Reinstall of itunes messed up my library.

I was in the middle of updating my itunes when my computer restarted and now my library is not fully there. I am missing music and videos. Is there anyway to fix this?

Hi I wasn't around yesterday evening.
The reason I was thinking about moving stuff out of your current iTunes was to avoid lots of duplicates when you load up from your iPod, but I didn't want you to delete it.
You really ought to have a backup system in case of disaster, especially as this is your work. For that the best thing is an external HDD if you can afford it. It's probably tax deductible.
That way you can make sure you can always recover from disaster quickly. As an aside this is an article about backing up.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1522195&#1522195
How do you feel about that? If you get an external drive you could just move you iTunes folder out to the external drive and start afresh on the PC.
If not, if I understand you correctly you have a 20GB iPod, do you have 20 GB free on your disk with some extra to spare?
If you look in My Music you should have an iTunes folder and in that will be a folder called iTunes Music, is that where your music is?
Anyway what I suggest you do is to close iTunes then rename the iTunes folder – maybe call it iTunesOld. This will be your old version of iTunes with the incomplete library and will be a backup for the time being.
Now if you start iTunes is will create a new iTunes folder with an empty library and iTunes Music folder.
Now use one of the methods from the Zevoneer link to recover your music back from your iPod into this new empty iTunes library.
I would suggest you use one of the commercial programs such as Copypod as they will be easier for an inexperienced user. I haven’t used it myself, but Copypod looks easy to use. I did have a look at Yamipod, but it gave a worrying message about not working properly with an iPod synced with my version of iTunes so I closed it without doing anything. Zevoneer also gives a link to Wired News which has some reviews.
Here's the link again
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3860757#3860757

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Major disaster - upgrade of iTunes messed up my library

I live and die by my iPod, I am a dance teacher and cannot function without it.
I was prompted to upgrade my version of iTunes in order to download from the music store yesterday. Once I had upgraded the software, literally hundreds of songs in my library displayed the ! symbol and their files cannot be found. I really don't have hours to spend re-loading the hundreds of CD's that appear to be missing. Literally whole albums are either showing ! or do not even appear in my library at all.
Please help, I won't sync my iPod until i have fixed the issue but am really annoyed about the problem. Will the music still be stored in my previous iTunes library files, and if so can someone give me dummy steps to restore a) my library and b) my sanity!
Thanks
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Hi I wasn't around yesterday evening.
The reason I was thinking about moving stuff out of your current iTunes was to avoid lots of duplicates when you load up from your iPod, but I didn't want you to delete it.
You really ought to have a backup system in case of disaster, especially as this is your work. For that the best thing is an external HDD if you can afford it. It's probably tax deductible.
That way you can make sure you can always recover from disaster quickly. As an aside this is an article about backing up.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1522195&#1522195
How do you feel about that? If you get an external drive you could just move you iTunes folder out to the external drive and start afresh on the PC.
If not, if I understand you correctly you have a 20GB iPod, do you have 20 GB free on your disk with some extra to spare?
If you look in My Music you should have an iTunes folder and in that will be a folder called iTunes Music, is that where your music is?
Anyway what I suggest you do is to close iTunes then rename the iTunes folder – maybe call it iTunesOld. This will be your old version of iTunes with the incomplete library and will be a backup for the time being.
Now if you start iTunes is will create a new iTunes folder with an empty library and iTunes Music folder.
Now use one of the methods from the Zevoneer link to recover your music back from your iPod into this new empty iTunes library.
I would suggest you use one of the commercial programs such as Copypod as they will be easier for an inexperienced user. I haven’t used it myself, but Copypod looks easy to use. I did have a look at Yamipod, but it gave a worrying message about not working properly with an iPod synced with my version of iTunes so I closed it without doing anything. Zevoneer also gives a link to Wired News which has some reviews.
Here's the link again
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3860757#3860757

ITunes messed up my library...what happened?

Ok so I finally downloaded the newest version of iTunes the other day. Here's the problem...after it went thru the whole installation process and re-launched, my library was messed up because somehow everything got auto-tagged and most of it is wrong. Some of my albums have been duplicated and half of my songs are in one album and the other half are in the other. If you right click on one of the albums and choose "Get Info," all of the info for both albums is the same...its just that some of the ID tags were modified (capital letters, track numbers, etc.). A lot of artist names have been replaced with "Various," "Soundtrack," "Unknown Artist," and some are even in foreign languages. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance....

kind of the same problem. A song from an album apeared faaaaar from the rest of the songs, and I've come to a pretty dumb issue:
When I order "Album by Artist" the songs of the multiple disc albums mix up. i.e.:
any two disc album: shows the track 1 of both discs together, then track 2 for both discs, etc. etc.
Was not like this in the previous versions of iTunes (and I've been using iTunes for like 3 years, gettin' VERY update.
This, plus the registry error on some windows plataforms, calls for a *MOST URGENT PATCH UPDATE!!!*
got a really fast "kind of" response.
9.0.1 update says that some scrambling issues has been solved. Downloading right now,... we'll see.
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New iTunes messed up my library.

My library was very nicely organized by "Album Artist", and albums of the same artist were grouped together. Now it is a total mess and I cannot change "Album Artist" tag. Help!

Perhaps try Chargedneuron's suggestion with that:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12758546#12758546
But if no joy there, and if you aren't using iTunes 10.1.1.4 yet, try updating to that. (The Mac release notes say a problem with similar symptoms to yours was fixed in the 10.1.1.4 version.)

My ITunes library was wiped from Itunes app on my PC, but it is still in a folder on my hard drive. How can I reinstall my library back to the Itunes app? My library is available in Itunes on my Ipad but I can't find an option to synch to my PC?

My ITunes library was wiped from the Itunes app on my PC, but I think the files are still in a folder on my hard drive. How can I reinstall my library back to the Itunes app? My library is available in Itunes on my Ipad but I also can't find an option to synch to my PC?

How to recreate iTunes Library
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If I uninstall and reinstall my itunes, will my library still be available?

If I uninstall and reinstall my itunes, will my library still be available?

See the further information section in Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates for a backup tip.
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How do I get new iTunes to recognize old library?

My pc crashed. I had to reinstall windows. I reinstalled itunes but I need it to recognize the original library. Please help.Thanks!

SteveJobsRIP_1955-2011 wrote:
Is this a Genius Bar type situation?
No.
It is a hold Option and launch iTunes.
Select Choose library... and select the iTunes folder on the external drive situation.
I now fire up iTunes on the MBP, in the Advanced Pref I point the iTunes Media folder location to the new external HD: /Volumes/iTune New/iTunes.
Don't do this...
But it really looks like you messed up something.
In the iTunes folder you seem to have all your music folders.
Your iTunes folder should have only these items...

How do I stop Itunes from changing my library location

Is there just no answer to what should be a simple setting change?? No matter what I do, Itunes insists on changing my library location the instant there's any problem talking to my network share where all of my music is. This is absolutely ridiculous because this is on a laptop and there are times when the network connection is just not up yet, or whatever. Then it takes 10 minutes for me to change it back and let it figure everything out again. Has anyone ever been able to resolve this? I'd rather Itunes just return an error that tells me it can't read my library than to change it on me....

Have struggled with this issue in the past. In my experience, there is no simple, painless solution. I attempted to transfer my entire internal drive to my new external where there were copies of all the songs in place. Check to see how your library is organized on your network drive. Is it by media content (e.g. separate folders within /users/music/itunes/ folder such as Music, TV Shows, Movies, etc.)? Or are the various media types all lumped within a single iTunes Music Folder? If there is a discrepancy between your internal and external Library configurations iTunes struggles to cope. Can't say why this is the case, but I found that the only solution was to throoughly uninstall itunes via terminal (or using an app such as 'Amnesia'), reinstalling iTunes, and creating the library from scratch using files that are located on the external/network drive. I'm a moderately savvy programmer and I couldn't for the life of me get iTunes to build my library from an XML playlist that I modified to reflect the changed directory location of the new library on my external, but if you are more competent and patient than I am I'm convinced that the proper alteration of the Master library build would result in a seamless relocating of you media library as far as itunes is concerned. One last thing, make sure you click the 'I'll Add files myself later' option if you do choose to reinstall itunes just to cover your bases. sorry i can't give you a more helpful response--iTunes is a cruel mistress sometimes.
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HT1364 How to install iTunes, but access music library from external drive?

I tried to install iTunes (11) on a new computer with Windows 8. I keep the iTunes library on an external drive. I tried to move the media files over to the newly installed iTunes within the hard drive program files, but it doesn't seem to work. The relevant threads in the forum are a bit over my head (I am brand new to Windows 8, having leaped over from XP). Is there some simple way to straighten out the paths on iTunes so that it will properly play songs from the external drive, show my old songlists, etc?
I've now uninstalled iTunes from computer. Would like to reinstall without too much headache ...

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
Discovering and changing the iTunes Media folder location
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.
Mac OS X: Click the iTunes menu and choose Preferences.
Windows: Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Click the Advanced pane. iTunes displays the location of your iTunes Media folder.
You can then:
Note where your media folder is, such as for backing up your media.
Use the Reset button to reset it's location to the default (which is the iTunes folder).
Click the Change button to select a folder for a new location. Once you change this location:
If you make a new or alternate iTunes library, the new location will be used by that library.
Existing files will not be moved unless you choose File > Library > Organize library and choose the option to "Consolidate files."
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My bonjour service is disabled, it says to uninstall and reinstall my itunes, won't I loose all my music?

Hi, I want to share music from my ipod touch to my ipod classic but it says my bonjour service is disabled. When I go to help it says to uninstall and reinstall my itunes. Won't I loose all my information and music?

No. Removing and re-installing iTunes has NO affect on the content that is stored in your iTunes library. Use the steps in this article to help you remove and re-install iTunes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925
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ITunes Keeps Erasing Entire Library

Hello,
Since the most recent iTunes update, my iTunes has started to erase my entire library. I have re-imported all of my music, books, videos, ringtones and TV shows back into iTunes at least 20 times, only for iTunes to dump the lot the next time I open the software.
I have tried to resolve this by uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling 3 times to no avail. I am at a complete loss as to why this is happening.
I am running Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Firewall.
Any advice on a resolution to this would be sincerely appreciated.

Have you worked through the following document in the course of your troubleshooting to date, scott?
[iTunes creates an empty library file in Windows|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2715]

ITunes 8 killed my library

I just down loaded iTunes 8 and activated Genius. And now I can't play a single song in my library. Help!!!

Have been saved by a reinstall of iTunes 8, but mostly, a backup copy of my iTunes library. The first upgrade (from within the control panel) shrinked the library from 45Mb to 38Kb (emptied of all references).
It's a good thing to back up your library before you upgrade. If you don't have a backup copy of your library and are facing the same issue, I think your screwed.

How do I change the authorized computer to sync to my iPad? Lost all my data and am trying to reinstall my iTunes libraries.

How do I change the authorized computer to sync to my iPad? I lost all of my data when my PC crashed and am trying to reinstall my iTunes libraries in the same PC that has been reformatted to its original factory state.

If you followed the instructions in the link that Diavonex referred you to, that should have transferred all of the iPad content into your iTunes library. I have no idea what to mean by the iPad sees another PC. Where? How do you know that? How are your determining that the iPad sees another PC? iTunes does the "seeing" - not the iPad.
Then you say "if I share" - do you mean if you use Home Sharing? The iPad and computer do not have to be connected in order for Home Sharing to work. The devices must be on the same WiFi network. You cannot transfer music from the computer to the iPad using Home Sharing.
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I completely messed up my library after reinstalling the operating system a while back. I neglected to read the instructions for restoring the library and everything was in a mess. Today I decided to reinstall IPhoto 2 and its upgrade to 2.01. I cleared out the old library and the pictures folder in my user folder was completely empty. Now as I carefully import the photos one day at a time, I discover that the dates in the new library folder are incorrect. My old library stored on an external hard drive has the dates the photos were taken. The photos display IPhoto in the correct order with the correct dates, but in the pictures folder the new library folder seems to be sorting them by the dates the files were modified. Don't know what's going on here. I'd really like to have them all in the correct order. Any suggestions? Is it time for me to buy the upgrade?

In all my attempts to screw up iPhoto, I don't think I've ever lost a photo that was in the damaged library to begin with. That you can see your pictures in Albums, but not in the Library view is highly irregular. Are the images you see in the albums the full-size images, or are they just thumbnails of the original (that is probably no longer in the library)?
If you've ever enhanced or cropped photos in your old library, that would explain the duplicates. When an image is altered, iPhoto squirrels the original away in case you ever want to revert back to the unaltered version. When the library is rebuilt, depending on the corruption, those originals become orphans. iPhoto treats them as "found" images in your library, and they would show up as duplicates.

My ipod touch gen 5 is disabled and wont sync, i tried to reinstall the itunes (yes, the latest version) but still itunes doesnt recognized my device. help :(

My ipod touch gen 5 is disabled and wont sync, i tried to reinstall the itunes (yes, the latest version) but still itunes doesnt recognized my device. help

Did you place the iPod in recovery mode? That is required for a disabled iPod
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Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
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Reinstall of itunes messed up my library.

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