My library got deleted. please help me!!!
a couple days ago I plugged my ipod into my laptop and all of my songs got deleted in my itunes library. I knew that if I pluged it in again and updated it then I would no longer have songs on my ipod but I plugged it in in the hopes of transferring them from my ipod to the library and a message came up saying something like "this ipod is linked to another library would you like to replace all files" and I said yes thinking that the songs that were on my ipod would go back into my libray but it didnt work. I dont know how to get them all back. please help.
ipod mini
Although your iTunes Library display is blank, your song files may still be on your hard drive.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base for some ideas on how to find them, changing file extensions in the search as is necessary (i.e. .mp3 or .m4a.)
If you find the files, you can add them back into your iTunes Library by your favorite method .
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