Missing a song in my library

Hellone

You could also select the song in the Recently Added playlist, control-click it and select "Show in Playlist" and choose Music. It will show you where the song is in your library. Perhaps the track has a guest artist on it and you need to alter the ID tags so that it will sort with the rest of your album.

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    What will happen to the organization of library if I removed the songs from windows explorer?
    Background: I found it easier to identify duplicated songs in windows explorer as the songs will be renamed .... 1.mp3, thus enabling me to remove the duplicated songs; unlike in iTunes where I know the trick of showing duplicate songs, but you don't know which one is the one with 1 at the end of the file name.
    Will iTunes automatically update the library without all the deleted songs, or will it indicate 'missing location' songs? Any fast ways to clear this 'missing location' songs by highlighting them all and delete all at one go?
    Thanks.

    One way is to use iTunes Folder Watch with its option to check for dead tracks on start up.
    Another option is with a set of Lost & Found playlists.
    Lost & Found
    Create a playlist called Found, select everything in Music and drag it into the Found playlist. Create a smart playlist called Lost matching All the rules Playlist is Music and Playlist is not Found. Your lost tracks will be in this playlist. You can delete them all with a Ctrl-A to select them and Shift-Delete to remove them.
    You can then delete the Lost & Found playlists.
    tt2

  • Missing song or songs from my library

    Missing song/ songs from my library

    I had a similar problem.  Enabling the icloud brought the songs back, then I noticed when adding them to a playlist that they were being downloaded from the icloud.  This is despite that the songs were already on the local drive, and icloud was not enabled when I had previously added them to the library.

  • Miss songs in my library but not on ipod

    hello there, i have a little problem but before solv it i prefer to hear some advice : my problem is i had a netbook and my ipod synchronise perfectly with but now i have a new netbook and my new itunes library miss like a 100 songs but my ipod has 577 songs in it...so the solution is : delete all library and synchronise me ipod again????? or is there another solution?
    cause for xmas i'll have the new nano, the red one so......i dont want miss others songs in it....plz help me fast
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    My question was simply, "Are you saying that you have songs on your iPod that are not in your current iTunes library on your new computer?"  If you are saying YES to that question...
    You cannot use iTunes to transfer song files from iPod to computer, except for songs purchased from the iTunes Store.  However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer.  If you do a Google search on something like "ipod transfer," you should get some links.  (The CNET article seems to be popular.)
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  • HT203167 I got a new hard drive for my lap top and when i re-downloaded iTunes most of the songs in my library were missing.  What do i do?

    I got a new hard drive for my lap top and when i re-downloaded iTunes most of the songs in my library were missing.  What do i do?

    Your songs will only be where you put them.
    Did you copy them from the old drive or your backup copy of the old drive, to the new one?

  • After installing iTunes 10.5 update i get the following message when trying to play any song in my Library "The song could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"  how do i fix this??

    I have an iPod Classic and work on Windows 7.
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    what happened to all my songs (almost 2000) How can i get them back into my music library?
    Please help - i do not want to spend another week downloading all my cd's onto my computer !!!!!

    Try my script FindTracks. Select a few of the missing files to start with then run the script. Choose No at the first prompt so that you can check how it works track by track, then confirm or edit the location of the media folder where your files are. Once you are happy with how it behaves let it process larger numbers of tracks automatically.
    tt2

  • ITunes can't locate songs in my library.

    It took me a while to point iTunes 11.0.2 (26) 64-bit in 10.8.3 to my existing itunes library that is also used by my 10.6.x system.  Once I did though I went to a playlist and clicked on the song and found that even though it updated my library files (Itunes Library and Itunes Library.xml) it did not actually scan the songs in the library because it couldn't locate the song.  I located the song and it asked me if I wanted it to use that info to find other lost songs which I said yes to.  It proceeded to not even find the rest of the songs in the same directory I had pointed it to.  Now I have about 4165 songs missing!  *** iTunes?!?!  I have NO MISSING SONGS under 10.6.x and I'm using the same library files and the  same library structure and everything.  IS there a way to do this other than repointing iTunes to the existing library?  Please help me or I will be forced to write iTunes off.  Which in my opinion is getting easy as the whole program is getting worse and worse from a cpl years ago.
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    Paul

    The problem of tracks becoming de-linked between iTunes and the music files in your iTunes music folder happens for different reasons - this seems to come up fairly commonly in this forum.
    The solution can be to locate each song in the iTunes library, as you mentioned - or, but wait, before I get to that...
    trouble finding the original track in your iTunes music folder? maybe look for it under compilations, or if not using the 'group compilations preference' then look in the folder under the songs artist name, but what song artist name iTunes uses depends on what you have in the metedata tag spot for album artist or song artist. Any varyation in artist name spelling, in the menu item 'get info' metadata for any selected individual track will cause iTunes to create that as a separate artist folder in the library, even names like 'various' or any difference at all (even the word 'the' can change where in your iTunes music folder a track gets placed by iTunes). You can try to use the finder function of find file (finder munu item outside of iTunes) to locate hard to find items.
    Back to how to re-link any de-linked tracks .
    There may be scripts that can help re-link de-linked music files - or, at least provide you a list of such files, Scripts are easy to install and use...
    at Dougs Scripts, there is one called iTunes Track CPR that might work
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    if you review the thread at
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    also the thread at
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/17513078#17513078
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  • Greyed out songs in iTunes library!!

    Hi all can anyone help me out with this? My music files are all mp4, the original file has not been moved, music was on my phone for months and worked fine and then i noticed over half of my playlist were missing. I looked on iTunes library on my mac and they were grey? I have tried re-adding the song into the library but now it won't accept them? I am unsure as to why this has happened. It also happens to my movie library aswell? every now and then a movie that is in the list turns grey for no reason then i have to re-add it back on again and then delete the grey copy? So frustrating and very annoying! Can anyone help me please? Thanks

    I know this is probably to late, When I had grayed out songs on my Iphone 5 this is how i got rid of them.
    Had my Iphone plugged into my laptop, opened Itunes, Clicked my iphone tab on itunes then clicked Music.
    When your music from your iphone appear navigate to the songs that are grayed out, right click and choose Delete.
    This worked for me.

  • How to see what songs in my library are NOT on my iPhone?

    I know my phone is missing songs from my library - but I am having a hard time locating them (I have playlists and genres set to sync and some songs unchecked that I do not want synced, but I can't find the one-off's that say don't have a genre in the songs info and so are being left off genre lists and havne't been added to a playlist so are not being included in my synced playlists)
    is there any way to simply filter the library to show those songs not on the connected device (iphone, ipod, ipad, etc)

    You should be able to create a smart playlist with rules to exclude media that are included in the playlists/genres/etc. that you use for syncing.  You'll need to include a "Playlist is Music" rule to ensure that you're selecting songs and not other media types such as audiobooks or podcasts.

  • For some strange reason the songs in my library are multiplying. For example, I really only have 4,000 songs but every time I open itunes I have 6,8,10,000 songs! Any one else have this problem.  How do I stop that from happening?

    For some strange reason the songs in my library are multiplying. For example, I really only have 4,000 songs but every time I open itunes I have 6,8,10,000 songs! Any one else have this problem.  How do I stop that from happening?  I keep having to delete my library!

    This "original file cannot be found" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
    Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
    Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
    tt2

  • Another case of "missing" iTunes songs, internal drive, iTunes 8 & 9

    I have searched the forums for several hours, pouring over post after post on this subject, but have not seen an answer or workable solution to this exact problem.
    I have been using iTunes since version 1, and have a little over 14,000 songs in my library, on my boot drive, mostly ones I have ripped from my own CDs. All of a sudden, maybe 3-4 months ago, starting in version 8, now version 9, on certain songs I am repeatedly getting the exclamation point & the message: "The song ____ could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?". I can manually point iTunes to the song, all of which reside on my boot drive in the iTunes Music folder, but often the songs seem to "disappear" from iTunes again later on. This is a tedious process, although usually there are multiple songs on the same album. Right now I have about 100 "missing" songs. I doubt I have moved or changed folder names for more than a few, if any of them.
    Many, but not all of the affected songs have a period in the song/group/album names, such as R.E.M., Mr. Tambourine Man, or Charlatans U.K. while others may have a colon (:), a dash , a number (1), or ampersand (&). All these songs were able to be found under earlier versions of iTunes, but something changed in later versions of 8 & now 9, or elsewhere.
    Is there a way to permanently fix this issue, without having to reimport all my songs? I have many, many years worth of iTunes playlists, albums, playlist for my iPod, etc. so any "solution" that means I loose all this work is a non-starter.
    Thanks!

    Another point - after the mass Import, the song names displayed in iTunes are the same as the contents of my new library location excepting there are duplicates and the the tracks are "unlocateable" for playing.

  • Losing permission to songs in my library

    In the past three weeks, I have been losing permission to songs in my library. I can locate the song in my ITunes library and the folder where they are stored, but the songs that I have lost permission to have "green ink". I have moved them out of ITunes and tried to reload them, but ITunes will not allow me. These are songs I purchased on other websites and uploaded to my ITunes library. Some of the songs I have had for years and have been able to play them all along. But recently, certain songs in my library I lose permissions for.
    Also--I only notice it is happening when I click play on a specific song and the player skips the song. I go back and keep trying to click on it and it won't play. Then when I go into library, I find that it now has "green ink" and I have lost permissions.
    Help

    Hey Kerry Hill,
    Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly,  you are getting a permission error and cannot play music. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
    iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization - Apple Support
    Windows Vista or Windows 7
    Open Computer from the Start menu.
    From the Organize menu, choose Folder and Search Options.
    Click the View tab.
    In the "Advanced settings" pane under "Hidden files and folders," make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected.
    Click OK.
    Navigate to the following location by either typing it into the address bar, copying and pasting it into the address bar, or clicking through the folder hierarchy listed:C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\iTunes
    Right-click the SC Info folder shown and on the shortcut menu, choose Delete.
    Restart the computer.
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    Have a good one,
    Mario

  • I get the following message on certain songs in my library: the song could not be used because the original file could not be found

    I get the following message on several songs in my library:  the song could not be used because the original file could not be found.  How can I download these songs to my new iPod?

    This "original file cannot be found" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
    Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
    Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
    tt2

  • I get an error message saying that the original file could not be located on about half the songs in my library. Not all but half.

    I'm unable to play approx. half the songs in my library. I get an error message saying that the original file could not be located. I am asked if I want to locate the file, I click locate and get  a screen with a list of confusing looking files and nothing seems to solve the problem. As is probably apparent by now I am not particularly computer literate. I don't understand why this problem occurs on only half my library.

    This "original file cannot be found" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
    Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
    Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
    tt2

  • Missing one song!

    Hello. Last night as I was syncing my iTunes I noticed that I have 1873 songs under my music library and it shows that I have 1873 songs under the music tab when my iPod is plugged in as well. Sounds great right. Wrong. Once I turn on my iPod and look at the songs there is only 1872. I've gotten the songs with the exclamation point and I've located them before and all that good stuff but it is nothing like that. They are showing they are all there on the computer but there is still one song missing on my iPod. I know this probably sounds stupid but it drives me absolutely INSANE! Can anyone give me any insight to what the problem may be?

    LeeLee81 wrote:
    I aplogize, its a 30gb iPod classic. How can you tell if there is a song that is "skipped in shuffle"?
    By trying my suggestion above in point 1.)
    However, I don't think there was a 30GB Classic, so it's probably a 5th generation iPod, but I think the menu system is the same as the Classic though.
    The other thing is - were you playing the iPod in Shuffle mode, because if you were not, then this is not the problem.
    So go to Settings/General/About>songs and see how many songs it says. That's the _total songs on the iPod._
    Now start a song playing in Shuffle mode. On the *Now Playing* screen, under the songs details, is there a 1 of X showing? (This is where I'm unfamiliar with the 5th Gen display.) If you can see the *1 of X,* what is the X number? X is the _total songs in the shuffle playlist,_ in other words, only the songs that will play in shuffle mode. In theory, it should be the same as the _total songs on the iPod._ If it's one less - there's your problem.
    If that test shows that a song is set to *skip on shuffle,* that's why you saw a discrepancy in the total number of songs. How you fix it depends on how many songs you have in total and how much work you're prepared to do to find it.
    Providing you use Sync to manage your ipod, the simplest method is to select every song in your iTunes Library and then choose *Get Info/Options.* (Answer yes to the multiple items question) and then look for the *Skip when shuffling* drop-down box. Even if it says No in the box, change it to yes and then back to No and click okay. Once you've done that, connect and Sync your iPod to make the changes on the iPod.
    Then simply do that test again to check that the problem is fixed.
    The alternative method is to go through the songs in your library and check them individually until you find the one that is causing the issue. (Could be a long job!)
    Phil

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