Missing everything in ''all my files''
I have a MacBook Air (Mac OS X, version 10.7.5)
My memory was completely full on the computer so I started to delete lot of files, such as caches and others that I thought were not important.
After I removed them, the folder '' all my files '' is completely empty, it there are no headlines with pictures, music, movies, etc. in it. Same thing with 'storage' it appears nothing.
Please can someone help me, do not know how to fix it. Or re-create the copy
Sounds like your itunes library.itl file got trashed when the laptop shut down.
Instead of clicking on each one, go to itunes menu > File > Add Folder to Library.
Browse to the top-level music folder and add them all back in at once.
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