Songs don't show up in iTunes ... but iTunes still thinks they're there ...
I've lost songs. They don't show up in a search, they don't show up when I scroll through all my songs, and they don't show up in the browser, but when I try to import them from the original CDs, iTunes asks me if I want to replace the files. And they're in my iTunes file directory (I keep it organized). So, they're where they're supposed to be. I've tried to add them to the library, and they remain invisible. It's the oddest thing.
Does anyone else have experience with this? What would you suggest?
Thanks,
Brian
This might be a quick and dirty method.
We're trying to force iTunes to rebuild properly.
With iTunes not running. Make a copy of the library database file (iTunes Library).
Try deleting the iTunes Library file. Start iTunes. Does this then show the missing tracks? To get the original playlists back you can import from the original xml file that you saved.
If you need to get back to the start point just delete the newly created database and .xml files and go back to the originals.
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