Music library disappeared after iTunes update

Try these Apple directions
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967

Your instructions do NOT work if the music files THEMSELVES are missing! Why can't anyone understand that iTunes has deleted the MUSIC, the library is NOT corrupt!!!

Rockman_64
oooh! Why can you not understand that iTunes doesn't delete music willy-nilly!

If the music files THEMSELVES are missing, then a person or malware made them gone!

Karina - I'm a koolaid drinking Mac fan stuck with a PC and I've had the exact same thing happen to me. I ran the iTunes 8 upgrade and POOF 100+ songs are missing from my library and are nowhere to be found on my hard drive (there is only one) but the music still plays fine on my iPod even after syncing w/ PC (although songs still missing).

I have a top rated anti-virus/malware program running on my PC and no malicious bots/programs/files were found. The music files are just gone!

Anybody who works for Apple in iTunes wanna weigh in here?! I love Mac/iPod, but get my music back please!!

I'm having the same problem trying to find my music after downloading iTunes 8. I haven't moved the music. I haven't allowed anyone else to use my computer. The music was in the files before I downloaded iTunes 8. What do I do???

You can get them back from your Ipod, at least.
So is there any rhyme or reason to the 100 songs that are gone?



Apple techs don't read these forums - use the feedback page and paste the URL to this discussion into it.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

I agree, I don't want a workaround, I want a FIX!

+It simply does not show up on iTunes. ay be the path is wrong or something.+



If it doesn't show up in iTunes but is still on your hard drive, you can drag it back into the itunes library list.

I'm having a similar problem. I downloaded version 8 onto my Vista PC about one week ago and have been updating my library ever since. Then suddenly yesterday my PC crashed and when I rebooted iTunes had dumped all my info.

Luckily my iTunes folder was still there so I reimported everything and assumed all was back to normal.

Wrong. Now, everytime I close iTunes it dumps all my music, applications, ringtones, pictures, everything.....everytime.

Any ideas anyone???

OK, add me to the list of iTunes upgrade losers. I just finished importing about 30 cds, and - in the blink of an eye - everything vaished. Songs, files, playlists, preferences, everything. I have no idea what I did, so please don't ask. They just evaporated.

Keeping a CD Collection is a hobby for me, so naturally I still use Best Buy and Target to buy CD's (yes I like the album covers, etc).

1st I bought a Nano, then a classic 80 gig Ipod. Needless to say my love is music! Yesterday 10/18/2008, my Dad bought me some classic 70's music he and mom used to play so frequently while I was growing up (I'm and 80's kid). I imported about 8 CD's to add to my existing 2300 songs. When each CD was done importing, I checked to see that were in my library, and they were. I shut down my labtop to go out. I came back in and turned on my laptop to get ready for bed(I sleep with music playing), and my entire library had completely vanished! I've been up ever since reading tons of forums, trying different suggestions, and YES my songs and entire library is GONE!

Now I am not that savvy, but I did a system restore, and still NO LIBRARY! What the eff is going with Apple that they can't offer us a solution to retrieve our music! I am devasted! I know that sounds dramatic, but I absolutley live for my music! It is now 5:23 am, and my music has not been recovered, needles to say I cannot sleep!

I tried pluging my Ipod to see if my library would magically appear, NOTHING, instead it said that my Ipod was synced to another library, and if I synced to this (EMPTY) library I'd be **** outta luck with no mucis!

*** Apple, you guys have to do better than this!

I have had the same thing happen to my library and getting help from Apple is nearly impossible. I don't know if this will help you because by the date of your problem, this may not be the solution, but any info. is usefull. After I downloaded the latest upgrate, I've had problems with my library being deleted. I've reloaded all my ipods and library over 3 times because everytime I put everything back on and crossed my fingers, my library would be deleted again. So on the fouth time putting my library file back on to my computer (not a difficult thing but just a pain in the butt) and I started to put the "Genious" feature back on, I glanced once again, as we all do, to the terms and cond. and it stated something like " you are sending your library to itunes but they don't sell the info." or something to that effect. So it finally occured to me that if I'm sending my library info. to itunes,maybe they don't put it back once I log off and turn my computer off. So I tried not putting the "genious" feature on, and my library is still intact. I think everytime you use Genious you have to turn it off on your computer or else your library will be deleted. As far as any previous playlists, those are gone. You'll have to start from scratch. But its better than having a deleted library everytime you open itunes. Sorry for the long explanation. I could've said "dont turn in Genious, or turn genious off" when you log off, but if your like me, I want to know "why" this is happening. Anyway, this may help until Apple figures a way to fix this glitch. Let me know if it works! Good luck!