Restoring iTunes from DVD-R

I backed up my iTunes Library from my PowerBook to DVD-Rs and am trying to load them to my new MacBook. iTunes doesn't recognize the disc. In Disc Utility is says this:
Verifying volume “Backup2008-10-31 180657-1”
Checking Non-journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid B-tree node size
Volume check failed.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
I try to Mount it and it says it can't be mounted and to perform first aid on it. Which I can't. Then it won't eject and I have to do a manual thing while rebooting.
Any ideas on how to make these discs work?
The PowerBook is dead and there is no recovering it.

They do sound like they are not burned correctly.
As they are DVD-R discs they are write once, which means you can do anything to them to fix them.
Try accessing the discs in another computer.

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Is there a limit to how many times u can restore itunes from DVD-R?

I have had to restore my whole itunes library twice this week due to hard drive probs. Do DVD-R's have a limit to how many times u can restore from them, or does itunes itself have a limit to how many times u can restore. Should I start over, with whole new back-up onto new DVD-R's?
Thanks
Tracy

You shouldn't have to. DVD-Rs are supposed to be good for about 50 years or so...

Restoring itunes from external hard drive

-I used WD backup program to store itunes on external hard drive
-hard drive on mac pro crashed, replaced hard drive
-trying to restore itunes songsa from external drive and when I copied songs from external hard drive to new internal hard drive which has itunes program, only song titles appear and track number for songs I ripped from CDs. All info is present for songs I purchased from itunes (why is there a difference in the way these two are restored???)
-Can I restore itunes from external drive so that artist and album are associated with each song title I ripped from CDs?
Much appreciate all assistance. Thanks.

I know MP3 and AAC save tag data, and I believe AIFF does as well (if you want to keep them in full-quality but space-greedy format). I don't think WAV supports tagging which is why they were lost. Read:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9558241&#9558241
This time make sure you have a complete backup of your itunes folder (which, in fact you may still have). That way you can recover your complete library and everything intact (as long as you keep your backups up to date).
Here is a related topic
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9267109&#9267109

Restoring iTunes from Time Machine and external HD

Hi there,
I've done some searching and i haven't been able to find the answer to this problem. I am wondering if someone can help me with this.
My HD was faulty so i had it replaced. my complete 300gb music library was backed up on an external HD. The iTunes program was running on my local HD. So i ran the local iTunes off of my ext. HD.
Now that i have a new HD and i restored everything from Time Machine, for some reason all my playlists and songs have been emptied from the new iTunes.
I am trying to restore it to its original state instead of readding everything from the external HD and trying to remember all the playlists. (and that doesn't work either as it comes up with errors.)
I have looked for the plist and or old .itl or.xml but nothing shows up.
Any ideas?
Ari

docutale1 wrote:
Hi there,
I've done some searching and i haven't been able to find the answer to this problem. I am wondering if someone can help me with this.
My HD was faulty so i had it replaced. my complete 300gb music library was backed up on an external HD. The iTunes program was running on my local HD. So i ran the local iTunes off of my ext. HD.
Now that i have a new HD and i restored everything from Time Machine,
Did you restore the entire disk from Time Machine?
Boot from your System install DVD then Restore from backup and select the Time Machine drive?
See this -> http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/14.html

Can I restore itunes from a timed back ?

I updated to Snow Leopard since the timed back up so I can't do a system restore. If I can't I just lost most of my movies. Very upsetting. I keep loosing content I added and often loose content especially movies that I even bought off the itunes store. For some reason all the movies I added from DVD based digital downloads are missing now but should be in the timed back ups. I'm afraid to sync my iPod Touch because I've had them clear out content that doesn't match the library before and several of those missing movies are still on my iPod Touch. Apple seems to hate non iTunes Store content and seems determined to delete it every chance it gets. I've got a dozen movies at risk or already lost so we're talking over a 100 bucks in content if I have to replace it. Also until I sort it out I can't add any content even purchased content since it's likely to delete some of the movies so this system is harming Apple. I'd love to add some new music and movies but I will loose several movies doing it so I can't use the iTunes store. I know some will say it won't happen but I already lost several movies a couple of years ago to a similar issue so I don't want to go through that again.

The iphone is designed to be synced to your computer regularly. have you failed to sync your contacts to your computer?

Restoring iTunes from Time Machine after losing data on iPhone. Help please

Hello,
I updated my iPhone 5S to the latest 7.0.5 today but for some reason it wiped my iPhone and I had to restore from an iTunes backup. However I then realised the last time I made a backup to my computer was 3 months ago, so when it restored it was only correct upto 3 months ago. All my SMS messages in that time has disappeared plus photos and old conversations I had stored on my Skype app. Strangely notes I had made in the "notes app" were still up to date?
I then tried to restore from iCloud however it made a new backup in the meantime so also has a backup of my iPhone as it was 3 months ago.
I do have an Iomega Ego backup drive plugged into my Mac Mini so Time Machine does back up my Mac Mini every hour.
So my question is, can I restore iTunes as it was before I updated my iPhone to 7.0.5? Will that bring back all my old text/SMS messages, photos etc..? Or will it not work as I have now updated my iPhones to the latest OS?
If it does work how do I actually restore iTunes, are their particular files I need to pick and is there a risk with doing this? For example will it cause conflict issues on my Mac Mini and iPhone.
Apologies for all the questions, never had this happen before and I'm a bit relucatant to try it just in case I do something wrong.
All help appreciated, thank you.
I have a Mac Mini running Mavericks and an iPhone 5S that now has the very latest update 7.0.5.

If you don't have a backup of your iPhone that you made with iTunes right before you updated to 7.0.5, then you can't restore your iPhone from that backup. You can't restore from a backup that you don't have.
Notes.app is synced via iCloud, so that's why you still have it. Music on your phone syncs via iTunes.
If you have your music in iTunes on your Mac, then all you need to do is select the music you want on your phone and then sync your phone via iTunes (either with a USB cable connecting your phone to your mac, or via iTunes wifi sync).
If that music is in your external HD backup, but not in your Mac, you have to move it from the backup to iTunes in your Mac.

Reinstalled Windows - how to restore iTunes from backup?

OK, here's the short succinct and none-waffley version of my question:
Under OSX there's a whopping big (xml?) file stored in the iTunes Library folder, but where is that on Windows? I've read about a Library.itl file, is that the same thing? If so, where on earth is it please?!?
And now for those who don't mind reading a bit, I'd like to explain my problem (a blank looking iTunes library after reinstalling Windows / iTunes) in a bit more detail. A lot of hard work and many listening hours went into crafting those smart playlists and I'd rather like to get them back if that's at all possible?
Here's what I've got to go on:
- the "iTunes music folder" is on a disk partition that remained untouched during the reinstallion process, so all my music's still there (else I wouldn't be quite so relaxed about it!!!)
- my "My Documents" folder is also on another untouched partion, but I don't think iTunes saves anything there does it?
- before reinstalling Windows I backued up my "Documents and Settings" folder from C drive. I assumed everything I'd need for restoring iTunes would be stored in the "Application Data" subfolder (or whatever Windows calls this in english - it's Anwendungsdaten in german)
So after reinstalling iTunes and before starting it for the first time, I copied my backup of "Docs & Settings/Rich in Berlin/Anwendungsdaten/Apple Computer/iTunes" to the corresponding place on C drive (and also the same named folder from "Local Settings"). Then I started iTunes, remembered that this is a PC not a Mac and saw an empty library window. Which brought me here.
As I wrote at the beginning, I suspect Library.itl has something to do with it. Can anybody confirm this and/or tell me where to find it, please?
Cheers
a computer designed by the devil Windows XP Pro iTunes 4.8 and why do so many only use this to show-off irrelevant items they own???
BeigeG3 400/256/40 OS921, PismoG3 400/640/40 Windows XP iTunes 4.8 and why do so many only use this to show-off irrelevant items they own???

iTunes operates as a database of information for your music files. The actual music files are stored on your PC, not within iTunes. iTunes keeps absolute references of the music file location and other information in its database file. This allows iTunes to use music files from any location on the PC: different directories/folders on the main HD, another internal drive, an external drive, or a network drive (or any combination of the above). Each song reference has a specific and hardcoded path so iTunes can find and play (or sync) it. Move the file, change the path, re-map the drive it is on, and iTunes will lose the file (giving you the '!' of a ‘Broken Link’). Lose, move or corrupt the ‘iTunes Music.itl’ file and your complete Library will ‘vanish’.
If you delete, corrupt, or otherwise lose your ‘iTunes Library.itl’ file, you will end up with a ‘blank’ Library within iTunes. Nine time out of ten, your underlying music files are still on the PC. They can be ‘re-Added’ via the File==>Add Folder/File menu command, but you will lose some of the music meta-data. Recovering your Library via backup copies of the iTunes database file, or from importing the XML file is always preferable.
The iTunes music information (meta-data) is stored in two places: the actual individual song files themselves, and the iTunes Library database file (‘iTunes Library.itl’). There is a corresponding XML file that is created by iTunes, but not directly used. See: What are the iTunes Library files?.
Song attributes stored directly in each music file are as follows: Artist, Album, Song Title, Year, Comments, Compilation tag, Lyrics, Genre , Grouping, Composer, BPM, Album Artwork, Bit Rate & Kind (Both not tags - inherent to the file itself).
Song attributes stored in the iTunes Library database file only are: Playlists, Ratings, Play Count, Last Played, Date Added, Date Modified, Equalizer, Volume Adjustment.
While it appears that all of the music attributes (except for Album Art) are also written to the XML file, when ‘Importing’ the XML file back into iTunes, it will not capture the Ratings, Play Count, Last Played, and Date Added attributes. The XML file can be somewhat useful, but it is usually better to have legacy copies of the ITL file for restoring your complete Library.

Restoring itunes from all hard drive

I apologise if this has been asked before of is somewere else, but i couldnt find it.
I basicaly got a new computer and have my old hard drive now plugged into the new one so cant run the old itunes (so i cant consolodate or backup or anything like that)
But i want to restore itunes onto my new computer so that i have all my playlists and song names. This is mainly because i have about 30+ playlists, and a lot of the things i had to rename because they wernt named properly (didnt have artists or standard names)
I have access to the old itunes folder, so can copy or import settings and music.
I have looked for hours to try and find out how to do this, but cnt seem to find anything. I am just copying the 'My Music folder' but it obviously says 'this file cannot be found' wen i try yo play it.
Help pls!
thanx, Ghost

that doesnt work, cause the old one was on XP, and this is on windows 7
Doesn't matter.
If you copy the entire iTunes folder, it should work fine. You won't need to change any settings.
Try this.
1- Hold Shift and launch iTunes.
2- Select *Choose library* and select the /iTunes/ folder on the XP drive (/username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/).
3- Go to iTunes prefs > Advanced.
4 - Make sure the iTunes media folder location is set to /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music (or iTunes Media).
5- Go to iTunes menu File > Library > Organize library and tick Consolidate.
This will ensure everything in iTunes is in /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/ folder.
At this point, you can leave it like this and use it as is. iTunes will use this location for everything from now on.
If you wish to move iTunes to the new drive, quit iTunes and copy /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/ folder on the XP drive to /username/My Music/ on the C: drive.
Now hold Shift and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and select /username/My Music/iTunes folder on the C: drive.
That is all you need to do.

Lost playlists after restoring itunes from backup

My wife took the imac to the apple store and to diagnose the problem with the slot card reader they erased the whole computer. I restored everything from a cloned backup of my entire HD that I made the day before using carbon copy cloner, but when I launch iTunes all of my playlists are gone. I have tried to remove the "itunes music library.xml" and itunes Lib.itl files and reimport them by "Importing PLaylists" multiple times and it hasn't worked. Also when I do this procedure the itunes layout of the Artists/Albums/etc converts to a new format with a much smaller font and I can't seem to change it back to the way I was used to seeing my Music (with the 3 wide columns of Genres/Artists/Albums at the top with a light blue background color). I tried recopying the entire itunes folder from the backup and that restored the itunes window to the way that I had it setup previously but the playlists are still missing. Any advice for restoring my playlists? Can I use Time Machine to help me?
Thanks

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.
The images are from Windows XP but you get the idea. Your Mac library file may omit the .itl extension.
See MusicFolder Files Not Added and Super Remove Dead Tracks for tools to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working I'm told Carbon Copy Cloner can do the equivalent of this Windows based backup tip
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.aiff into iTunes from DVD (NoName are you there?)

I realise that there is a topic just below this one pertaining to the same issue, however my problem is slightly different, hence the new topic.
For some time now I have been ripping the audio part of music DVDs and, following NoName's wonderful instructions, haven't had any problems. This time it's different. I have been attempting to extract the audio from Queen's new DVD (Live at the Bowl. The audio tracks give a choice of PCM or DTS. I used the PCM option and can get as far as converting the tracks from VOB then to AIFF files, but that's as far as I can go. For some reason iTunes will not import the files.
I have tried both the Import and Add to Library options, but nothing seems to work. I have my settings all as they should be for this task, but no go.
Can someone please give me an idea of where I am going wrong? I don't want to do any illegal copying, just want to play the music on my computer.
Cheers
NikkiG

There's not a real "neat" way of dicing up the soundtrack of a full main feature into 25 different tracks marked just as they ought to be.
I won't get into any specifics or suggestions here, but it would seem that one piece of software may have the ability to image an entire main feature (of an unprotected DVD of your own creation for backup purposes, of course) onto your hard drive, and then the other piece of software could theoretically be used to extract audio on a track-by-track basis (since the software can work with DVDs or VOB files from DVDs). Since you've had better luck in this case converting PCM to AIFF with AIFF from PCM, it might be good to stick to that (as opposed to bd4go).

Restoring Itunes from external HD

I know this question has been answered before but there is a slight difference. I was recently upgraded to Snow Leopard from Leopard. I backed up everything on the Time Machine before the upgrade including my iTunes. When I got my MacBook back, I started putting things back on the computer. iPhoto was moved pretty easily but I guess I didn't do iTunes correctly because now my iPhone 3gs won't sync. I moved the iTunes from the external to the new OSX 10.6.3 but iTunes says my iPhone is with a different library and it can only be synced with one library. I assume this means the iTunes from Leopard on my external hard drive?
Should I delete the iTunes in 10.6.3 completely and then put the old iTunes on from the external hd (and use the proper method which I clearly didn't do before)?
Delete iTunes first and then restore from external hard drive?

Drag and drop onto iTunes.

Restoring iTunes from backup disc

I'm moving my music from old computer to new and according to the instructions the iTues will recognize the backup and ask if you want to restore - well it doesn't happen.
Is there a way I can restore from the iTunes software?
I'm looking through all the menus and there is no option to restore.
Mark

I went to iTunes HELP and found the follow: Let us know if none of these options are working for you. Good Luck!
Moving your iTunes library to another computer
If you get a new computer, Setup Assistant helps you transfer files from another computer. If you don't transfer files during setup, you can transfer your iTunes library by connecting computers, or by using a portable hard drive or iPod.
For more information, open Mac Help (in the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help) and search for "transferring files between computers." Also click the links below to see articles on the Apple Service & Support website.
When you sell or give away a computer, don't forget to deauthorize it.
Related Topics
Backing up your iTunes library to CD or DVD
Authorizing a computer to play iTunes Store purchases
Saving a copy of your playlists
Buying from the iTunes Store with other computers
Go to
Apple Service & Support article: "How to copy music between authorized computers"
Apple Service & Support article: "Moving your iTunes Music folder"

Restoring iTunes from Time Machine

Yesterday I did a clean install of Snow Leopard on my MBP. Now I would like to restore my iTunes library from my Time Capsule. I ensured that I did a full back up of my OS prior to the clean install. However, now when I enter Time Machine (the Star Wars interface), the backups created yesterday and before are not available. It shows the backups, but it won't let me access them. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Since you erased everything, and set up one or more new user accounts, those accounts may not be recognized as being the same as the ones on your backups. One user, even an Admin user, doesn't normally have access to a different user's files, and Time Machine enforces that on the backups as well.
Also, when you erased your MBP's disk, it got a new UUID, which is how TM and OSX keep track of drives, so it's treated as a different one. By the way, the next backup will be a full one because of that.
Try the procedure in #E3 of [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
If that doesn't work, your best bet is to start over, and use +Setup Assistant+ to transfer most or all of your stuff. See #19 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for details and instructions. You'll need to start with the green box there.

How do I restore Itunes from a backup file?

I recently had my home PC completely crash and had to have a professional repair my system. He created a backup file of everything that was on my computer and I can see that the files exist, but I can't seem to get my itunes back on the desktop or to function at all. What do I do to get it up and running again?

Hi ivanang74,
If you are having difficulty restoring your iPhone from a backup in iTunes, you may want to follow the steps in this article -
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

How do i restore iTunes from external hard drive?

All my music and play lists disappeared from iTunes for seemingly no reason. Back up my PC regularily on external drive. Using WinXP.
How can i restore?
Thanks.

Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to select a library, then guide it to the 'iTunes Library.itl' file in the moved iTunes folder.

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