My music is GONE!
I updated to iTunes 7 but when I try and access iTunes or any of my saves music files the file is either empty, or I receive an error message that says:
The iTunes Library.itl file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder in the "My Music" folders.
but my iTunes folders in my music either have nothing in them or also give me this message.
I am able to open up iTunes as another library, but unable to transfer my music to it because my music files are MIA. I've done the "search my computer" in the start menu for any of my music but it is not found. If I cannot retrieve my music, will itunes let me have my purchased songs again? I'm running Microsoft XP and have already tried the apple recommended fixes for iTunes 7 posted on the forum.
I updated to the latest version of Itunes and now I'm getting an error message that says the original file cannot be located and if I'd like to find it. All my music files are there and I can click on each individual song and it'll open up and start playing. I don't know what to do? I have no intention of opening each and every song. I uninstalled Itunes and reinstalled and it didn't fix anything. Any recommendations?
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I recently connected my new ipad to my itunes, but now itunes will not recognise my ipod classic, and 50gig of music has gone. ipad connects ok but no longer ipod which has been there for two years! help!!!
What happens when the iPod is plugged in? anything? any errors?
Why is 50GB of music gone? All music should exist on the computer. Only a fool would rely on a single device which could easily be lost or stolen to store their content on. -
Everytime i eject my ipod and reconnect it all my music is gone. and sometimes while i try adding music to it. itunes completely freezes. please help. and sometimes when i plug it back into my PC i have to rename my ipod and such
Antivirus has a tendency to freeze iTunes sync Operation with iPod Classic, causing a timeout, which corrupt your iPod filesystem, so when iTunes can't read the iPod, it is pointing to this problem. Other causes is when your iPod hardisk is dying, or your battery is dying causing hardisk crashes.
My suggestion.
Connect your iPod to the PC and run chkdsk, to fix any iPod diskerror, then disconnect it, after chkdsk complete.
Disconnect your PC from Internet. (just to make sure no nasties creep into your system while you syncing.
Stop the Antivirus program
Connect your Ipod to the PC
When iTunes Open up, Restore your iPod please, this is for iTunes to map correctly, to fix the corrupted filesystem.
When Restore complete, eject the iPod and reconnect again.
Sync your ipod, preferably manually Manage in small batches and disconnect after every batch, to check that all is well, since you got such a huge library.
When all sync is complete, and iPod disconnected, start back your Antivirus and connect back the Internet.
If this doesn't resolve your problem, then let me know.
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Opened I tunes and all my music is gone. Playlists, library everything. The page looks brand new not mine lol. What 2 do? I am just sick 3000 songs imported from cds and much music bought from I tunes store. Please help if possible. I have cancer and my music is everything to me Thanks all.
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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I plug my ipod into my computer and it begins to charge, then in the bottom right corner it says installing device driver, and then says digital still camera failed. Im not sure what that means. Then when i open my itunes all my music is gone from my library and i dont know why. it says that my ipod is synced with a different library and gives me the option to transfer purchases, or erase and sync. All my music and stuff is still on my ipod but i dont know how to get it back into my itunes. Like eight of my songs are actually from itunes, the rest is from cds, and downloads, and my zune music because i had a zune, but broke it. Is there any way to fix this? Please?!? I beg for an answer. Please Help me, I dont Know what to Do. I want to be able to put more music on and there is no way im erasing the content of my ipod. PLEASE HELP
That's what backups are for. Use Time Machine. It's free and external drives are cheap. To recover your iPhone's content requires the use of third party utilities. Success is not guaranteed. Read:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991 -
I made a mistake by pressing autofill on my hp windows laptop and all of my music was gone from itunes and my iphone 5s, how can i get my music back onto my iphone 5s?
Have you checked to see if the media files are still on the computer? See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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NOT HAPPY. I've Just upgraded to iTunes 11 on a MBP 15" 2009 model, OS 10.8.2 I use my computer all over the place with NO internet and cannot access the HUNDREDS of tracks I've purchased and downloaded and been playing for years. How can I access them WITHOUT having to download the all again, using up my internet for HOURS and gobbling up my BANDWIDTH again! Also, I am NOT INTERESTED in streaming my music, as most places I use my computer, I have very limited, or no internet. Not Happy!!!
PLEASE someone give me an easy low-cost answer to getting access to my music again.
Alternatively, is there a way to go back to the previous iTunes?
SteveIs the music actualy gone from your hard drive ?
If it is still there then under Preferences, Advanced Preferences is the iTunes Media folder location pointed in the right place? If not click on Change and repoint it to your files.
To Stop seeing all the icloud streaming versions again in Preferences, Store and uncheck the Show iTunes in the cloud purchases.
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How do i recover data from an external hard drive that was accidentally deleted? After I verified the drive, a message appeared that said my drive needed to be repaired. When I tried to access the drive again, the 700 Gigs of music is gone!
Stop using the drive immediately, un plug it.
Buy a copy of ProSoft DataRescue 4 and use it to search for deleted files. -
My drive failed on my iMac and I had to get a new drive but now my iTunes music is gone including all the CD's I added to iTunes, and all of my custom Playlists. All of that stuff is still on my iPhone 4, but how do I get it all onto my iMac again? I have CD's on my phone that i no longer have the physical copies of so i can't just re-download them all, plus it would take forever! I just want to know if there is a way to get all of what is still on my phone, back over to my iMac with it's new drive and restore my full iTunes library to the iMac with playlists, CD downloaded music, and my iTunes bought stuff, so i can go back to synching the 2 devices without losing everything that's on my phone that used to be on both devices?
iTunes Store- Transferring purchases from iOS device or iPod to a computer
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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I did an update and only only the music purchased from itunes store is there all the cds I burned to it are gone. Tried syncing ipod but it says it will wipe all content. How do I get all my music back. gone from over 6000 songs to 250?
See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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I downloaded pics to my pc and after all my music was gone from my phone . I have repeatedly tried to sync to my iTunes but it tells me it cannot be synced to my iPhone. What's going on? Any suggestions?
Yeah everything is gone for good. The apps won't be a problem. You can just redownload them. For the music find a program that copies the music from the iphone to the computer. Then add the files to itunes ans sync.
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All of my music is gone, how can i get it back?
all of my music is gone, how can i get it back? (on itunes)
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Use that to put everything back
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I've just updated my ipod and all of my music has gone. how can i get it back?
I've just updated my ipod touch, all the music has gone. How do i get them back?
Just try resyncing it from your iTunes library.
If it was not in your iTunes library when you did the update it is gone. -
i synced my itunes music to my ipad mini and now my music is gone from my mac book pro. How do I get it back on my mac book?
Entourage is a third party app so stop down to the Microsoft support forums. In any case I would suspect in its preferences there would be a selection as to when (parameters) incoming mail should be deleted from the server.
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I updated my iPod Touch to 6.0.1. -- after much prompting from iTunes. Now my music is GONE (along with apps, photos and podcasts). After syncing a bunch of times some of it came back, but not all of it. How odd is that? How can I get my music back?? I'm really bummed! Everything shows in iTunes, but it's not synching right. So glad I updated. NOT.
Go to iTunea>Preferences>Devices and see if there is a backupright at the time you did the update. Then try restoring from that backup. If the apps are in your iTunes library, any app data will be restored to the iPod.
When restoring from an iOS 4 (or later) backup, if the device had a passcode set, iTunes will ask if you want to set a passcode (and remind you that you had protected your device with a passcode). iTunes will not ask you to set a passcode when restoring from iOS 3.x and prior backups.
Therefore, remembe the passcode that you enter this time.
It appears that if you restore from a backup, that backup is not subseqyently overwritten by the next backup. -
All of my music is gone from itunes and backup will not work. Help!
I opened my computer yesterday and everything was fine, except for itunes.. all of my music was gone. There's nothing in my music folders and my back up CDs aren't working!! Help!!!
Well there is malware going around that turns Windows users files invisible.
Your burned cd's are likely just fine, thats write protected media so malware can't do anything to that, but it can disable your cd drive or do something to Windows to make your files not appear.
So if your capable you can boot off a "recovery cd" access those invisible files on the boot drive or recover them directly off the boot drive using software that read's the 1's and 0's of the files themselves (not what Windows says as it won't be running) and transfer them to a external drive.
Windows will then have to be reinstalled to remove the malware completely.
Your backup cd's are safe I'm pretty sure. Good thing you backed up.
So until you get your Windows fixed, there really isn't anything we can do for you.
Good Luck
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