Lost all my music library and only have purchased music left how do I retrieve?

I lost all my music on my computer and my iPad while syncing how can I get it back it is not in the recycle Ben and I cannot find it anywhere

Hey Unctarheel2u,
I'd go through the directions in the following article, which provides steps to help you find missing media in iTunes:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
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Take care,
Delgadoh

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Ok, I have deleted EVERYTHING off my 16gb ipad. Photos, music, apps. All I have are the standard apps. It says I have used 11gb and only have 1.6 left. When I first bought it I had up to 4 movies and lots of apps, no problems. What's going on please!?

Ok, I have deleted EVERYTHING off my 16gb ipad. Photos, music, apps. All I have are the standard apps. It says I have used 11gb and only have 1.6 left. When I first bought it I had up to 4 movies and lots of apps, no problems. What's going on please!?

How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
 Cheers, Tom

Even though I had synced numerous times, those tracks are not in my library. Only the purchased music.

My new ipad2 doesn't show any of the music I had previously burned from all my CDs. Even thorough I had synced numerous times, those tracks are not in my library. Only the purchased music.

Annlanzante wrote:
My new ipad2 doesn't show any of the music I had previously burned from all my CDs. Even thorough I had synced numerous times, those tracks are not in my library. Only the purchased music.
The tracks are not in your iTunes library?
Or they are in the library but will not sync to the iPad?
Select the iPad in iTunes.
Click the Music tab at top.
Tick Sync music and make sure Sync all is selected or if Sync selected is selected, make sure you tick what you want to sync.
FYI: Burn means to create a CD (because you burn with the laser). RIP means to get off an audioCD onto the computer.

My husband and I share a new PC. We have different music tastes and each have an iphone. How can we both use our one computer and one itunes program with separate music libraries and separate iphones?

My husband and I share a new PC. We have different music tastes and each have an iphone. How can we both use our one computer and one itunes program with separate music libraries and separate iphones?

Each device only syncs waht you select.
Select only what you want for each phone.

HT4859 I have lost all my iphone contacts after I sign in to iCloud, how can I retrieve again my contacts?

I have lost all my iphone contacts after I sign in to iCloud, how can I retrieve again my contacts?

This has happened to me too!
I have lost all text messages, photos, notes and calendar dates. Also some of the apps.
I think it was my second time of syncing. Also I tunes keeps opening when no apple prod is connected, and a dialogue box tells me it cannot find the I phone. When it is not connected?..
Any news would be good news

My iphone was restored to its original state and I lost all of my contacts and applications... any ideas how I can get it back??

My iphone was restored to its original state and I lost all of my contacts and applications... any ideas how I can get it back??

Why did you restore without transferring your music to your computer?
If you are in the U.S., then you can use the newly released beta version of the cloud to get your music.

I accidentally deleted my entire music library and it's in the trash, how do I move it back?

I just deleted my entire music library and its in the trash, how do I move it back?

How did you delete it? Please provide more details to see what options you have available. Did you use iTunes by deleting the directory and confirming putting it in the trash or did you drag the actual iTunes folder in the trash? If you dragged the folder the solution is easy, either right click on the folder and select Put Back or manually return the folder to the previous location.
Do you have a recent backup of the entire iTunes Music folder including the iTunes Library.itl file or just the iTunes Library.itl file?

My imported music has disapeared, only my purchased music is showing

Recently only my purchased music is showing in my itunes library, I don't know where all my imported music from my cds has gone? It is showing icloud, but I dont know how to turn icloud off. please help!

Have you looked at the settings in iTunes. Is music syncing manual or automatic. More info please. I would try removing all restrictions as an initial test.

I had a library of 500 songs,some purchased some imported from cd's i have since lost in a fire. I only have purchaed music in library. Does that mean I have to purchase music match to include any other music?

I had a library of about 500 songs, some purchased and some imported from cd's I have since lost in a fire. Only the purchased ones now appear in my itunes library. Does that mean iI have to subscribe to music match in order to have all of my music in my itunes library? I still have most of the songs on my iphone. I use a pc.

" When I did this, my library showed all the music I have "purchased" from itunes but did not have the music that I downloaded a long time ago through itunes from my old CDs."
Correct.
" How can I get that music to show up in my library now on my new computer? "
Copy it from your old computer or your backup copy of your old computer.
The sync is one way - computer to ipod.

After upgrading to the most recent version of iTunes, for the second time now, I have completely lost all of my playlists and some of my music

I have upgraded to the current version of iTunes 12.0.1.26
I am using Windows 7 Premium
I have lost all of my previous playlists and some of my music
This is the second time this has happened when advised of an updated version.
How can I get all my music and playlists back without having to redo them again?

Hello richmondhill49,
The article linked below details a number of steps that may help restore your content and playlists to iTunes.
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
Cheers,
Allen

Lost library and only a portion was salvaged - how I get the rest?

I was running Google Earth and iTunes at the same time today and our computer crashed. As a result, we lost our library (we do have it backed onto our iPhone except the album I purchased just before it crashed). I followed the instructions under apple.com/support (users/music/itunes...moving iTunes Music Library.xml on the the desktop, etc. etc.). It only recovered a small portion of our albums. When I go to users/music/itunes, there is a folder that has all our music in it. I tried to bring it in to iTunes and every time I've tried to do that, iTunes crashes. I'm a bit nervous to get the music from our ipod. I disabled the automatic sync on iTunes but when I go to do it manually, it says this phone is recognized by another iTunes application. I hope this all makes sense! Help!

I told you how to get the music from your ipod.
Relax, I am trying to help. You can check the inferiority complex. You would be shocked at the number who never backup anything and then are shocked that there is no way to get the music back.
Not that I feel like helping you further, but try this article ( and try being more polite to those you ask for help):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
"I know it's not a backup"
"we do have it backed onto our iPhone"

Is it possible to make a playlist and then delete those songs from the Music library and only keep them in the Playlist?file

Is it possible to make a playlist of particular material and then delete them from the Music list and just keep them in the play list?
than you. first time user/.

I see you've found your answer here.
tt2

I just bought a new iMac and only have the aperture cd, how do i install aperture 3 back to my new iMac

i just bought my new imac but i only have the aperture 3 cd and do not have a drive how do i install aperture 3 or where do i download from and then just insert the cd key.

You either burn a disk image of your CD (using Disk Utility) on a mac that still has a drive and transfer the disk image on a thumbs drive or network, or download the Aperture 3 Trial Installer.
Download it here Aperture 3.1 Trial
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I have windows vista and there are 4 user accounts. How do we share our music library and only sync the tracks we want individually? I am no computer whizz so my understanding is very basic. Thank you.

Thanks for any help

To give other users read-only access to your iTunes library, use the Sharing features of iTunes. Sharing works over the local network as well as on the same computer. See the built-in help for details.
If you want to give full read/write access to more than one user, see the support article linked below.
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
There is a way to share the library without moving it to a secondary volume. If you really need to do that, ask for instructions.

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