! next to song in itunes librayr

There is music in my library but there is a ! on the righthand dide so these songs do get loaded onto my ipod. How do I get rid of the ?

Have you been rearranging folders or music lately?
When ! appears next to songs in itunes, it usually means that the program cant find the songs in the folder they are meant to be in.
The only way to solve this is to clear these songs from itunes ( for large groups of songs highlight one,hold shift, click last song, right click, go to clear) and re-import them into itunes.
Hope this helps

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"!" appears next to song in itunes

a week ago everything was great the last time i updated now the past 2 days since i have been trying to update again it seems the song titles are there in the ipod but no song. and now an "!" appears next to the songs. Please help.

Have you been rearranging folders or music lately?
When ! appears next to songs in itunes, it usually means that the program cant find the songs in the folder they are meant to be in.
The only way to solve this is to clear these songs from itunes ( for large groups of songs highlight one,hold shift, click last song, right click, go to clear) and re-import them into itunes.
Hope this helps

Exclamation point next to songs in iTunes & disappearing songs =[

after downloading songs from iTunes, & uploading music from CDs, time will go by before an exclamation point symbol shows up on the left side in my library.
once this symbol appears next to a song, i cant play it in iTunes. but i can still play it in my iPod =/ when i do try to play it, a box will pop up asking me "if i want to locate the file?" when i try, i cant find the file.
now here comes the best part: not all but only certain songs with the exclamation point disappear from my iPod, but they're still in iTunes!
if someone knows how to fix this, id greatly appreciate the help!!!
Dell Windows XP

I had this problem and discovered that the Hard Drive was not formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
I had use the Disk Utilities to Partition the drive and format the Partition as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
HTH
Lee

How to remove the arrows from next to songs in itunes 11?

I'm using windows 7
the arrows are next to the song names in itunes and they get in my way every now and then.
they open a drop down menu that has some other stuff in it.
i don't wanna sign out of the store or anything else, i just want the arrows gone.
i remember there being an option to remove store links in an older version of itunes, i can't find it in this version.
also, without signing out of the store, is there a way to get rid of the cloud icons, they aren't really in the way, but they bother me, i'm not sure why.

You can turn off the showing of items that are in the cloud via the Store tab in Edit > Preferences - untick the 'Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases' tick box
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Using apple keyboard's default keys (play/pause, next, previous song) with iTunes on windows 7

Hi,
I'm using my apple keyboard (wired with numpad) connected to a windows 7 machine. I'd like to know if there is any way for the default iTunes keys (previous song, play/pause song and next song) to work on windows? It's very annoying to constantly alt tab to iTunes and use the arrow keys and spacebar... Also, can I link the mute, lower and higher sound buttons to the audio output?
Thanks in advance!!

I have this same problem, but with Windows XP Pro. It MUST be a iTunes and a Microsoft IntelliType driver issue.
I JUST reinstalled my computer and loaded all new everything and the buttons worked off and on (depending on focus). I don't remember doing anything to make it work last time. The only thing I remember was installing a plug-in so my ATI Remote Wonder worked with iTunes.
I downloaded Chris's dll as suggested. Worked flawlessly. I hope Apple and/or Microsoft fix this in the next release of their software.

"!" appears next to song in iTunes Library

then a pop up box says "could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"..I have over 10,000 on a separate hard drive, but it can't locate a bunch of my music. I open my iTunes by holding down the option key, and then choose folder appear, I go to my separate hard drive where all my songs were at one point, but seemed to have disappeared. When I say yes to locate it never finds them. The files were all there at one point, I am sure I am just missing a step but what's "missing" is well over 2500 songs..Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Mark iTunes tracks with an 'explicit' tag - http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070616175442397 - dating from 2007 but has suggestions for which there are modern software equivalents, and workarounds.
Try third party tagger with more extensive field editing.
How do I get EXPLICIT off my songs in the 'name' column? - https://discussions.apple.com/message/5063696#5063696
iTunes > Preferences > Parental > "Restrict Explicit Content"

All my purchased song from iTunes are not playing complete (iPod and computer with Windows Vista), unexpectedly stops and continues with next song. What am I doing wrong?

All my purchased song from iTunes are not playing complete (iPod and computer with Windows Vista), unexpectedly stops and continues with next song. What am I doing wrong?

Are the songs playing whole in iTunes? if not download them again.
else read this Apple Support Article on your problem
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Why is it that whenever I download a song from Itunes that a small grey round button appears next to the song (apparently this is the download progress button), but when I press on it to resume, the song disappears. This wasn't happening before.

Why is it that whenever I download a song from itunes that a small grey button appears next to the song (apparently this is the download progress) but whenever I hit it to resume, the song disappears. I am getting annoyed with having to copy the songs manually onto my phone. Thanks for anyones help. Cheers

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

When I edit a song in itunes (i.e change the year) on purchased songs, the next time I return to itunes, the information has reverted back to the original information. How can I change that?

When I edit a song in itunes (i.e change the year) on purchased songs, the next time I return to itunes, the information has reverted back to the original information. How can I change that?
When I purchase ITunes music, and it is a song from a Greatest Hits album, the Year of the song shows the year the CD was released and not the year the song was released (i.e. a song may be from 1986, but the Greatest Hits album was released in 1999, so my songs in ITunes show 1999). So, I go into each of those songs and change it to the year that I want to be displayed. As long as I don't exit out of ITunes, it will show the year that I changed it to (i.e. the 1986 year in this case). But if I exit out of ITunes and then return to ITunes, the year reverts back to 1999. The same happens if I change the genre of a song from, say 'Pop' to 'Alternative', it will revert back the next time I log in.
Oddly enough, as soon as I right-click on that song to change it back, the year/genre that I had entered returns.
How can I make it so my changes are permanently displayed as I want them? This is pretty annoying when I try to find a song on my Ipod under a certain genre, but it doesn't appear in that genre because the incorrect information gets synched to the Ipod.

Make sure that these two options in Edit > Preferences > Store are turned off:
Then exit iTunes and open it up again. Your metadata entries should then be persistent - with these options checked iTunes will be comparing what you have with the information held in the iTunes Store, and will overwrite with the latter for Store purchases (and if you have iTunes Match). If you have any iOS devices you should also turn off Show All Music under Settings > Music.

HT1725 When I download a song from iTunes into my library, it often says it has downloaded, charges me for it, and on the song in my library shows the full playing time. However, when I play the song, at around halfway through it skips to the next song?

When I download a song from iTunes into my library, it often says it has downloaded, charges me for it, and on the song in my library shows the full playing time. However, when I play the song, at around halfway through it skips to the next song?
i'm just wondering:
a) why it does this
and b) how to stop it doing this, because it still charges me for the song :/

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

I bought a song on iTunes, and it is on my iPad, but the song will not play, it skips to the next song. How can I fix this?

I bought a song on iTunes, and it is on my iPad, but the song will not play, it skips to the next song. How can I fix this?

Music>Songs>Select song>Swipe from left to right to delete.

When I bring a song into iTunes next to the number there is what looks like an exclamation mark ! - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

When I bring a song into iTunes next to the number there is what looks like an exclamation mark ! - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
For example, 1 ! Without You
I can't load it onto my ipod - I never saw that before.

I found my answer - thanks

There is an exclamation pt. next to several songs in itunes. When I click on that song, it can't locate it. When I click on locate, it pops up a menu with numerous files. I'm afraid to click on the files. What's going on?

There is an exclamation pt. next to several songs in itunes. When I click on that song, it can't locate it. When I click on locate, it pops up a menu with numerous files. I'm afraid to click on the files. What's going on?

This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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Exclaimation point icon appearing next to a song on iTunes...

I have iTunes on Windows, and a couple of days ago I put a bunch of songs from CDs onto my iTunes. Just now, a few days later, the exclaimation point icon is popping up next to songs and the songs won't play. This is only happening with the songs I got from the CDs. It keeps showing up on more in more songs periodically. Please help...I miss these songs!!!

It means that the songs have either ben deleted from the computer or moved outside of the iTunes music folder. Either way, iTunes cannot locate them.
Have a look for them.
On the Start menu, click Search.
Click All Files and folders.
In the "All or part of the file name" field, type a songs name and then click Search.
If you see the files you are looking for in the Search Results window, you can add them back into your iTunes library.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93140
Don't forget to check the recycle bin.

When I try to play a song on Itunes, it has an explanation point next to every song and wont play.

When I try to play a song on Itunes, it has an explanation point next to every song and wont play.

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Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes.
When you get things fixed make a backup.
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! next to song in itunes librayr

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