My itunes library/playlist has gone after i compressed the music folder unaware of flow on effect.

Please hekp me reinstate my itunes library and playlists after my attempt to compress the windows music folder to save hard disk space. I have gone back to the music folder and unchecked the compression box and it looks like the music is reapperaing in itunes but none of the playlists, purchased music or apps have appeared. This is very frustrating aspent hours cleanin up unplayed music , old playlists the kids had done and recently purchased a substantial amount of music. I had synced the recent playlisst to my iphone yesterday and am loath to do another sync incase itunes wipes playlists from my iphone. Cn someone please help.

You can do a reverse sync to get playlists from your iPhone to your computer. This user tip should help you with this...
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive

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Make a playlist of the items you want to burn, put a blank cd in the drive and burn the playlist to it.

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From your backups. By doing a clean install you erased your startup volume. You may have installed OS X, but your personal software was erased. You can restore from backups if your have them. If not, then you've lost it all, permanently.

In iphoto while using the slideshow and adding music the itunes library can be picked but none of the music files show up to choose even though the itunes library has pleanty of music in it

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If you do not see your iTunes library when attempting to add music to your iPhoto slideshow, follow the steps outlined in the last section of this article -
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See the section titled If you don’t see your iTunes library in the Source pop-up menu:
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My hard drive crashed and I have lost my Itunes library. How can I get my the music that I loaded from my own CDs back on my PC from my iPod?

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By following these instructions.
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How do I remove entire iTunes library that has duplicated itself in each individual playlist???

Hi,
Further to my previous posting yesterday I have somehow miraculously managed to find and restore my playlist folders (although some of my playlists that I created are missing tracks for some reason - any suggestions???).
However, as happy as I am, when I click on the folder heading for each playlist eg. ADELE it drops down the playlist I have for each albumie. 19, 21 but the folder itself shows my entire iTunes library. Bizarre! Any suggestion as to how I remove the library from each individual folder?
I have added a new folder and re-named > dragged playlists into it and then deleted the old one with the entire library in, but taking into account I have a huge iTunes library it will take me hours to do this for all of my folders.
Help much appreciated! ;-))

And do I take it that the actually playlist, e.g. THE E.N.D. only shows the tracks of that album? Anyway, something has gone horribly wrong.
The easiest way to resolve this might be to go back to an earlier build of your iTunes library and then bring it up to date with any recently added content, like this:
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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!
I would add that you probably have too many playlists. The column browser provides a way to quickly locate, for example, all tracks by an artist, in a certain genre, or specific albums. Creating multiple playlist folders for artists, with playlists for their albums, is overkill. Playlists are best used to create lists or selections that can't be pulled out easily from the Column Browser.
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Can the genre of a song or album in my itunes library be changed? While loading to the itunes library, or after the song or album has been loaded?

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Kay -
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TS1424 Each time I open iTunes on my laptop my playlist has gone, I have latest 11 iTunes software installed, anyone got similar problem ?

My computer crashed and I had it moved over to my Sony Varo lap top, I have all sorts of problems since this has been done and when I installed the latest ITunes 11 download I thought it had solved my problems, but it hasn't! It still won't save my playlist, every time I open up my lap top my playlist has gone!
Has anyone got the same issue as me or can help to solve my problem!

emcg23 wrote:
I have been trying to sync/back up my iphone and ipad but iTunes is saying I need to update my iphone to version 11.1 or later
No, your iPhone i s telling you that you need iTunes 11.1 or greater on your computer in order to sync with the computer.
I've been having problems with iTunes on my PC so I re-installed it but it's been a nightmare trying to get it to work.
Then you should fix this issue with iTunes before you try to sync your iPhone to it.
See this -> Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 - Apple Support

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Hello there FunkyMuzak,
iTunes can be set to use the library on the external drive, and save new content.
To have iTunes open the alternate library on the drive use this option:
Steps to create or choose a different iTunes Library file
If iTunes is running, quit iTunes.
If you are using Windows, hold down the Shift key and from the Start menu and choose All Programs > iTunes > iTunes.
If you are using the Mac, open iTunes and immediately hold down the Option key.
You should see one of the following screens:
From: iTunes: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1589
And to tell iTunes to save your new media when you buy songs or movies, etc., use this part of our article named Where are my iTunes files located? found here http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
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Note: You would usually only change the iTunes Media folder location to share music between accounts on the same computer. See this article for specific steps on how to accomplish this. Also, see this article if you want to know how to move your music to a new computer.
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Windows: Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
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Note where your media folder is, such as for backing up your media.
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Existing files will not be moved unless you choose File > Library > Organize library and choose the option to "Consolidate files."
Cheers,
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TS3494 my iTunes has stopped working on my mac book pro 13" when i try oping it it saysThe iTunes Library file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder in the "Music" folder.

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Hi pgarard1,
If you are having issues with launching iTunes after an update, you may want to take a look at the troubleshooting in the following article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2363
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after iTunes Crash ( during iPhone sync terrible sync issue)
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in iTunes screen on the left side many of my iTunes library list is gone.
and only a few list left. most of list is gone missing..
where can i recover my full library list?
is it possible? is there solution ? step by step someone help me?

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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