Restoring the Wrong Previous Library

I restored the wrong previous library when updating my iTunes software. Instead of the most recent, I chose the very first one. How can this be fixed?

Did you do something similar to the directions in this article?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
If so, go back and do it again, but pick the correct library file this time.

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i accidentally uploaded songs from cds to the wrong itunes library. i would like to move those songs to the regular itunes library that i use to purchase and download music, since my ipod cant sync to both libraries. how can i do this? please advise? thank you.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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All content from the store is tied to the account that downloaded it, so if you download those apps then it should be showin your account's id - if you've updated the email address on your account and it's showing the pre-update email address then try logging out of it on the iPad by tapping on the id in Settings > iTunes & App Stores and then log back in and see if that 'refreshes' the account on the iPad.
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Can you restore a slideshow in iPhoto using Time Machine without restoring the entire iPhoto library?

Afraid not.
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Try the following on your library:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

HT4927 What if I can't restore the backup iPhoto library because I get an error message that there's not enough free space?

After iPhoto crashed, it automatically tried to rebuild and ten repair itself. iPhoto opens and all my albums are there, but no thumbnails. I've tried rebuilding the thumbnails twice, to no avail. So I tried restoring from backup (Time Machine) to the last version before the crash, but I can't because it says there's no enough free space to do so. What else is there left to try?

That is the file I tried to restore, /Pictures/iPhoto Library (I only have one library package). In Time Machine, I had choose "Restore to" and then manually select the Pictures folder again, not sure if that makes a difference. According to the finder, the package is 396gb in size, far more than the free space I have on the boot drive or backup drive. Time Machine seems kind of useless in this case, unless I go out and buy a new external drive just to restore the backup library file. But rebuilding hasn't worked yet.

I accidentally restored the wrong backup (from a year ago as opposed to a day ago) how do I restore the correct one?

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Why does iTunes keeps coming up empty even after successfully restoring from a previous library?

So, the other day, I opened up iTunes to find that all of my music and movies (all media at all) was gone. Well, darn. I looked in my previous saved libraries and the most recent file was from a minute or so before I discovered the problem - so, an empty library. Awesome. Next, I tried a system restore as my computer had recently installed some updates and I wasn't sure if that might or might not have effected this in anyway (I'm not the most tech-savvy person in the world). Successfully did that, but to no avail. So, I went back to my previous iTunes libraries again and the next most recent one was from last November. ****. Well, I figured, that's the best I can do. So I tried that.
Ok, so I had a library from a while ago, missing everything I'd added since November, but I still had all the files on my computer so I figured, I'll just go and add everything again. This was going to be a long and boring process as I had spent a lot of time in iTunes adding song details and album art and making playlists, etc, plus re-downloading everything new from the iTunes store on my slow connection would literally take weeks. But, I figured, I didn't have much of a choice.
So a few days passed, things went along normally, I shut down and started up my computer normally a few times, always checking iTunes with no change at all. Then, yesterday, I opened iTunes up in the afternoon and that same restored (from November) library was there, but I left for a few hours, not shutting down my computer, came back and everything was gone again.
Ahhh, just thinking of this now, I should mention that I'm running iTunes 10.7.0.21 because I hate iTunes 11... now I'm wondering, would this cause me to have the problems that I'm having?
Everyone's been telling me just to re-import everything and that it's no big deal, but I don't want to go through the process of re-importing and re-downloading and reorganizing 3500 media files if they're all just going to disappear again!

Wow, this is just what i DO want to happen!
What do you use? I heard that LimeWire does this with iTunes on a Mac, but couldn't get it to work in this way on a PC...
Glad you sorted it out though.

Looking to back-up and restore the whole iTunes library on the same iMac

Good day,
I’m looking to export my whole iTunes library (contains about 2500 songs and about 20 hours of videos) to a USB external hard drive, and then re importing the whole library back in to the same Apple iMac. I’m doing this because my current iMac is getting a new larger hard drive, and installing a fresh version of Leopard onto this new hard drive.
The tech specs of my current machine: Intel iMac with 250mb hard drive, 2Gig ram with the latest revision of 10.4 Tiger(I think it is 10.4.11), and the latest iTunes version.
If anyone that has a recipe on how to do this, I would greatly appreciate the wisdom and knowledge you may have.
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Copy the entire _iTunes folder_ , not just the iTunes music folder.
When you have everything ready on teh new internal, you can do 2 things.
1 - Copy the entire iTunes folder back to the internal.
2 - Leave it on the external, start iTunes holding the Option key and select *Choose existing library*. Select the *iTune library* file in the iTunes folder on the external.
iTunes will simply now use this for everything.

I've a few issues, my old computer was out of memory and i changed to a new one which was already on another itunes account. When i upgraded to os5 my library has gone it has synced with the new computer - how do i restore the old ipad information? ple

I've a few issues, my old computer was out of memory. I changed to a new one which already had another itunes account (for my business) when i upgraded to os5 my library has dissappeared as it has syncd with the new computer. Is there any way i can restore the information previously from my ipad? really appreciate any advice thanx in advance

Lynda-
If you still have the old computer, you should be able to connect the iPad, run iTunes and restore from a backup from a previous sync. Now that you have it updated, you will not need to do that again.
Fred

Hallo ,why is it that when I delete a photo ,which is backed up by time machine and western digital external hard drive , that I am able to restore the photo okay but not the titles and descriptions . I have a Macbook 4.1, mac osx 10.5.8 . Iphoto 7.1.5 ,

QUESTION.
Hallo , my question is ;whenever I delete a photo and restore it through Time machine and Western digital external hard drive , I am able to restore the photo but not the titles and descriptions . Western Digital inform me that it isn't their external hard drive problem and suggest that it is an Apple software problem ?
I am using a Macbook 4.1 , with Mac OSX 10.5.8 . I photo 7.1.5 , last modifie4d 01/05/2010 -universal . Should I be upgrading Iphoto ?
I hope that someone is able to help in this matter , as i have to restore 12000 photos !
Thanking you in anticipation.
Alan from Wigton

Hallo Kieth ,
I am not quite ready to restore the full iphoto library , as I have days of work re - imputting titles,descriptions and enhancement . I hope that your suggestion works , as I use my Macbook basically to work with digital photography. Through time , I will need to delete my library to recover more disc space and I would hate to have to spend more time re - imputting titles and descriptions all over again .
Thanks for your interest and advice.
regards - Alan

Iphoto-time machine - restore the iphoto file on an external dirve

Hello Evrybody,
I'm trying to restore an ebook from timemachine on my iphoto library.
I'd like to restore only this file, but it doesn't seem to be possible.
Time machine is able ONLY to restore the entire iphoto library, just ofr on file.
Ok I decide to porceed in any case and restore the entire iphoto library( that is huge) but after hours of work timemachine sends the message"not enouth space on the hard disk, cannot restore the file". Of course I do not have such huge space available in my imac,
Would it possible to restore the iphoto library on an external driver? how can I tell to timemachine to not restore it on my imac but on the external driver?
thanks

Try the following:
Select the folder where your iPhoto library should be y in the Finder.
Open TimeMachine and go back in time to the version of the library you want to restore.
Select the iPhoto Library and ctrl-click it, or right click it.
Select "Restore to" and select a folder on your external disk.
Regards
Léonie

I try to open I photo and I get the message, your iPhoto library is damaged...please restore from backup. But i din't made backup copy. How can i delete previous library and work wrom the new one?

I try to open I photo and I get the message, your iPhoto library is damaged...please restore from backup. But i din't made backup copy. How can i delete previous library and work wrom the new one?

Try this (assuming you're using iPhoto 12): make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library.
Select options #1, #2 and #6.
Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

Ok. Add me to the moron list. I guess I am an over zealous trash emptier. Can I retrieve those images from the vastness by entering my time machine and restore the library from a previous date (when I wasn't a moron?)

Ok. Add me to the moron list. I guess I am an over zealous trash emptier. Can I retrieve those images by entering my time machine and restoring the Iphoto library from a previous date (when I wasn't a moron?)

Masters is where you want to be. They'll be in there in folders based on the date and time they were imported.
Regards
TD

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