Why have my deleted playlists reappeared

spent time tidying up playlists. Deleted items have just reappeared. Why?

I feel like a bit of an idiot, sorted this problem myself!
Somehow, and i have no idea how, i managed to uncheck/untick all 114 songs on the playlist that didnt appear to transfer to my iphone or my ipod.
Having seen this by accident i rechecked/ticked them and would you believe it, all is well again!
My faith in Apple is restored, my faith in my IT skills is a little dented.

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Hello Janeburows,
You might have setup your iTunes in such a way that you store your Media files on your External Hard Drive and if that is the situation then whenever you delete anything permanently from your iTunes on your Computer when the External Drive is connected then the Content will get deleted from your External Hard Drive. To verify the Location for the Media files which you have on iTunes do the following.
Open iTunes > Preferences> Advanced and you will see it under iTunes Media Folder Location
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

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Deleted Playlists Reappear New Playlists Remain Local ONLY

I've been having issues when enabling iTunes Match on my iPhone 6 Plus.
That is to say, my playlists are in disarray, in completely random locations (not in the folder structure on my Mac).
I then proceeded to delete & re-create each playlist from scratch on my Mac. However when updating iTunes match all my deleted playlists re-appeared. The new replacements I created (with new names) remained on my laptop, but when I re-enabled iTunes match on my phone, nothing had changed at all (all existing playlists remained in the same places, un-deleted, new playlists did not exist).
I then (after doing some searching) proceeded to delete the playlists from my iPhone instead. This worked (they were removed from my Mac), however, since the new playlists I created on my Mac seem to be remaining local ONLY, I now have no working playlists on my phone.
Anybody have any idea how to fix this? It's really annoying and I don't believe I'm doing anything incorrectly on my end.

Wonderful, its fixed! Thank you so much.
I hope everyone get the fixes they need.
My Pod is like my bike, my car, or my guitar. If its not working, I can't think properly until its fixed. Thanks again, I really appreciate the help.
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Can't update the Iphone operating system because 6.8 GB is devoted to messages despite the fact that all messages have been deleted. Did a reset, back up and restore, still 6.8 GB allocated to messages.
The local Verizon store, which is a company store, just said to back up and restore with itunes, but that didn't work.
I have seen this question asked on support community blogs and various people have suggested different solutions, some very technical that involve changing settings on the backups saved on Itues files on your PC and lots of posts from people saying it worked for me, but many others saying no, that didnn't work.
It seem utterly irresponsible for Apple not to publish a fix that actually works. With what you have to pay for these phones, it's ridiculous.

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ok, so im not understanding that once i got my iphone and got on the cloud (which i dont understand) my playlists are non existent and i have lost many, many songs i have purchased over the yrs. it's very frustrating and was wondering if there is anything i can do get them back. i don't wanna have to buy them all over again, if i can even remember them all. agh!!!!

Hey there Gabrielbeth1215,
It sounds like you are wanting to download your previous iTunes purchases. They are available for re download free of charge from the Cloud. Here is an article to help you get them re downloaded:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
Click iTunes Store near the top of the iTunes window.
Click the Purchased link at the right of the iTunes Store homepage (below Quick Links).
In the page that appears, select a category.iTunes shows you which of your purchases are available for download. You can view all of your past purchases, or just the ones not currently in your iTunes library. Items already in your library aren’t available for download.If you select Music, you can view your purchases by song, artist, or album. If you’re viewing by album, click an album to see which songs on it are available for downloading.To search for an item, type its name or a keyword in the search field, and then press the Return key to view your search results.
To download an item, click its Download button .To download all available items, click Download All.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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Jim....
Thanks for the help. However, I am afraid that this didn't change the problem.
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When you get it all working make a backup!
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A large number of users with this issue have been using AVG Anti-Virus which appears to be implicated in the problem. AVG have released a patch which might help, so if you use AVG then I would update that first. I'd also be interested to know which AV you use in case others may cause similar issues. I recommend excluding the iTunes folder from any real-time and scheduled AV scanning process. Another possible cause could be automatic backup tools.
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someone seems to have installed Windows on your Mac using Apples BootCamp.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
To boot into that Windows you can use the Option/Alt-key at startup of your Mac and select WIndows to be booted as Operating System.
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Photos you take on your camera are in the Camera Roll and are like the film in a camera.
Photo Stream is an independent stream of photos from all devices that are logged onto the same iCloud account and that have Photo Stream turned on. Photo Stream photos are kept in the cloud for 30 days or up to 1000 photos, whichever comes first, so unless you have a particular photo you just don't want to stay out there for 30 days, you don't really need to delete Photo Stream Photos. They are temporary. Your device will continue to keep your Photo Stream photos from prior to the 30 day limit, but if you switch Photo Stream off in iCloud and then right back on, the only photos that will re-display in Photo Stream on that device are the ones that remain within the 30 Day/1000 photo parameter.
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