Try to open itunes it says "itunes does not appear to be a valid music file

i've uninstalled itunes before and reinstalled it off of the internet and i try to open it and it says "the file "itunes library.itl" does not appear to be a valid music library file. itunes has attempted to recover your music library and renamed this file to itunes library (damaged)

Back up your music and then uninstall it; while the uninstallation process doesn't affect the library, other things can.
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    PLEASE HELP as this is really cracking me up now.

    This is really old, not sure how much still applies:
    Scott Patrie, "iTunes Library Does Not Appear To Be Valid" #1, 11:01pm Oct 10, 2004 CDT

  • ITunes11, it does not appear to be a valid library file

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    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4406112?start=0&tstart=0
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  • ITunes does not appear to be a valid music library file

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  • ITuneslibrary.itl does not appear to be a valid itunes library file

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    There are multiple reasons that lead to issue. You should read the troubleshooting guide to get the right solution to solve the issue: iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support

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    Mac : If you don't see your connected device in iTunes for Mac - Apple Support
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  • Itunes is saying it does not have enough room to store our music library.  any ideas on what we should do?  we deleted some play lists but, the warning still is coming up.  thank you,

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  • Xml/itl-"The file "iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid..

    "The file "iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged).itl"
    does enyone know how to fix this for ever?
    thanks.

    Katrina, created test, copied ITL (I Tunes Library file?) across, did the shift thing, I Tunes opens with my songs, created a play list, closed I tunes, re-opened it, play list still there. Is that what you mean?
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    I Tunes says 2477 songs/485 artists, my I Pod has 300 more.
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    Message was edited by: tvsizedoesmatter
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  • Itunes library does not appear to be a valid itunes library file

    i'm importing AIFF files into itunes, converting those to AAC and deleting the original AIFF files. i tried to import an album of AIFF's and received a message that i didn't have enough hard drive space to import so itunes would import as many of the files as it could. i knew i'd get to this point and would have to transfer some files onto my hard drive. however, when i clicked okay, the computer froze. i restarted manually and received the following message after attempting to open itunes "the file 'itunes library 2009-12-06' does not appear to be a valid itunes library file. itunes has created a new itunes library and renamed this file to 'itunes library (damaged)'." i'm not sure why this happened and i can't find 'itunes library (damaged)' anywhere. i have all my music still i just can't get itunes back to the way it was. please help! thanks so much.

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  • What is causing this?  The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged) 4".  This happens everytime I start iTunes lateley.  Help!!!

    Everytime I open iTunes lately...I get all my music thrown out of the library and this annoying message come up...The file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged) 4”.  Is this how an apple works?  It doesn't?  Why all of a sudden is it doing this?  Please help.  Thank you.
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    Did you happen to bring this iTunes library over from a windows machine? You might read this kb article to see if it helps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

  • My computer The File "itunes library.til" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file.  iTunes has attempted to recover your itunes library and renamed it to "iTunes Library (Damaged itl)"

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    Hi shyanne23,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.  If your iTunes library file has become damaged in some way, you may want to try recreating your iTunes library and playlists by following this article:
    iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
    Cheers,
    - Ari

  • Why has this occurred The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged)".

    My itunes library suddenly that the file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged)”. I use an external hard drive for my Itunes.

    The library file appears to have been corrupted.  You say you use your external drive but is the whole library on it or only your media?  No matter, you will have to rebuild the library file:
    iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451

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    I created an image in Photoshop and saved it as the PSD file. Now when I try and open it it says it is not compatible with my version. How could this be when I created it in this version?

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  • ITunes error: "The file iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file."

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    Any idea?

    No I haven't. I tried almost everything possible but without any remarkable shift. I am about to sell my brand new iPod:(

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