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Computer crashed. Put old hard drive in new computer as a slave drive but can't get I tunes to work. Installed new I tunes now can't get songs off of old HELP

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kevin morehouse, "need to get songs on ipod into itunes library" #2, 10:08pm Oct 9, 2005 CDT
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I have iPhoto 2 but I'm hoping someone can help me. I have an iBook G4 and I have had a lot of trouble with the libraries when they get full. I try to follow directions in Help but they don't make sense. At least today, I backed up my most recent library on a CD and at least have that because I have already lost the original. There are all of these folders with albums and different years but I am unable to pull up previous libraries. I can't believe there isn't an easier way to go back and forth between libraries. I have dragged a bunch of things to the trash that had nothing in them when I opened them but have not trashed them yet. I can't believe this has to be this difficult. I guess I tampered too much. Please can someone help me? Noel
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Hi, thank you for your response. I will try your suggestion. I had two libraries. The one I just lost had 293 photos in it and I followed the instructions in the iPhoto help viewer, moving the library to another location and creating a new one. I tried to get it back and couldn't find it. At least I had burned it on a CD. The things I have in my Trash are things like Archive, Photo Library 2,3 and 4. I never had that many. Also there were 2 library folders that had 5 items in each and they were identical but whenever I go into a folder and click on an icon, it just brings up more pictures of folders with numbers on them. Maybe I need to find a Dummies book on iPhoto. I've had Macs for years but never had as much trouble as I've had with my laptopand iPhoto. The directions in the Help Viewer just don't make sense. I will get back to you after trying your suggestion. I have tried to bring back other libraries listed under Pictures in Finder but I get messages saying I need to create an application to open them. I usually don't have this much trouble but this has me stumped. Thank you, Noel

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Hello, Katie,
Sorry for your photo loss problems.
I am not understanding what you did before you lost them.
The 326 pictures that I had found, I found them in the albums that I had copied them into, prior to the problem
Are you meaning that you put photos into albums within iPhoto? Those 'photos' are only alias that point to your iPhoto Library where the photos are actually stored. If you put them into albums in iPhoto, the originals don't get copied and should still be in the iPhotoLibrary.
So, I don't think I understand what 'albums' you mean, unless you moved them yourself, outside iPhoto.
As you are finding, when iPhoto loads, it looks into iPhotoLibrary files to find and load your photos. Usually, these are in your Pictures folder. If you have moved the photos to some other folders, iPhoto is not finding them because they are not where it looks. If you have not deleted the photos, you should be able to find them by searching on your hard drive for the .jpgs if that is the format for your photos.
If you have tampered with iPhotoLibrary's files and folders, you may have caused serious problems. See this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165521
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Last night I was trying to move some pictures from my wife's phone to my MBP via bluetooth and something went wrong. At a guess, I saved the photo file that I was transferring AS iphoto not IN iphoto - but as i say thats a complete guess. I have moved photos onto the MBP before via bluetooth without problems.
When I open up iphoto now its completely blank and empty - our library was under the 'shared' users folder so that both my wife and I could see it whichever profile we were using. I haven't backed up previous to this (ironically my new G Drive Hard Drive arrived yesterday). I am in the process of backing up now before I try to recover my 'lost' photos - thought right now I am unsure how to do this.
Now when I try to open the iphoto library in the shared folder, it says 'there is no default application to open the document iphoto library' and takes me into the application folder (presumably) to select the iphoto application, but I don't want to select this until I have finished backing up, just in case.
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Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point it at the Library location.
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Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
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Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
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Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
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When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
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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.
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Hi there, last time I posted here my problem was solved in hours so I'm hoping someone can help this time!
I left my computer running overningt playing itunes and awoke to find that it had rebooted. I think that Wondows defender does that for spyware sweeps occasionally. When I started itunes again it was completely empty - all songs & playlists gone. I tried to sync my ipod with it to reload everything & it tells me that I can't transfer to an unauthorized library. It appears that my old itunes has been replaced with a new (and empty) one.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I humbly thank you in advance,
Karl

It sounds as though your library file was corrupted when your computer rebooted.
The iTunes Library file is a database about your music, not your actual music files.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
Unfortunatley it appears you have lost the library file and iTunes has created a new empty one.
You can simply add your iTunes Music folder to the empty library (assuming that is where all your music is) this will get your tracks back into the library but without playlists etc.
Another possibility is to use the backup libarary file made when you upgraded from 6.0.5 but you lose everything since then:
You need to recover the backup version 6 library made when you first upgraded to V7. It should be in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder which is in the iTunes folder.
It will be called iTunes Library yyyy-mm-dd.itl where the date is that of first upgrade to V7.
When you have found the backup, drag iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml out of the iTunes folder to your desktop. Then copy the backup library from the Previous iTunes Libraries folder into the iTunes folder. Rename it iTunes Library.itl and you should be good to go.
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Backup the iTunes Library Files
The library files are in:
My Documents\My Music\iTunes
Close iTunes and wait about 30 seconds.
Copy iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml somewhere else e.g. into the Previous iTunes Libraries folder.
To restore, with iTunes closed drag the current itl and xml file from the iTunes folder to the desktop, then copy the backup iTunes Library.itl into the iTunes folder. The xml file isn’t necessary but can come in handy if the library needs to be recreated and the itl file is causing problems.
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/20401436 - turingtest2 11/2012 post on rebuilding empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash from previous iTunes library file.
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
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Can't keep Iphoto open to rebuild lost library

Shut down and restart your computer, and then open iPhoto again. If the problem persists, try rebuilding your photo library. To do this, quit iPhoto, and then reopen it while keeping the Option and Command keys pressed. You can also try restoring your photo library from a backup.
I don;t have a backup and when I follow these steps nothing happens. Iphoto won't stay open so I can start over and add photos from the Pictures file. Any suggestions?

Well with no backup you may have lost your photos - and if you have not you will sooner or later - things fail and with no backup when they do you lose stuff
What exactly happens when you depress and HOLD the option and command keys and launch iPhtoo - keeping the option and command keys depressed until the firat aid window appears?
you can also download iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - and use the rebuild in the free trial to create a totally new library leaving the existing one untouched for future use
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