store, Turn on iTunes Match, Add your computer.
5. Close Program
6. Restart Computer

Why my apps are not transferring from PC to iPhone 5? When I connected to PC the icon shows when I select apps it show 'will install' but it never show on iPhone, I re installed iTunes, deleted all apps and downloaded again but its not working pls help.

Why my apps are not transferring from PC to iPhone 5? When I connected to PC the icon shows when I select apps it show 'will install' but it never show on iPhone, I re installed iTunes, deleted all apps and downloaded again but its not working pls help.

Next time an app update gets stuck try a reset. Press and hold both the home and power buttons for10-15 seconds till the Apple logo appears. Then release both buttons. Wait till your iPad starts on it's own. Try now. Also YouTube is still available. If you can't find it the the app store go to the bottom of the app store page and tap purchased. All your deleted apps will be listed and you can reinstall YouTube from there.

On itunes on my computer I put all my songs into the right albums and cover art on the albums but it doesn't show up that way on my ipod

On itunes on my computer I took the time to sort my songs put them by the correct artists and albums and got all the cover art for it but when i go to put it that way on my iPod it doesn't work that way? Why is it showing multiple albums for the same album and no cover art for some albums and unknown artists for the artist? It says differently on Itunes on my computer.

Hi adtsalmon,
You can only watch the movie on the device you rented it on. Here's a snippet from the Apple Support site (italics mine):
If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV (1st generation), iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4 or later, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.
If you download a rented movie on your iPhone 4 or later, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV: It is not transferable to any other device or computer.
Here's the link to the Movie Rentals FAQs site FYI:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1657
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
GB

ITunes match has deleted a playlist and all my itunes library are showing errors on my mac, it wont update

I have logged into iTunes on my Mac and found that one of my playlists has been wiped and that every single of my 12000 songs has an error saying that it cant be loaded in itunes match when they are all there.

Kind of a similar issue. I have long recordings of a radio show I like to catch up on on my mobile devices. All of this kind of media were greyed out and yet initally played. Then they would not play after a sync but could be seen. Also palyback position was lost despite being set in options. Crudley fixed by turning iTunes Match off on the device and resync. KInd of defeats the object of the subscrition though. :-(
Obviously its a great idea to have everung backed up in the Cloud but there's still a lot of user niggles coming to light it seems. Good luck.

Ipod failing to sync properly and cover art does not copy

Hello. My ipod wont sync properly, fails after about 10 albums with unknown error -53, and album cover art does not copy (fine in itunes). Have restored etc. Have uninstalled and reinstalled itunes software etc.
Have tried apple support helpline; send ipod off twice, just received replacement new/refurbished ipod today (as on 2nd attempt apple technicians found a problem they called "specific performance symptoms" with the old one).
New replacement one has the same problem as old one!
Has anyone seen this problem or had any joy getting a refund?... Any help much appreciated, thanks.

Select the iPod in iTunes.
Click the Music tab.
Are you selecting Sync all playlists?
Or if you are choosing Selected p[laylist, mkae sure all the playlists you want to sync are checked.

I have songs on my iPhone 5 that have been purchased through iTunes that isn't displaying cover art. Please help!

I have a few songs, quite a few actually, that have been purchased through iTunes and they aren't displaying the cover art on my iPhone. They have previously, but now for some reason it has stopped. Only on a few.
Can anyone help me?
I have the latest version of iTunes and I'm using a PC with Windows 7.
-Matty

Hello kerrisapatricia,
It sounds like you have a couple of songs you want to delete from your iPhone. This article should help with that:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
To delete a song:
Tap the Music app.
Tap the Songs category.
Swipe left to right over the song you want to delete.
Tap Delete.
If you see a cloud icon next to them right now, or after you delete them you can hide them by turning off Show all Music in your settings here:
Tap Settings > Music
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

I am having a problem with iTunes deleting my playlists since iTunes Radio came online. Help!

First of all, I'm a music teacher and loyal to iTunes. Last week I came in and turned on my computer and opened up iTunes. I keep my entire library on an external drive due to the volume of songs I have. When I opened iTunes, it popped up with the iTunes Radio icon and started going through my preferences and playlist. Next thing you know, iTunes is stuck (frozen). I did a control-alt-delete and closed iTunes that way. This happened about 4 times before I thought, well, maybe I don't have the most recent version of iTunes, so I downloaded the latest. After I did this, ALL OF MY PLAYLISTS DISAPPEARED. A music teachers worst nightmare. Years of sorting music into categories and lesson! UGH!!! Some of the CD's I had imported also disappeared. So I did what any person would do. I poked around trying to find where they had gone, to no avail, then I started all over again rebuilding my playlists. Anyway, things were running normally until yesterday. I opened iTunes in the morning and it ran fine. In the afternoon when I opened it again, the same thing happened all over again. What should I do. Is there a way to retrieve the playlists? Can I disable the iTunes Radio? This cannot happen again!! Help, friends who are smarter than I! I'm about ready to convert to Google Music. (I know.... I said the name which shall not be spoken.... sorry.)

Hello MamaSnookie,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
Best of luck,
Mario

How do I get it back to the way it was on my iTunes with my playlists and songs?

My playlists and songs have disappeared on iTunes after the most recent upgrade. The playlists and songs are still on my phone as they were since I haven't synced yet. But they completely disappeared in iTunes on my computer. So when I try to sync, it says that all the information will be deleted. I don't want to have to go through the trouble of re-doing all the playlists and adding all the songs again. It took me a while to get it the way I like it! So does anyone have a solution? Please and thank you!
Oh and the only thing that stayed on were my purchases.

Did you change the screen resolution?
You can right-click on empty space on the Desktop and open the Display Properties.
Control > Panel > Display > Settings

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