Re: Importing into iTunes
Recently had to format my HDD, but took a back-up of iTunes b4 that. When I reinstalled itunes and impoted my backed up itunes folder, the "Playlists" are missing. Is there anyway I can recover them. Tks in advance.
If the songs in iTunes are bad, just insert the CD and reRIP it.
iTunes will ask if you want to replace the original file with the new one. If you click Yes, it will retain all the info (rating, date added, playcount, artwork, etc.) associated with the old file
No need to export the data and bring it back.
If you have reimported at a higher bitrate, sort by the bitrate and reRIP the lower bitrate tracks.
Righ click on the column headers and tick Bitrate to show it.
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