Music Library Auto Update

I want to transfer songs in my iTunes library from my computer to an external HD. My question is: If I have auto update in iTunes, will my songs on my iPod be erased if there are no files in the library?

Here's how to make the transfer correctly:
If you want to make another drive (direct or portable) on your PC the main music location for iTunes, move all song files there, as well as any future imported music from CDs, here is one method (see the links below):
You will maintain your playlists, ratings, comments, etc. This will only move your music folders location, NOT your iTunes program files. It is my opinion that programs (i.e. – iTunes) work better when installed on your main hard drive. At the very least, it makes it easier to manage all your programs if they are centrally located on one hard drive (the Windows default standard).
See these links for some step-by-step info:
iLounge: Moving your iTunes Library to a New Hard Drive
MacMuse: iTfW: Move iTunes music/Library to new drive
iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
If you are moving the music to an external hard drive or network drive, after the transfer (and to work correctly), the drive must be running prior to your opening iTunes. If not, iTunes will reset the location of your music folder location to the default location (usually: ‘C:\...My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music’). If this happens, you need to manually change the path back to your external location, or future CD ‘Imports’ will be deposited on your internal HD.
Also make sure that the new drive always loads as the same Drive Letter, otherwise you will lose the references within iTunes.

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I can not refresh my music library after update

dears
i have just update my phone ie:n73 with firmware v4.0726.2.0.1 and my memory card has 2GB capacity.
but when i run music player i can not refresh my music library. i should remind you that all my songs are in my memory card.
your quick quide is highle appreciated.
ragards
saeed

Hi saeedpenpaller
Do either of these help you?
Remove Memory Card > Insert > then Refresh
Backup Music From Memory Card to PC > Format Mem Card to FAT32 & tranfer all data back > Refresh Music List.
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Over half of my music disappeared from my music library after updating to itunes 10.7

I use a Windows 7 operating system. Since updating my iTunes to the latest version, 10.7, over half of my music has disappeared from my music library. All 851 songs remain on my iPod, but my library shows only 187 songs after syncing my iPod with iTunes. Also, while trying to sync my iPod to my iTunes, I'm constantly being asked to authorize my computer (it's already authorized) and an unknown email address displays in the account sign-in window to sign in when trying to sync my iPod. I did not have these issues with iTunes before updating to the recent version. Any help is appreciated!

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
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Ive lost my music library when updating my i pad but my most of my music is on an old ipod. Can i upload the contents of my ipod to the ipad ?thanks in advance

Ive lost my music library on my i pad when i updated it. A lot of that music is still on an old I pod . Can i upload from the ipod to the ipad or computer ?
Thanks in advance

Not directly but you can sync to an iTunes equipped computer and then sync to the iPad...unless you have single-use tunes which cannot be shared.

Library auto update

okay so i was wondering... i have a quickly growing itunes library... and i have sound files in all kinds of places on my computer... so i was wondering what is the easiest most efficient way to have the itunes library automatically update itself... so that whenever a sound file is added with a game or when i buy one from itunes store or rip songs off a cd... it will add it to itunes library when i start itunes up the next time...

itunes does not do folder watching so it will not automatically add items from other sources. However music purchased from the iTunes sore or ripped from CDs with iTunes will be automatically added to your library.
If you are keen on automating, there is a possible workaround which is iTunes Library Updater:
iTunes Library Updater
Sync iTunes library to any folders
http://itlu.ownz.ch/wordpress/?page_id=2
Article about automating updater
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/itunes/hack-attack-automatically-sync-itunes- to-any-folders-175161.php

Do all songs have to stay in music library after updating Nano?

Hi - everything is going along fine with putting songs into my library and updating the Nano. My issue is that I don't want 1000 songs in my hard drive. If I delete some songs out to create space, and update the Nano, will the songs that are missing from the library get deleted from the Nano?
I've tried looking in the help menu and in the manuals, but couldn't find the answer to seems like a very simple question - so anyone who can enlighten me is much appreciated. Thanks.

What you are describing is iTunes default setting for synching with your iPod:
...iTunes automatically updates iPod's music library whenever you connect iPod to your computer. iTunes transfers new songs you've added, and erases songs you've removed.
There is an alternative, manual updating. But it's really a lot less convenient. For details, have a look at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148 .
If you choose this method, pay particular heed to the warning about backing up your music.

How to restore Music Library after update to iTunes 11?

Hi guys.
Since updating to iTunes 11, my Music Library isn't what it should be. I've noticed that some songs have moved from their albums to completely new ones, and others songs have gone missing entirely.
When I look in the actual Music Library folder, the songs and albums in question aren't organised anything like they are in iTunes, which makes tracking the missing songs down problematic.
I'm in America at the minute, but I intend using Time Machine to restore things, once I return to England.
Any idea what happened, or a better way of fixing the problem?

Does anyone have any advice? I'm in complete limbo until this is resolved.

E71 Music Library / Player

I have over 7 gig of music/podcasts on my 8 gig card. The music library, despite updateing for 2-3 days can't find all the music, and since I reset the database, no podcasts are showing.
How do I start again?
What databases should I delete?
Is the library capable of handling this amount of data?
Alternatively - are there alternatives that working with a decent library rather than making you wait for a card scan every time?
Many thanks.

I have over 7 gig of music/podcasts on my 8 gig card. The music library, despite updateing for 2-3 days can't find all the music, and since I reset the database, no podcasts are showing.
How do I start again?
What databases should I delete?
Is the library capable of handling this amount of data?
Alternatively - are there alternatives that working with a decent library rather than making you wait for a card scan every time?
Many thanks.

Why does iTunes not refresh the Music Library if files are updated?

What if have already a nice library SYSTEM built for my music, and every time I add 30-50 files to 30-50 different locations, iTunes requires me to add the same song again... What if I am doing this updating for 3 hours and I can't remember anymore which songs I added to my Brazilian compilation folder? Why can't iTunes update the library with added files? I see this question popping up on a lot of forums. This is very cumbersome. I keep my international music collection organized by country of origin. If I let iTunes consolidate my music, it will put everything into one big folder organized by name of artist. I definitely don't want to let the program do that. I would lose all my work and all my system.
Once I imported the folder system into iTunes though as a reference, it does not recognize if there was a change, music added, music deleted, music reogranized. It doesn't make sense to delete everything from the iTunes Music Library every time I update my music collection.
Where is the solution? I want iTunes to find the changes and apply it to my Music Library automatically.
I can live with my iPod only having the files in one big library, since I mostly use it for shuffle play anyway, but I want to keep my originals in an orderly manner based on style, country of origin, etc. I don't want to end up having all my files renamed and moved.
So I need iTunes to refresh my Music Library by looking at the original folder I imported the list from, and make the necessary changes.

I guess then this is a serious shortcoming of iTunes... Up till this point I owned an RCA Lyra MP3 player and it had no problems whatsoever doing these things. I guess, after seeing how iTunes and iPod works, I'd rather return to Lyra if it had an 80 G version. The only thing that still keeps me with iPod is the capacity.
It seems like that iTunes is a very cumbersome program and it tries to be so much user friendly that it even tries to eliminate the human element. Sometimes, it makes sense to keep files organized in specific manner. Especially when there is work involved and productivity.
I guess I will just delete everything from the play list and read in the main folder every once in a while, leaving the machine working on it during the night or something, then another night, it will refresh my iPod. That's the only solution I see right now.
It is interesting that a huge program like iTunes cannot do what a small one like Lyra can. And I even read in user groups that some people created programs for this problem, but those programs don't work with iTunes 7 well yet, so I am stuck with the manual updating or the brutal deletion and re-reading.
Thank you for the answer. At least I know what not to expect from the program. I just use it for only one purpose: load music onto iPod, then forget about it. It quite an unuseful program for me otherwise.
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I downloaded version 11 for the itunes library and updated my ipod to ios6, today when I click to open itunes, it wont open and says I need to reinstall itunes. Will I lose my whole music library?

I downloaded version 11 on itunes and updated my ipod to os6, when I try to open itunes now, it says it downloaded incorrectly and won't open. It says to reinstall itunes. Will I lose my whole music library if I reinstall itunes?

you will not loose your content at all. It is still sitting in your hard drive even if you uninstall itunes.
Once itunes will be reinstalled , it will re-sync your stuff on your hard drive

ATV3 New Update Breaks Home Sharing Music Library Streaming (Again)

Windows 7 user here using Apple TV 3. Overall, I love the device, when it works right.
When I first got it, using the Home Sharing Music Library feature from the Apple TV (in other words, pulling content from the computer) was broken in that it would play for a while, then suddenly stop. There was a *huge* thread on this where many people seemed to experience it.
I was so happy when the last AppleTV update fixed this (for me anyways, and I'd guess many others) - since then (months) it worked flawlessly until today, when the ATV prompted me for an update. Now it's even worse than before and appears to play the first song, then immediately get stuck on the second. =( Anyone else having this issue?
Fortunately, my workaround works, which is "pushing" content from my computer, but this isn't nearly as convenient for a variety of reasons (including much less control via the AppleTV if I'm just relaxing and listening).
I truly hope Apple can resolve this quickly, since they had it nailed before...

Luke, I can confirm the bugs with the latest AppleTV software, version 5. It doesn't matter if it is an ATV2 or ATV3 because they are running the same OS version. There are Home Sharing problems because immediately after I updated my ATV2, I started having Home Sharing problems when trying to play any video from my iMac. The link between the Mac and the ATV2 breaks and it bumps back to the main menu with no computers displayed. Quitting iTunes and re-launching fixes the problem, but it isn't guaranteed. Sometimes you will get lucky and it will remain connected, other times, it will break the link again, after another 5 minutes. And, it won't remember your place in the video when the link breaks.
The other major bug is that TV shows are displayed out of order. Apple has confirmed the TV show order bug, but haven't heard anything on the Home Sharing bug. I have reported that one to Apple. Hopefully we will get a software update soon.

How can I update my music library on Windows and a library on Mac on netwo

I have music on my PC and music on my Mac, both systems running iTunes.The 2 systems are networked. Can iTunes update my music library on both computers so they have the same music library without deleting any songs?

iTunes cannot, no.
See this -> syncotunes.

Can u help me please: ios 5 and 6 aren't working i prefer 5 over 6 cause when i updated both ipod touch 4 and my pc itunes to ios 6 it freezes and crashes on both and in app store as well as music library and when playing music it repeatssticksawfulbeeps

i liked ios 5 better but still had problems but now since i updated to ios 6 on both my pc itunes and ipod touch 4 my music library glithches freezes skips crashes sticks repeats when i play my music and it's unbearable especially since i'm a huge adele fan and can't listen to her wonderful voice properly and i'm experiencing problems syncing my ipod touch and when i connect to the app store on my ipod touch it always crashes and i can't connect to download new apps the only problems i had with ios 5 was sometimes when i use safari on my ipod touch it would occasionally crash but i would rather revert back to ios 5 than be stuck with ios 6 please fix this or revert the software please i'm frustrated and want this resolved and ios 6 is the worst software update i have ever had.
thank you

For the App store crashing see:
IOS 6 App store crash: Apple Support Communities
For othe other problems try:
Try:
- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.

Is it possible for Apple to make one more software update for iPod Touch 3G to fix the music library?

My iPod Touch 3G is running ios 5.1.1 and the music library isn't aphabetical. It's all messed up. I could post a picture if needed. I wanted to see if Apple could create a ios update just to fix this.

I doubt it. Based on past experience once Apple stops updates for a mode iPod there are no more. This is based on the 1G and 2G iPods.
You are not addressing Apple here. We are all just users like yourself.

HT1947 After updating My Apple TV to 5.1 I can browse music library using the Remote app on my iPhone and iPad but cannot select a song to play. Is someone else having the same problem?

I have updated my Apple TV to 5.1. Using the Remote app on my IPhone and iPad I can browse the music library on the Apple TV but I cannot select a song to play. Has someone else the same problem?
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I think I found the reason. On my iMac that is hosting the music library a song already was playing. This seems to block out me from selecting another song though my Apple TV.
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