ITunes library accidentally trashed, after restoring from trashcan now has major issues...

Symptoms: iTunes flips through to the end of library without prompting and sometimes audio stops. My library is also no longer synced with my purchased djay app. The album artwork has also failed to load onto it's previously set screensaver. Mid-tonal beeping occurs randomly and open applications revolve until I press escape button...this happens every single time I operate my computer. Any idea of the cause or solution?

this is a perfect question to ask the users in the iTunes forum. https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_for_mac. Good luck.

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