ITunes saves everything to the wrong location

In my preferences I have it set so that everything saves to my music library, however, everything gets saved to my photo's library. Multiple times, I have closed iTunes and deleted everything in the iTunes folder in my folder library, but that accomplishes nothing. All of my music, movies, apps, etc, are in my music folder but when I redownload everything, iTunes puts it into the folder it keeps making in my photo library.

Assuming you were using iTunes' default settings it would put everything you need in the iTunes folder in your Music folder. iTunes has a central controlling file called library.itl which tells the application where your media files are actually located. Then there's a bunch of other files and folders that do things such as organize artwork, Genius, etc. Everything is in the one folder. The advantage of this is if you want to move it to a different drive all you have to do is copy the entire folder in one go, then restart iTunes as directed earlier.
If you change the preferences for iTunes it doesn't move the whole collection. It tells iTunes to store media in the location indicated in the future. You end up with old media stored on the original drive, new media on the other drive, and the other files and folders also on the main drive. This makes it much harder to re-organize because it requires multiple careful steps where you really know what you are doing.
Consolidating copies (not moves) files from wherever they are located to the location indicated in the iTunes media setting location preference.
If you still have everything intact on the main drive I would just back up and do the simple library move indicated earlier. I'm not sure where things are right now.
A tip. It is suggested you not use for general file storage the same drive to which Time Machine backs up. There can be issues with competing space. Second, if this is your backup drive and you are using it for media overflow, where is your backup of your media? I know people have problems because notebooks are so popular, but they really don't have the capacity for modern media and the only real solution is to have multiple external drives.

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Go to https://expresslane.apple.com ; select 'iTunes' in the first column; 'iTunes Store' in the second column then see if there is an appropriate place to report the problem.

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Try the following user tip:
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I-tunes was saving my music to the wrong location.

If I choose the option to have i-tunes organize my media and consolidate my collection, can I delete the files in the original location safely? As I understand it is now copying them to the correct location and I can't afford the space in the area (partition) where it was saving them in error....
And will it now save any new files in the right location?
Thanks in advance for your help!

To answer the second question first, iTunes uses the folder specified in Edit > Preferences > Advanced as the iTunes Media Folder. Any file added (by purchasing from the iTunes Store, ripping from CD, using the conversion process, added as result of the "Copy..." parameter, or by means of the Automatically Add folder) will go there. So, yes.
And about Consolidate: it goes thru your library, and any library entry whose track is not already in the designated folder will have a copy placed there. After it is done, iTunes does not need the other files.

HT204081 I recently updated i tunes and had previously relocated my library to an external hard drive, on restart I realized that itunes did not update the new location on the external but created a new itunes folder on my regular hard drive. how do I com

I need to know how to fix this. I updated itunes and it created a new itunes folder on my hard drive after I ported all of it to an external for space concerns. It took all my files from that folder and recreated part of it to my hard drive. Now when backing up I have no idea where it is backing up to. Any help appreciated

Sort of. My media was on multiple hard drives, some local, and actually some networked, and then I conolidated it to a single external hard drive. Renaming drives and moving files sounds like a recipe for disaster.
When doing a consolidation, files are copied to a new location and the old ones are left untouched. Does iTunes create a backup database of the file locations before doing a consolidation? I could use the backup if that were the case, since everything still exists in the original locations.
I've recieved my replacement hard drive for the one that crashed and I may be able to copy everything back manually if I knew where it went. I looked inside the iTunes Music Library.xml to see if I could figure out the folder structure, but for some reason they all say they're located in the iTunes folder in My Documents. They're not, of course.
Would the Previous iTunes Library.itl be of any use, or is that for another purpose?

Ipad is disabled connect to itune, my friend entered the wrong passcode , but i know my passcode how can i fixed it without loosing data

my friend entered the wrong passcode , but i know my passcode how can i fixed it without loosing data

How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
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http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
You may have to do this several times.
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just canceling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

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