ITunes Library Search Features (or lack thereof)

Does anyone know if Apple plans to add an advanced search feature to iTunes for searching the music library? It would be very helpful if I could tell iTunes to limit the search (based on keywords) to songs only, artists only, album title only, etc. If anyone knows of a way to limit searches in this manner please let me know.

And if you select the little triangle next to the magnifying glass on the search field you can limit the search to just an Artist, Album, etc.

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HT204088 Why can't I use Library Search in iTunes?

Why cant I use Library Search in Itunes?

iTunes supports only mov mp4 and m4v video formats. If you have added above format files to iTunes library and still not showing in the movies library, please repair your QuickTime.
Control Panel > Programs n Features > highlight QuickTime, click CHANGE then REPAIR.

I found 2 cool search features in iTunes

I dont know if these are well known or when they were implemented but I just found them this morning by accident. I am using 10.0
On my Macbook Pro I have to use the Fn button but I bet these work on a desktop without the need to use the Fn button.
1. Fn + Ctl + F9 = brings up a search window to look for any song in your iTunes library
2. Fn + Cmd + F9 = brings up a search window to search your playlists

AraelFlair wrote:
After having to downlonad Adobe Flash Player 64bit because my Mozilla Firefox Browser prompted me to do so, I went to check my Programs And Features to make sure everything was in order.
I was confused when I was asked to download this software because I thought my personal laptop already had this, but I did so anyway, when checking programs and features, I did see I had two identical files.
Is it necessary to have them both? They are exactly the same, nothing shows that they go to anything differenty, yet it seems my Mozilla did not recognize the first.
Since I am not a technical wiz, I need some help. I am afraid to delete any of them. I am afraid to delete the first since my Mozilla seemd to not recognize it, but if I delete the second will my other browser not recogize the second. Or, am I complicating this!
I appreciate your help.
How did 'prompt' come about? Were you viewing a (Flash) site and it suddenly appeared, or what? If it suddenly appeared without warning, could you please post the link to that site.
Are you running Waterfox or Palemoom? These are third party unofficial 64-bit builds of Firefox. The only other 64-bit versions available are the nightly builds. However, due to incompatibility issues with many approved Firefox Add-ons, these builds haven't been officially released yet.
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Most of my iTunes library has disappeard. I cannot find them when I search in the iTunes folder either. How can I get them back?

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How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows sear

How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows search. The track plays on my iPad and my iPhones but will not play on my laptop!?
It has an "!" To the left of the song title in my library
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If you cannot find the file on your hard drive then once you delete the current broken entry you should be able to redownload from iTunes in the Cloud. This assumes the item in question qualifies. Note that audiobooks, digital booklets, iTunes LPs & Extras, ringtones, selected movies etc. don't.
If prompted don't hide the item. You may find that you need to close and then reopen iTunes before it will appear for download.
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Is there a way to search for skipped songs in my iTunes library?

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All that to say - is there some better, automatic way of searching for non-playable, skipped songs, and is there some way of sorting them out from the rest so one can address them, and not miss any?

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HT1451 why do I have artists in my itunes library that i cannot find on my ipad, when i search for a specific artist

When I search for an artist on my ipod classic that I know is on my itunes library, some of them do not appear. What can I do to fix this?

See Grouping tracks into albums in particular the topic Missing Artist or Album not with others by same artist.
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How can i search certain music in the library of my device instead of the whole itunes library

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Kirby has already summed it up nicely. If you really want to ensure, that the recipient will see the the image as an attachment and not as an embedded image, compress the file before you send it. Export the image version in the right size to your Desktop, then right-click (or ctrl-click) and use "fCompress ...." from the contextual menu. Drag the compressed file to the Mail icon in the Dock.
Just in case, you are sending your images to Windows users and have not come across this setting, you may want to check the Mail option in the "Edit" menu: "Always send Windows-friendly attachments".

What is the name of the folders which are your backup of Itunes library? I am recovering from a virus, have no workable desktop in Win XP, but can search and find files and folders. I would like to move these backup files to a new computer

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I second the whole iTunes folder approach.
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HT201413 Why does Data Execution Protection or lack thereof keep shutting down iTunes

Why does Data Execution Protection or lack thereof keep shutting down iTunes?

Sounds like you have a battry issue but don't want to believe it.
If a car was running fine on one tank of gas, then you filled it up with another tank of gas and it began to run funny, one might suspect that tank of gas. But let's just say coincidence blew a valve-- would you think the new tank of gas was the culprit?
BUT WAIT!! It just might have been! The gas could have been of higher octane and put more more strain on the valves; you know, like going from 87 octane (OS6) to 93 octane (OS7) and showing you the engine was on the edge of compromise.
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Moreover, if you had the answer-- or didn't want to believe someone's more competent advice-- why did you even call? You've already shown that you don't know much when you asked if you could go backwards after setting up the new OS as a new phone.
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Can i search and replace in the itunes library database file?

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I need to update the file location in the itunes database for a few thousand songs. These songs are just part of my full collection. A few hundred of these songs are referenced in playlists. Rebuilding the libarary, consolidating the library, adding the new folder to library -- none of these suggested solutions to similar problems will work for me. (My collection is too large for one drive and is spread over several drives, and I have many playlists with hundreds of songs, and the playlists would be ruined with any of these approaches.)
I thought I had an easy solution by doing a search and replace in "itunes library.xml," replacing the old file path with the new one. But then I learned (as you probably already know) that the real information is stored in "itunes library," and the xml file is just a downstream copy of that information. All my edits were overwritten as soon as I opened itunes.
The solution to my problem is completely straight-forward if I can just do a search and replace in "itunes libray." Is it possible to edit that file directly? The only database program I have is MS Access, on windows, and it couldn't open the file.
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