Lost my movies and songs on itunes

i had to restart my computer to get itunes 10.5 and when i finally got the new itunes. i no longer had my music or movies , how do i get them back?

Hey sharonwalker,
This article covers troubleshooting steps for symptoms that sound like what you're encountering:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Take care,
Delgadoh

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I downloaded lots of songs and movies, but some (and mainly the movies) don't sync on my iPod. I thought this was normal but this time i downloaded so many movies and like 2 got on my iPod that i'm getting pist off! The movies are just normal quicktime mp4 files and they do go in to iTunes but not on my ipod...
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See:
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Updated to ios 5 and itunes 10.5 for my iphone and now i lost all apps and songs that i had downloaded in the past. how do i get everything back

Updated to ios 5 and itunes 10.5 for my iphone and now i lost all apps and songs that i had downloaded in the past. how do i get everything back?

in order to restore your songs and apps, you should just reconnect to itunes and sync your data. your phone ran a backup before it upgraded, and you can also do a restore. but the key is still to go to your itunes and sync back to your phone what you wanted there in the first place.

WHAT THE HECK! eversince I updated my itunes... My laptop keeps on crashing, i try to change the volume on itunes and it doesnt even move, and I quit Itunes but apparently it won't ever quit... I lost all my paper work cuz it crashed 4 times this week.

WHAT THE HECK! eversince I updated my itunes... My laptop keeps on crashing, i try to change the volume on itunes and it doesnt even move, and I quit Itunes but apparently it won't ever quit... I lost all my paper work cuz it crashed 4 times this week.

Try disabling the computer's antivirus and firewall for the network problem.
Also for the original problem try the following if Ana's suggestions does not work
Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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i just did update of software and i lost all of my picture and songs from itune which is un usual .could any one tell me how could i get iphoto working again?

What did you update with what? Are we talking a computer? A device like an iPhone? You updated iTunes? You updated the operating system?
If you updated the iOS on a device, I believe it warns you it will erase the device and you should make a backup first. Restore from the backup.
iPhoto is an application pretty much separate from iTunes. There is an iPhoto forum if you are having problems with that application.

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I want to synchronize my iPOP with my new MAC. How can i do that without lost my applications and songs???

Backup you library and restore to the new computer.
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
or
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
- After all the media is on the new computer connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right clicking one the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
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You don't watch movies you've downloaded to your iPad in iTunes. You watch them in the Video app.

My play lists and songs on iTunes and on my iPhone won't play. They are light grey instead of black and nothing happens when I click on the songs. All of the songs were either from CD's or from iTunes that I purchased. I have home sharing turned on. Thi

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Thank you Diavonex......... This is not a joke and please do respect when people really need help.
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hey everyone,
kinda new here, have my iMac and Apple Tv for ages now. (use it tons)
anyway I read a few posts and I have noticed that everyone talks about movies/songs for iTunes, you know you can put any movie any song on the apple tv? you DON"T have to only get them for iTunes!!
you can download them for anywhere, then I use a free app called "iSquint" to chance them into the apple format then I add the movie/song to my iTunes library and the sync it to my apple Tv.
I only use iTunes for movies/songs I cant find anywhere else. also you can use Amazon which is cool also
hope that helps peeps.

Hi Kuronekoyamato,
If you are not seeing your Apple TV purchases on your Mac, you may want to check to make sure that Automatic Download is enabled:
iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539
You may also want to see if you can manually download the purchases from the Mac:
Apple Support: Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Regards,
- Brenden

I have lost all of my songs on itunes but there still on my ipod?

okayy..i dont know wat happened . I was on my computer earlier today listening to podcasts and a cd my friend gave me. Then my mum wanted onto my computer so i unplugged it(its a laptop by the way) and gave it to her...it ran out of battery and when i switched itunes back on all of my music had disappeared. Was this anything to do with the battery running out?
I clicked on transfer files when i plugged my iPod back in and since i have only bought 2 songs from itunes. Only two songs came up in my library. Now i still have 700 or something songs on my iPod nano(first edition) but only 2 songs on my iTunes.
Does anybody know how i can get the songs from my iPod onto my iTunes??
because its really bugging me
please help
if you want to reply to me by email..reply to [email protected]
thanks

The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iRepo Mac and Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

Copying movies and music into iTunes

Is there a way to have iTunes copy songs to my music folder when I import them, but not copy movies to my music folder when I import them?
When I import new songs into iTunes, I like to have iTunes copy the song to my iTunes Music folder. When I encode a movie I like to keep it in the Movies folder on my hard drive. Makes sense music -> Music folder, movies -> Movies folder. However, I recently got an iPod Touch and in order to add movies to it I have to go through iTunes. When I add a movie to iTunes, it makes a copy of the movie in my music folder. Now I have two copies of the movie. I have a small(ish) hard drive and don't want to sacrifice the space.
I can copy songs to my Touch without importing the movies into iTunes if I disable music/movie syncing, but then my music and playlists are not synced, making it an incomplete solution.
Any ideas?

Thanks for the ideas, but neither really solve the problem.
By keeping the files on an external drive I no longer have access to my songs when I don't have my external with me. In any case I still have two copies of a movie for no good reason, even if only one copy is on my computer.
And while I'll probably end up changing the preferences every time will work, it is very inelegant. Hopefully Apple builds a better solution into iTunes.
Thanks again.

How do I connect my iPad wirelessly to my Mac lion osx server to be able to access photos, movies and songs

I would like to connect my iPad with my Mac server so that I can access songs, movies and photos on the server. How can I do this?

I think you might be a little confused between iTunes on the iPad and iTunes on the Mac.
You cannot update iTunes on the iPad separately from the entire operating system on your iPad.
Its iTunes on your Mac that is not up to date.
I order to sync an iPad running iOS 6 or later (you indicate yours is on iOS 6.1.3) you must have iTunes 10.7 or later ON YOUR COMPUTER.
iTunes 10.7 requires a Mac OSX version 10.6.8 or later.
You indicate that your Mac is running OSX 10.5.8 (Leopard). That's not good enough. You need a Mac with OSX higher than 10.5.8. Depending on which Mac you have you might be able to update the OSX on the Mac to what's needed for iTunes 10.7.
If you reply here with the type of Mac you have, the type of processor it has and the amount of RAM it has, we might be able to tell you if you can update it and how to do it. Not all macs can be updated to the required OSX version.

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