Itunes deletes song titles

I have several midi files that i have imported to my itunes and when i play them itunes deletes the name and retitles them as 'untitled' so every time i play them i have to rename them. how do i fix this?!

Normally, iTunes does not modify titles. Sometimes the problem is caused by another program on your computer. In particular, go into Windows Media Player, and on the Library tab, and make sure that all those funny options like "Rename music file using rip settings" are all not checked.

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I just transferred music from a desktop to a laptop to put on itunes. After this exhausting process of renaming and renaming unnamed tracks, when I play one on itunes the song title disappears and though the song plays, I have to rewrite name of song.

I just transferred music from a desktop to a laptop to put on itunes. After this exhausting process of renaming and renaming unnamed tracks (b/c itunes made me rename them even after I rewrote the names in the music folder of my computer even though I hadn't put the songs onto itunes beforehand when the tracks were unnamed), when I play one on itunes the song title disappears and though the song plays, I have to AGAIN rewrite the name of the song. Is there an actually answer out there???!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
i guess you are referring to iTunes Match. It sounds as though you haven't downloaded all the content and are trying to play your music over a poor connection.

ITunes Changes Song Titles When I drop Them In a Playlist

I am using ITunes 10.2.1 When I drag a song to a playlist if there are numbers in the title iTunes deletes the numbers ex. "1. MySong" becomes "Mysong". I like the numbers in there to keep track of the song order visually. How do I fix this?

I have the same problem. Also, I don't want to store everything in a Artist / Album folder/directory, but in what is for classical music more logical: Composer / Album / Artist (= orchestra & conductor or soloist or the like). But also keep in mind that some characters are not allowed in naming a Windows-folder or filename. These characters are: \ / : * ? " | This is typical for any Windows-version (even Windows 7 32bit or 64bit). When you use these characters in iTunes, they will be changed in a '_'. E.g.: Bach: Matthaüspassion in iTunes will be in the Windows folder Bach_ Matthäuspassion.
Also, the total lenght of a filename in Windows (any Windows-version) is max. 256 characters, including folders and subfolders. So, even you change iTunes for another program for ripping and organizing your music like Mediamonkey, these limitations stand. Mediamonkey is not truncating the filenames into a maximum of 32 characters. iTunes has nevertheless the advantage using the CDDB-Gracenote database for its metadata and not FreeDB like the most of the other music library organizers. Although far from perfect, the Gracenote metadata are much more consistent for classical music than the FreeDB metadata. FreeDB is good for modern music, but it's crap for classical music. Less known alternatives like MusicBrainz are also rather consistent, but are too small. To give an idea: Gracenote and FreeDB have both metadata of more than 90 million cd's. MusicBrainz has only 8 million.

Itunes resetting song titles

I have a group of midi's in itunes that are mislabeled. I rename them in itunes (I've tried both double clicking the song title, and going into the 'get info' menu)
The next time I play the song, itunes reverts the title of the song back, I can't get it too stay renamed, and I can't figure out why this is happening. I'm running windows vista 64x, with itunes 9.0.1.8

Make sure you have write permission to the files. Otherwise, changes you make to the tags cannot be saved.

Itunes library & song titles

I am new to mac and was a bit impatient when i got it, and immeadately began importing albums on to my hard drive w/o out an internet connection figuring I could just have them added later. but i can't figure out how to do it. I've reinserted the same CD and got the song titles but they don't transfer into the library! please help because thats alot of typing!!

"I don't believe that it is possible to get the track names for songs that are already on your HD."
Yes you can. Just follow the directions that macmenno has posted.
The CDDB online database that iTunes uses comes the number of tracks and their duration with those in its database to figure out the appropriate track info.
Matt

Itunes deletes songs on my playlists

I am getting sick and tired of this. I just updated my Ipod Touch to version 4.1, and when it updated it it deleted my songs and playlists. I had no problem putting my songs on, but making the playlists is becoming a pain. Whenever I make a playlist on my Ipod, and then when I connect it to Itunes, Itunes deletes the playlists. When I make a playlist on Itunes, however, It stays on the Ipod. But when I add songs to it, when i connect it to Itunes it deletes my songs in the playlist. The only way to add songs to a playlist is on Itunes. Please help me with this, I had no problem with this before I updated my Ipod.

It seems to be a but. The Touch Users Guide (iOS 4.1) says:
When you make a playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is
synced to your iTunes library.
When you edit a playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is
synced to your iTunes library.
You might want to submit a report to Apple via:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html

How can I make iTunes delete songs again?

When I fist used iTunes and I pressed "delete" it asked me if I wanted to physically delete the file.
I said no and checked the box for never asking me again because I had a bad day.
But now I would like that function back and I can't find how!
I read I must delete the preferences, but either I don't know how or where they are (I tried to search for them in various Itunes folders, but nothing popped ;__;)
I searched the faq too, but there is no answer to this.
What I must do? Is there something I'm completly missing that would make this question (and me) silly? __)/

Resetting the iTunes Preference Files:
May need to make hidden files visible
My Documents>Tools>Folder Options>View
Check Show hidden files and folders
-- Quit iTunes
-- Delete C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes.pref and/or iTunesPrefs.xml
-- Delete C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer Inc\iTunes.pref and/or iTunesPrefs.xml

ITunes duplicates song titles

Hello,
I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS (I check for updates weekly). I sync the phone to my iMac (2014 model).
What I notice is that for several albums, the songs are listed twice. But for many of the duplicates, the title of the song is not the actual track it should go with. These are all from albums I've purchased from the iTunes store, or uploaded from my CD library.
Does anyone know how to correct this? Syncing in iTunes doesn't seem to rectify the problem.
Thanks

Bill:
There is a wonderful AppleScript: Delete iTunes Dupes.
This script will examine your iTunes Library for duplicates based on one or more vectors that you select (you'll get a dialogue box with a list, you command+click to select multiple categories). This way, if you have a track with the same name, from the same artist, but from different albums, that track will not come up as a duplicate. If you import CDs at a high bitrate or in an uncompressed format, then re-encode for different uses, you can select bitrate and kind as additional vectors for distinguishing what is and what is not a duplicate.
The script will create a playlist called "Dupes" and will put both copies of the track into it, and you can command+click to select which tracks you want to delete. To remove them from the Library as well, hold down the option key when deleting. The script itself takes some time to complete - you'll get a spinning b&w beachball until it's done (but that won't interfere with iTunes loperations).
Hope this helps.
Lita

ITunes deleted songs/videos/playlists from iPod touch and won't sync them onto iPod, but songs can still be played on iTunes however I just can't transfer them back onto my iPod. HELP!

Hey, so I'm wondering if any of you can help me with this issue, I'd be unbelievably grateful for any help, I can't resolve it and I dislike my long commute without my iPod to listen to! Thanks in advance
HOW IT HAPPENED: I had my iPod touch (32GB, 3rd generation) plugged into a speaker charging whilst playing music, and simultaneously I had iTunes (latest version for windows) open on my laptop (Dell - Windows). My iPod started to sync wirelessly with iTunes on my laptop and my music suddenly cut off.
WHAT HAPPENED: Once the sync had finished, all (almost 4000) songs (and videos) had been wiped off my iPod (including any playlists) with the exception of less than thirty songs, all of which I'd noticed were songs I'd purchased on the iTunes store, a seemingly random selection though - some from a couple of months ago, some from a couple of years ago.
I closed down everything on my laptop and restarted both laptop, iTunes and iPod then plugged my iPod in to sync. My iTunes library on my laptop is fully intact, complete with playlists, and I'm able to play songs normally from there, however despite numerous attempts, they just won't sync onto my iPod. Interestingly, no apps were deleted from my iPod. There's plenty of room on my iPod now, and even when everything on my iTunes library is synced onto it, there's still around 3GB space, so it can't be an issue to do with lack of space. I have no idea why it's happened, and the settings are for everything on iTunes to be synced to my iPod (I checked again) so it's not an issue with selective items to sync only either.
A huge thank-you to anyone who can help me!

I have the same problem!! only thing is that i have the ipod touch 5th generation and a mac. I've been trying to find a way to get all my music to play cuz it will only play on itunes but when i try to play it on my ipod it'll just show a circle with a red square in the middle next to the songs i cant play.

ITunes deletes song files from my computer when I sync a device

When I sync a device in iTunes, it will sync fine and copy over all the files I need it to, but sometimes it will delete those files from my computer after it finishes copying them over. I'm not sure why this happens, I just know that I definitely have the songs on my machine before the sync, and afterwards, exclamation marks will begin appearing next to some of the items that were just synced over. It isn't a problem with the music files themselves, because it might only delete a few songs from an album that I imported all at the same time. It isn't just one device either, it's happened with all of my devices: an iPod Shuffle 2nd and 4th gen, Nano 5th and 6th gen, Classic, iTouch, and iPhone 3GS and 4GS. I've set iTunes to automatically copy music files into the iTunes media folder, and keep it organized, so I try navigating to the folder where the files would be, and the files are just not there anymore, or anywhere in the media folder; there's nothing in the reclycling bin either. The lower bit rate music file will be on the device still, but that's the only copy to be found anywhere. I have a fairly large iTunes library - about 90 GBs of music, and over 100 GBs of Movies and TV shows - but I'm not sure if that's part of the problem or not, though it does slow down iTunes a great deal when editing file info. I only know that it happens with music files, since I don't really sync over the other types of media as much. I believe that it might have something to do with the 'Convert higher bit-rate songs to ___ kbps' function, because it appears that only files that are higher bit rates than that setting will be deleted.
I've tried dealing with it for awhile, but it's getting to be a real pain to go find and re-import all of those CDs, so I'm hoping someone can help me with why it happens or at least a way to stop the deletions. Maybe someone else is having this same problem as well?

Hi Waltpa,
Welcome to Adobe Forum,
Have you referred to :
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5353903
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1271663
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6183619
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6180892
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/sync-files.html
They contain good information, it might help you.
Regards,
Rajshree

Why is itunes deleting songs from my iphone 4s?

So, I've had this happen at least 5 times now Over the course of a month.
I put about 20-30 gigs of music on my phone (WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO SELECT), its fine.
Then, if I connect my phone to itunes anytime after that, I have nothing but "purchased" songs on my phone.
I have "manually manage music and videos" checked
and "sync only check songs and video" checked as well.
Never had this problem with the previous version of itunes.
And I've narrowed it down to only happening when my My computer is connected to the internet,
via wifi OR when my iphone is connected to my computer via wifi.
Its really not too cool to be honest with ya.
I don't want to stream music, and as paranoid and cynical as it sounds,
it really feeels like apple is trying to force me into Beats subscription or itunes match or icloud, etc.
I'm not interested in any of that. I simply want to put songs on my phone and go, with the ability to add songs later without them being deleted.
Thank you for any help you can contribute.
Version is itunes 12.1
ios 8.2.

Try going to the Advanced tab in iTunes prefs and clicking the "Reset all dialog warnings" button.
Do you get prompted now?
Phil

ITunes deleted songs after attempted upgrade

I tried to update my iTunes to the latest version a few months ago, and it failed. the next time i plugged my ipod into my computer, only my purchased songs remained on iTunes and all other songs were deleted. recently, iTunes has stopped working completely, and will not open. i have tried to reinstall itunes, but windows installer keeps giving me the message that because i have quicktime installed, i cannot download itunes. i can't uninstall quicktime because windows installer says i have a newer version. help!

Did the files get delted from drive or just not showing up in iTunes. Losing iTunes listing is fairly common.

Itunes deleted songs !!!!!!!!!!!

So I syncked my music with itunes ,and itunes decided to troll me .It deleted all my songs expect from the one purchased from the itunes store.
It should not do this.I am so mad right now .And now I cannot find them anywhere .I did a restore from backup ,hopefully I could get the songs back but with no prevail .I wish I could sue apple for this problem .Itunes just deleted the songs with no warning what so ever ,pop-up messages...nothing .It just did it !
If you guys have a solution to this ,please help me .I am not going to ask the apple guys ,cuz I know they won't help me whatsoever .That is it for me ,no more iphone for me .
I only had 600 songs and now I only have 98 ...bummer

iTunes doesn't delete data from your computer, unless you told it to do so. It might no longer be 'associated' to iTunes or the iTunes Library, but it doesn't delete data from your computer all on it's own.

ITunes deleting song of the same name

Hi,
So I recently purchased a couple of Paul McCartney albums (Tug of War and Give my regards to Broad Street). These albums both contain the song 'Wanderlus', however both versions are slightly different and I'd like to have them both.
Trouble is, when I bought the 2nd of the two albums, the first version of wanderlust was removed from my iPhone. I can still see the song in my iTunes library in the section 'Songs not on this iPhone', but if I try to download that then the other song disappears....
Anyone know what I can do to get both songs on my phone?
Thank you.

iTunes is certainly supposed to be able to handle multiple versions of the same song. Looking up the song Wanderlust on those albums there does seem to be at least three different studio cuts of it. Are you sure the iPhone downloads different versions? I'm not certain, but there is a possibility that when iTunes delivers content that appears on multiple albums it might have one source for the audio data and attach the appropriate meta-data on delivery. This would be a particularly useful feature when the songs need localised names in different regions. If so it is possible that it is delivering the "same" tracks which might explain why one replaces the other.
I suspect you may have to resolve this in iTunes rather than on the iPhone as you can always delete one version of the track, download the other, then add back the deleted version. Once you have both in your library you should be able to sync them to your phone.
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ITunes deleting songs from my music folders?

Okay, this has happened to me TWICE now since the upgrade. I've plugged my iPod in and I get a message saying there are songs on the iPod not in the library (I only connect my iPod to this computer, there's NO way songs could have gotten on from anywhere but my library). It asks me if I want to transfer them to the library. The first time, not knowing quite what it was asking, I'll admit, I clicked on "Transfer." I realized seconds later that a good 90 files that had been on my iPod were deleted from my music folder entirely. I had to retrieve them from the recycle bin and reimport them (one at a time, because iTunes wouldn't allow me to do them en masse for some reason).
Earlier tonight, I plugged in my iPod and got the same message. This time I just cancelled the box, and it did it AGAIN -- deleted 88 files that I had to dig out of the recycle bin and reimport. This, of course, also means shifting them each back to all of the playlists I'd put them in and, in the case of several files that I didn't rip from a CD (short TV soundbytes and the like) having to retype the "artist," "album" and so on information. Needless to say, all of the ratings and play count information was eradicated as well.
Can ANYONE explain to me why this is happening and what I should do to prevent it from happening again? I'm using a 512mb iPod shuffle on a Dell Inspiron 5100 with Windows XP, if it matters.
Dell Inspiron 5100 Windows XP
Dell Inspiron 5100 Windows XP
Dell Inspiron 5100 Windows XP

It has now done this THREE times, and this time it didn't give me the "transfer files" prompt first. I simply plugged in my shuffle and lost 108 sound files. Someone, PLEASE help!

Itunes deletes song titles

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