Lost music again!!!

Hi All,
Right I have managed to find the apporiate Quicktime (without an upgrade) and now have itunes working again.
However, my music is gone of course
When I store - available downloads, nothing happens, when i plug in my iphone, no music copies back now i do have a back up of some of my purchases, however the more recent stuff I have purchased hasnt downloaded, i think my mac is causing me too many problems now a days and almost feels like a PC.
I am tempted to just go back to a PC.
Grrr.... Any suggestions please anything. Thanks

Hi Sarah34 -
You're NOT alone. The same thing happens to me routinely. I may not be able to specifically solve your problem, but I can tell you what I've learned:
1. You can't just move files with "Finder" in iTunes like you do with other data elsewhere on your machine. iTunes is a database unto itself, and if you ever change the directory structure or file location with Finder, then iTunes is "lost" and can't find its files. The good news is that your music isn't actually "gone," it's still on your drive but iTunes just can't see it.
2. Any change you want in iTunes should be made from within iTunes. That way, the iTunes database knows where the music is.
3. The way that most people fix your problem is to open the iTunes preferences panel and then go to the "Advanced" tab. There is where you'll find the path where iTunes expects to find your media. Correct that path and iTunes should find your media again.
4. I agree with you wholeheartedly that iTunes feels more like a PC than any other part of the Mac experience. Hopefully iTunes 11, which is supposed to release in the next few days, will fix that.
If you keep having problems, you can call AppleCare or you can make a free appointment at your local "Genius Bar" where they have a fairly good track record of being able to not only fix problems like yours but also of being able to explain to you why it happened in the first place.
Good luck!

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