Restored Music Files from Backup - Now What?

I stored all my music files on a separate hard drive which died. Fortunately, I had Time Machine back everything up. I have now copied the music files over to the new hard drive but am not sure what to do next. Essentially, I'd like to keep my original playlists intact since, over the years, I have created a lot of them. Is there a way to do that? Can iTunes recognize a different hard drive and put the lists back together? Thoughts on how to do this?
Thanks!

Somehow I got it all back, but don't ask me what I did. I just clicked things until something worked.

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hello,
i have 2 external hard drives. i had my itunes media files on one of them and a copy of them on the other one. (the itunes library files are on the internal hard drive)
the external hard drive with the original media files crashed so now i want to use my other disc for itunes. so how do i use the copies of the files and making itunes believe theese are the originals? so i won't have all songs in itunes twice with one of them not working and so i still have all playlists, ratings and playcounts with the new files?

Actually you can do this. Select the song(s) (in a playlist) that you want to delete then hit option + delete. This deletes the track(s) from library as well. You can also select a playlist and press option + delete and all of the songs that were in that playlist get deleted from the library.
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Can I restore music files from my old Nano onto my PC?

My old Nano contains a few hundred songs that used to be on my laptop's hard drive but for an unknown reason are now gone. Is there a way that I can transfer these files back onto my hard drive so iTunes can read them?

The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
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Can not restore data files from backup set

I am trying to restore Server A's backup data to Server B (they are all oracle11g) using rman. The restore commands is below:
rman target /;
shutdown immediate;
startup nomount;
restore controlfile from '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100418/ctl_xxx'
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100418/';
restore database;
recover database;
alter database open resetlogs;
For the first time, it works. But when i tried to restore another backup data by the same way:
rman target /;
shutdown immediate;
startup nomount;
restore controlfile from '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/ctl_xxx'
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/';
restore database;
recover database;
alter database open resetlogs;
The second time, i found that rman restore the old backup data, which means that it restore the data file under '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100418/' instead of '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/'.
So I run 'list backup of database summary' to see the backup set lists in control file.
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===============
Key TY LV S Device Type Completion Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
910 B 0 A DISK 18-APR-10 1 1 NO TAG20100418T020007
945 B 0 A DISK 25-APR-10 1 1 NO TAG20100425T020007
But when i run ‘restore database preview summary’ to see the backup set list to restore
List of Backups
===============
Key TY LV S Device Type Completion Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
910 B 0 A DISK 18-APR-10 1 1 NO TAG20100418T020007
there's no backup set 945 at all. that's why i could not restore data file under '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/' at the second time.
So, why two backup list is different ? how can i restore datafile under '/usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/' ?
My backup script is below:
run{
allocate channel c1 type disk;
backup incremental level 0 as backupset format '$DIR/`date +%Y%m%d`/data_%d_c0_%T_%u' database;
sql 'alter system archive log current';
backup archivelog from time 'sysdate-14' format '$DIR/`date +%Y%m%d`/log_%d_%T_%u';
backup current controlfile format '$DIR/`date +%Y%m%d`/ctl_%d_%T_%I_%u';
release channel c1;
Thanks
Edited by: user13055376 on 2010-4-29 上午1:20

yeah, I am sure Tag: TAG20100425T020007 exists
RMAN> list backupset 945;
List of Backup Sets
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
945 Incr 0 6.40G DISK 00:05:46 25-APR-10
BP Key: 945 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20100425T020007
Piece Name: /usr/local/oracle/backup/20100425/data_QIANGL_c0_20100425_thlbvjt7
List of Datafiles in backup set 945
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/system01.dbf
2 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/sysaux01.dbf
3 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/undotbs01.dbf
4 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/users01.dbf
5 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/dict01.dbf
6 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/support01.dbf
7 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/supportindex01.dbf
8 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/log01.dbf
9 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/logindex01.dbf
10 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/lobindex01.dbf
11 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/data01.dbf
12 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/indexes01.dbf
13 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/image001.dbf
14 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/tongbuimage001.dbf
15 0 Incr 2498880165194 25-APR-10 /usr/local/oracle/oradata/qiangl/imagebackup001.dbf
My purpose is to use the newest backupset of Server A to update Server B. So if Server A crush, Server B will be useful. Is there any other way to do that ?
retention policy :'configure retention policy to redundancy 4'
And Server A do LV0 backup every 7 day, and do LV1 backup ervery other day.
Edited by: user13055376 on 2010-4-29 上午3:45

Restoring music files from iPod

No backup made of the libraries through iTunes, but have a backup of the computer that has crashed. Can the backup files from that pc be transferred to the directories on a new computer?

The 30GB is a decimal.
The size shown on iPod Settings-> About or thru iTunes is binary.
If you divide 30GB by 1024, those numbers are with two different numbering systems.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60955
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In iPod's About menu, the hard disk size is reported as slightly less than the technical specifications for the iPod. The same is true if you connect iPod to your computer in disk mode look at the info or properties window for the disk.
Why the difference? Most hard disk manufacturers measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 million bytes (1000 * 1000). A 4 GB disk, therefore, is one that holds 4 billion bytes. Computers, including Windows computers, Macintosh computers and iPod, measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 048 576 bytes (1024 * 1024). The difference in these two calculations is what causes the drive to appear as 3.7 GB on a computer, but actually be a 4 billion byte disk."

Hard Drive Crash--Restoring music files from External Hard Drive

My hard disk crashed, but I think (at least I hope) that I'm backed up. I had copied all of my Itunes music onto an external hard disk before the crash, although I'm not sure I copied everything that you are supposed for a full backup (i.e. all files in the Itunes folder). I'm uncertain as to the process to get everything restored.
Right now, Itunes is not installed on the new hard disk. Obviously I need to download and reinstall Itunes, which I'll do. But from here I'm confused, and I haven't seen a straightforward explanation of the next steps. Is it then as easy as copying all the old music from the external hard drive into the new Itunes music folder once Itunes is reinstalled, then synching? Or, do install itunes, then reopen it while the external hard drive is attached, and "consolidate" the old library into the new? Or do I first have to plug in the Ipod, authorize the new drive, and move the purchased music from the Ipod to the new drive through the manually managing music process that I've read about? Is there a relatively straightforward "step by step" process someone can point me at?
I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can provide, or any directions to some materials that I can read. Thanks very much.

If you copied the entire iTunes folder to the external, then all you have to do is install iTunes like normal, then start up with these instructions and point it to your backup on the external...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
Assuming that works, you can either leave everything as is and continue to use it directly off the external. Or close iTunes, then again copy the entire iTunes folder back to your internal drive, then reopen iTunes with those instructions again and re-point it back to your internal drive's copy.
Patrick

How do I get iTunes to allow me to restore iPhone files from backup?

My iPhone 5 was previously backed up via iTunes to my laptop running OS 10.8.4. However, the File | Devices | Restore option in iTunes is grayed out (AAARGH!). Moreover, I cannot figure out where the backup file is stored on my laptop. I need to pull back a video that was accidentally deleted.
Any ideas?

To restore from back up try the steps in the article below apart from the one you already tried:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Also to check for a back up you can do this two ways:
- iTunes>Preferences>Devices>Device Backups
Or
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

HT1751 Restored music files from hard drive to c drive to itunes

Finally got the albums restored but now missing half the artwork. Even when I click Get Album Artwork, it does not restore all that I had before.

Somehow I got it all back, but don't ask me what I did. I just clicked things until something worked.

If I upgrade my iMac with Snow Leopard with a different copy that I had previously used, does It allow me to restore my files from backups?

I have lost my copy of Snow Leopard and can't upgrade. All my backups were performed with that copy that I don't have anymore. The thing is that I had to reformat my iMac restoring to its factory settings and reinstalling Tiger all over again and then Leopard. I have already ordered another copy of Snow Leopard. My question is: By installing a different copy of Snow Leopard on my computer can I still recovering my backups from Time Machine that I had previously done with that other copy of Snow Leopard that I have lost? I hope I am making sense here and that someone could answer this.

By installing a different copy of Snow Leopard on my computer can I still recovering my backups from Time Machine that I had previously done with that other copy of Snow Leopard that I have lost?
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Cannot restore files from backup

I'm attempting to restore some files from backups on one of my PC's.
If I attempt to access the "Restore files or folders for the computer" from the Essentials server I get the following:
If I launch the dashboard on the PC that I want to restore the files to, I also get an error message.
Not sure why I'm getting that message above when launching the Dashboard from the Launchpad. I can run the Dashboard from my *.remotewebaccess.com site with the same username/password.
How can I get access to the backups to restore the files?

The restore should indeed be done on the PC the files are from (Which i think is a bad implementation) anyway,
Please check the following registry key on the Server:
HLKM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\TSAppAllowList
It should be set to a 1.
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I backup up my iphone but didnt include password, and now want to restore new handset from backup and keep asking for password but has no idea what it is, pls help

Hi all, i backup up iphone in itunes but not realised it was password protected and now want to restore new handset from backup but keep asking me for password but no idea what it was,, pls help...

You are someone had to put a check in the box to encrypt your iPhone backup.
Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password you can continue to do backups and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you will have to do a full software restore and when prompted by iTunes to select the backup to restore from, choose Set up as a new device.

HT5085 What happen if I lose the music files from my desktop but I have the music in my devices (ipad & ipod)?

What happen if I lose the music files from my desktop but I have the music in my devices (ipad & ipod)?

Some of the information below has subsequently appeared in a document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
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Note: The information below hasn't been updated since early 2013.
- Expod (free) - http://www.headlightsoft.com/expod/ - Mac, universal for 104.+ (newer machines try de-Tune)
- deTune (free) - http://www.headlightsoft.com/detune/ - Mac, 10.5+
- Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
- Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
- MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/
- Sharepod (free) - http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2 - Windows
- Snowfox/iMedia - http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imedia-transfer-mac.html - Mac & PC
- iexplorer (free) - http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/ - Mac&PC
- Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
- 2010 Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
Hopefully you are not really running OS 9.1 as it states in your computer profile.

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I have fully up-to-date everything on my iPhone and computer and iTunes. I have an iPhone5 and MacBook Pro. I synced my iPhone this morning and it has 12 or so gigs of free space (even with my music and some photos on it). Then I deleted some voice memos in iTunes, and wanted to sync again to reclaim the space. When I tried, it said I had 29G of "other" data and that my phone was way over capacity and can't sync. I tried a few online solutions to force it to recalculate, but now it says it is about 90% "other"!! Only 8G of 64G free, and "other" is the ONLY thing in the summary bar.
I un-checked music for syncing, thinking that must be the problem. It did not help. Now there is nothing on my phone except "other", according to iTunes (not even photos).
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Thanks so much Meg. Unfortunately, iTunes is the program I use to perform syncing. I don't really have other outside options. It is also the location of the backup I would use to restore my phone, and my only way to reclaim important data. I am concerned that, since the last backup occurred when the "other" bar was only moderately huge (around 29G I think), that a backup would replicate the problem back onto my phone.
My contacts, etc. are all in address book and the calendar app on my Mac. As far as I know, iTunes is the way to get them back, but iTunes is where the problem is.
Any thoughts on this?

I have an Ipod 4th generation and an Iphone 5s, now i want to transfer my music files from Ipod to Iphone via Bluetooth, can you tell me how to do this??

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