Lost my movies off my library.

I have lost all my movies off my iTunes library and I can't figure out how to get them back. Can anyone help me out with this problem?

If you were unable to make a backup copy of the movies, you can always contact iTunes Store support to get your movies back. However, if some have been removed or modified on the store since you purchased them, they won't be able to send you those movies back.

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@Proud American:
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My computer crashed and I lost my iTunes library, On my new computer I downloaded iTunes and some of my songs were there. Although I lost my movies that I had purchases on iTunes, which of course cost quite a lot. How can I go about getting these back?

My computer crashed and I lost my iTunes library, On my new computer I downloaded iTunes and some of my songs were there. Although I lost my movies that I had purchases on iTunes, which of course cost quite a lot. How can I go about getting these back?

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Getting movies off ATV

OK, I have never written on any discussion forum before but I am at a total loss and none of the Apple technical staff (phone or store) seem to have the answer.
I started buying movies on my Macbook through iTunes a few months ago. I got a little carried away and bought a lot of movies. All of a sudden my hard drive was full and could no longer download the remaining movies I had bought.
I bought an Apple TV hoping to put some of the movies I bought on there, delete them from my Macbook and download the rest. I synced these movies but found if I deleted them from my hard drive they would remove themselves from my Apple TV. Not ideal.
Then my hard drive failed completely. I lost basically everything - including the movies I had already put on my Apple TV. Strangely enough the movies I had yet to finish downloading reappeared in my iTunes.
So, I now have movies on my Apple TV, movies on my iTunes but do not know how to marry the two together. My Macbook hard drive is a mere 160 GB so I cannot keep everything on there.
What should I do?
People have thrown out suggestions like a media server, time capsule or buy a second computer. My main problem is I don't know how to get the movies off my Apple TV. Whether it be to keep them on something else or just to back them up!
Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

You don't need quite so elaborate a system. I have my iTunes library on a 500MB external hard drive connected to my iMac. All you would need to do would be to copy your iTunes library to the external drive and then change the location of the library in the iTunes preferences.
The only word of caution I would give is to be sure that the external drive is connected to your MacBook when you open iTunes, otherwise you will get file not found errors if you try to access any of the files, or if it tries to sync to your Apple TV.
Regarding the movies that are currently on your ATV, you will lose them the next time you sync it. If they are movies you bought from the iTunes store you might contact iTunes store support and ask if you can download them again. If they are movie files you made yourself you would have to import them into iTunes again, assuming you have them backed up somewhere.

How to move my itunes library from my PC to my iMac

Hi, I need to move my iTunes library off an old Windows laptop and on to my new iMac. The library is approx 100Gb in size. I searched and searched and can't believe Apple don't have an app for this. I found a third party app called CopyTrans TuneSwift which i read rave reviews about so paid my $15 USD for it and gave it a go. The backup worked well. Then came the part of downloading the Mac restore file. Once I tried to run this on the iMac, I recieved an error saying that the developer is not registered with Apple and could be a dangerous file.
I paid $4000 US for this iMac and yes I don't want to screw up the op system on day one. I can hold down the Control key and clicking to run the CopyTrans App to bypass the Apple security but I never want to do things like this... I want to keep the iMac clean and stable.
What to do now.
How can I move the iTunes library safely from my Windows laptop to my iMac.
Can anyone help.
Kind Regards

There's a failry discriptive guide on how to use TuneSwift to transfer iTnes from PC to Mac here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbl8PDuMJJ8

I need to move my itunes library from a pc to a laptop in a different home, can I do this? help!

I had set up my original itunes library on a pc in my previous home. I have left this home due to a marriage split up and now live somewhere else.
I have a new lap top which I am desperate to update my ipod nano on.
I have set up home sharing, and authorised my laptop. Unfortunately, I no techno whizz, and I'm really struggling now with this.
I have plugged in my nano to my itunes on my lap top and it is offering to either delete everything off my nano for what is held on as purchased songs from itunes - a total of approx 30 songs, from approx 1400 songs on my nano, or just update to show my purchased songs.
Help!! I'm getting to the end of my tether with this. Yes, I have read the tutorials and help through itunes.
Nothing is making sense or working.
Can someone please explain this to me like I'm a 3 year old?
I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me!!
Thank you!!

A PC cannot read a Mac formatted drive without using special software (MacDrive).
iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Macworld - How to transfer iTunes libraries between PC and Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/46248/2005/08/shiftitunes.html
Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

Trying to move my music library from my ipod to my new laptop...

I am trying to move my music library from my ipod to my new laptop... i have followed instructions from website, but when i was supposed to have all my songs in my itunes on the new laptop, they were not there, they are in a folder called "music".
wheni open my itunes now, i have only the songs i purchased from the store and a few more i had dowloaded from my cd's. Most of the songs have an ! in front of them, and i can't play them.
on my ipod i have only a few songs....
my old laptop was windows xp and the new one windows 7, my ipod is 1st generation nano
what can i do???

.... and now on my old laptop i also have all the songs with exclamations marks as well.... totally lost here!

HOW TO MOVE YOUR ITUNES LIBRARY TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

Read these directions before actually doing anything, just so you can do this right. I've messed things up before, it can get ugly...
That being said, here's what you've gotta do if you're running on a Mac:
Have all your music on the external hard drive. It should be organized in folders the way iTunes set it up
The folders should be organized something like this:iTunes Media (Top folder, everything is inside of this folder)
Audiobooks
Automatically Add To iTunes
Books
Downloads
iPod Games
iTunes U
Mobile Applications
Music
Podcasts
Ringtones
TV Shows
Voice Memos
Those folders are what I have in my 'iTunes Media' folder on my external hard drive. You don't necessarily need to have all of these folders. (I happen to just have a lot of things in my iTunes.)
Finding your iTunes Library Files
The way iTunes works is there are two parts to make what you see in iTunes work right. There's your media (songs, video, iPod games and Apps, etc) and there are your library files. They tell iTunes what your playlists are, where your 'iTunes Media' folder is located, and a lot of other important things. Here is how to find the iTunes Library files (there will probably be more than one!)
Look in (yourusername)/Music/iTunes
There will be a few things in here:
Album Artwork (It's a folder)
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
Itunes Library.itl
iTunes Media (a folder)
iTunes Music Library Backup.xml (this file might or might not be here. If there is no file with this name, it's okay.)
iTunes Music Library.xml
Some "temp" files (maybe, maybe not -- they are not important for this)
Anything in the list that is BOLDED needs to be placed in (yourusername)/Music/iTunesIf you copied these files to your external hard drive, you will need to copy them back onto your internal hard drive. These library files do not need to be in the same place as your iTunes Media folder.
Telling iTunes Where Your Music Is
Now that your iTunes Media folder is on your external drive, and your Library Files are in place in "(yourusername)/Music/iTunes", we need to open iTunes.
On the top bar of the screen, go to iTunes>Preferences.
In preferences, go to the farthest right tab, titled "Advanced" with a picture of a gear.
The top section says "iTunes Media Folder location" and underneath that you see a filepath ending in the 'iTunes Media" folder.
This path is probably wrong, not leading you through the external hard drive.
If it is incorrect:
Click "change" on the right and then locate the folder in the prompt that shows up. Once the "iTunes Media" folder on your external hard drive is highlighted blue, click "Open" in the bottom right corner of the window.
Give iTunes a moment or two (depending on the size of your library) to re-locate all of your songs. Voila!
If it is correct:Do nothing!
While you're in the advanced section, let's check to make sure you have a few important 'housekeeping' things checked off:
"Keep iTunes Media folder organized" (CHECK THIS BOX!)
"Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" (CHECK THIS BOX!)
At this point, iTunes should be all ready to go. Before I get into any troubleshooting, note a few things:
If you ever unplug/disconnect the external hard drive from the computer, you must first make sure that iTunes is NOT running.
Also, if the hard drive is unplugged and you open up iTunes, all of your songs will have little symbols next to them. Until you plug/reconnect the hard drive, the songs will stay like this and will be missing.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Not having permission to access the external hard drive:
In Finder (or on your desktop), right-click the external hard drive (if you don't have right-click, control-click will also work).
Click on "Get Info"
A thin, tall window will appear on the screen.
Part One:In the "General" section, make sure that "Locked" is unchecked. If it IS checked, uncheck it.
Part Two:
We are now focusing on the very bottom of the window, where it says "Sharing & Permissions"/
In the bottom right corner of the window there is a small padlock icon. Click it. When asked for an administrator password, type it in, and click "Ok".
You will now notice that the bottom section of the 'get info' window is not greyed out anymore. Make sure your user name (it says in parentheses "(Me)" so there is no going wrong here) has "Read & Write" privileges.If not, click on whichever privilege you currently have, and a drop-down menu will appear. Click on "Read & Write".
If you have any other issues, I will add them to the troubleshooting list to help you out. Hope this was helpful!

My iTunes library is set up the way I said in the top post and works totally fine.
Yes, and that is the default structure to which I was referring. iTunes will organize it that way automatically unless people do start changing settings (in which case they should know what they are doing and how iTunes works with library files and media structure.)
Both ways work, the advantages of mine would be that should iTunes try looking fo a library, it will always be in the default location.
It makes people think they have to change media location in preferences. They do not unless they want to relocate media only and leave other things on their internal drive (in which case there is no point in copying library files to the external, and you certainly wouldn't want to then delete them from your internal).
Downside is that then should someone move their iTunes library to anther computer they need to remember to get those library files on the external hard drive.
Just copy the whole iTunes folder and it will get the library files to the other drive in one step, along with all the other files.
Your post has good stuff but it makes a move appear intimidating and look like people have to do a lot of organizing to move the collection. It also throws in extra steps (namely altering preference settings) that could cause confusion or even make a mess of things. If people leave iTunes to default preference settings (which most people do) the move summarizes into a short line: Copy a folder and hold an extra button the next time you start iTunes.
Note that the instructions in the link I provided earlier do also include many steps, but those are to ensure that everybody does have it all organized correctly before simply copying the iTunes folder. In the end it is just a simple action.

I just purchased a ipad 2 and have not sync it yet. I have an old pc and would like to move the itunes library account to a newer pc that I have. Can I move the library to the ipad and sync ipods to the ipad and/or move the library to the new pc?

I just purchased a ipad 2 and have not sync it yet. I have an old pc and would like to move the itunes library account to a newer pc that I have. Can I move the library to the ipad and sync ipods to the ipad and/or move the library to the new pc?

Perhaps this web page will help: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1229
But I must point out that leaving the iPhoto Library on the external is worth considering. Your internal drive would be better off without having to carry the photos.
When you booted with the external connected and you were asked for the library, did you try navigating to the Library in on the external drive?

How do I move my itunes library from an iPad to my new MacbookAir

how do I move my itunes library from an iPad to my new MacbookAir

Some of the information below has subsequently appeared in a document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was designed for you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchased content.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only media purchased from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. Examples (check the web for others; this is not an exhaustive listing, nor do I have any idea if they are any good):
- Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
- Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
- MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/
- Sharepod (free) - http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2 - Windows
- Snowfox/iMedia - http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imedia-transfer-mac.html - Mac & PC
- iexplorer (free) - http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/ - Mac&PC
- Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
- 2010 Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 - dates from 2008 and some outdated information now.
Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods.
Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Your_Music_Off_of_Your_iPod - I am not sure but this may only work with some models and not newer Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Additional information here https://discussions.apple.com/message/18324797

How do I move my iTunes library (palylists and history) from PC to Mac?

I want to move my iTunes library (playlists and history - not just the files) from my Windows PC to a new Apple Mac.
I have an external hard drive and I have moved all the song files over to the MAC. How do I load up the library with playlists and history?
Thanks for any help.

I see where I was going wrong now.
The PC and the Mac are shared resources in this house, so both have their iTunes folder in "shared" places so that all users can get to them.
After consolidating the library, I noticed that the itunes library held in the itunes directory where the music lives had not updated.
A quick find for files updated today and bingo! there is a set in my user directory under windows. Copied that across and imported it and now everything is just fine. All songs, all playlists and associated play counts etc are all correct.
Now the only problem I have is that I seem to have 5 computers authorised for iTunes despite only having 3 physical machines.....
Off to the forums me thinks.
Ta

How do i move my itunes library to a different drive

i underestimated the space i needed for my itunes library. at the time, i thought 75gb is more than enought for my 60gb ipod, then the videos and movies came along. although i cannot put them on my 4th gen ipod, but i did downloaded a bunch of free tv shows and video podcasts.
i thought i was simply gonna delete some already-viewed files as i push the limit, but then the recycle bin on my ipod specific drive screwed up. i can no longer delete anything off that drive. since the partition i had earlier was kind small for my ipod drive, i think i want to reformat the drive to a different partition.
of course, i need to move my itunes library first. can someone please teach me how to move my itunes library to a different drive? thank you very much.

When I added a second drive internal drive I used this guide: Moving your iTunes Music Folder

Can I move my itunes library to icloud so i'm not using my computers memory?, can I move my itunes library to icloud so i'm not using my computers memeory?

I currently have my itunes library saved to my hard drive but my computer is super slow because of my library. I purchased itunes match so I can share my music which i think is great, but I thought that it would keep my library in the cloud and not on my computer. So the question is can i save my library to the cloud only? My library use to be on an external which died and I lost so much music that I had and was only able to recover from the CD's I still had. I don't want to rely on an external again.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Reds74

Hello dreid20,
Indeed, you can move your iTunes Library to a network volume. The only stipulation to keep in mind is that you'll need to be connected to this volume before launching iTunes for it to function properly.
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
Cheers,
Allen

I use windows 7. Can I move my itunes library to a network hard drive? If so, how do I do this?

I use windows 7. Can I move my entire itunes library off my computer to my network hard drive?
if so, how do I do this?
Thanks

Hello dreid20,
Indeed, you can move your iTunes Library to a network volume. The only stipulation to keep in mind is that you'll need to be connected to this volume before launching iTunes for it to function properly.
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
Cheers,
Allen

I have 35 GB worth of photos i need to move off my laptop.. HELP! (more)

Whew am i glad i found this forum! Here is my dilemia. I have 35 GB of photos in my iphoto program on my mbp. I have them backedup on dvds but i am still hesitant to move them off my laptop.. crazy i know. Anyway.... we have a G4 (with additional memory in it) that we use for media storage and an imac that i could use to store my photos. I need to get these off my laptop.. and i want to start shooting in RAW and i cant do that until i move to free up space on my laptop.
What i want to do is move the entire library off my laptop. Do i put a copy on the imac and on the G4? and then just import new photos onto my laptop and then save the new photos to the imac/g4 monthly? Can i automate this provess? What about keeping a back up "off site" are there any online places i can use?
I dont have any idea what the best way to do this is.... thoughts?
MBP 17 inch Mac OS X (10.4.10)

WOW thanks for the quick response!
i think at this point im looking to just store them elsewhere. I think i will leave a few "favorites" on my laptop but i want to get the bulk of them off my laptop. -- i wouldnt run iphoto off another machine or external drive thru my laptop .. i think for the most part those pictures im done with editing and/or putting them into imovies. I just wanna have them stored somewhere else for back up purposes to free up space on my laptop. ...
does that make a difference w/ what i should do next?

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