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Hello,
This morning I updated iTunes 10.7.0 to 11.0.1.
On previous versions of iTunes, the Music playlist contained ALL my tracks from all my albums.
After this recent update:
I noticed that all my eMusic albums have been separated into their own playlist called eMusic. I would rather have all my music in the Music playlist.
1) How can I move all eMusic albums and tracks into the Music playlist?
2) Can I safely delete the eMusic playlist?
3) How can I make sure that the eMusic playlist will not be recreated?
4) How can I make sure that all future added music from eMusic goes into the Music playlist?
I also noticed that not all tracks from some of the albums are listed in either playlist (eMusic or Music). For example, the first 4 tracks from an album are listed but the remaining tracks are not. I found that I could go to File, Add file to Library and select the missing files. They then will appear in the playlist with the first 4. However, this is time consuming.
My guess is that not all albums were processed correctly by the upgrade.
5) Is there a way I can have iTunes re-read the file structure adding the missing tracks WITHOUT causing duplicates AND WITHOUT loosing current information (play count, date last played, etc)?
Thank you in advance for your kind help.
Warmly, Al Stearns
Pisgah Forest, NC
USA

Answer 1

Hello all,
Since I have gotten no response yet, I thought I would try to answer my own questions.
1) How can I move all eMusic albums and tracks into the Music playlist?
In the eMusic playlist: Edit, Select All,  right click on one of the highlighted tracks. Add to playlist and select the Music playlist. Adding the number of items in the previous eMusic and Music playlists confirmed that adding all the tracks in the eMusic playlist to the Music playlist was successful.
2) Can I safely delete the eMusic playlist?
I hope so. Once I successfully added the contents of the eMusic playlist to the Music playlist, I deleted the eMusic playlist.
3) How can I make sure that the eMusic playlist will not be recreated?
Time will tell.
4) How can I make sure that all future added music from eMusic goes into the Music playlist?
Time will tell. Since I deleted the eMusic playlist, I would expect it to stay deleted.
5) Is there a way I can have iTunes re-read the file structure adding the missing tracks WITHOUT causing duplicates AND WITHOUT loosing current information (play count, date last played, etc)?
I still need help with this one, I have thousands of tracks that did not make it over to the Music (or any other) playlist during the upgrade to iTunes 11.0.1.
Warmly, Al Stearns
Pisgah Forest, NC
USA