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Q: If I uninstall iTunes will I lose my playlists?

I have to uninstall and reinstall iTunes, as it seems this is the only solution to get my computer to recognise my new iPad 2. The only thing that concerns me (I'm not worried about losing my music) is that I'll lose my iTunes playlists. Are they stored somewhere the uninstall/reinstall doesn't effect? If I am definitely going to lose them in this process, I know you can export and then re-import the playlists, but that's such a tedious thing to have to do...

iPad 2, Windows 7, iTunes

Posted on Sep 24, 2011 7:28 PM

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Q: If I uninstall iTunes will I lose my playlists?

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  • by planb77,

    planb77 planb77 Sep 26, 2011 6:07 AM in response to snapd
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    Sep 26, 2011 6:07 AM in response to snapd

    No. They should not be affected.

     

    B-rock

  • by emailstephen,

    emailstephen emailstephen Feb 18, 2016 8:49 AM in response to planb77
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    Feb 18, 2016 8:49 AM in response to planb77

    My question is similar and I hope not absurd, but I'm faced with having to uninstall/reinstall for a nano issue.  I'm most concerned about the genre.  i spent DAYS getting THOUSANDS of songs updated.  Will genre be affected or is it stored somewhere, such as the playlists in the original post here?

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Feb 18, 2016 9:47 AM in response to emailstephen
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    Feb 18, 2016 9:47 AM in response to emailstephen

    You should ultimately back up your iTunes folder, so that you are not affected by data corruptions or hard drive failure or other problem on your computer.  This is how you can do it, if you want to back up only your iTunes data instead of ALL of your computer's data.

     

    Manage and back up your iTunes media library - Apple Support

     

    However, when you re-install iTunes, you are affecting the iTunes application files, not your iTunes data. 

     

    What is your actual problem, the one with your iPod nano?

  • by emailstephen,

    emailstephen emailstephen Feb 18, 2016 7:44 PM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    Feb 18, 2016 7:44 PM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    kenechi,

    Thanks sooooo much for the speedy reply.  i have about a 3month old nano that itunes knows is there, but continued to advise me to uninstall/reinstall as a first step prior to taking the nano in for service.

     

    long story short: i went ahead and un/reinstalled and all my genres were still there thank god.   and, the ipod was recognized and is working harmoniously with itunes.

     

    my file system was set up long before i had itunes and not everything was in the same folders, thus my extreme nervous condition over possible lost work.  but, all is well.

     

    thanks for being there for a nerd-wanna-be in need!!

     

    cheers

    stephen