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I've recently noticed that songs I've copied from CDs onto my iTunes library on my Mac have disappeared. I have no idea why this should happen. Is there some sort of time limit for such songs after which they're deleted from the library?
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Hudds53 Said:
“Disappearing songs: I've recently noticed that songs I've copied from CDs onto my iTunes library on my Mac have disappeared. I have no idea why this should happen. Is there some sort of time limit for such songs after which they're deleted from the library?”
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Some Thoughts on Recovering These:
Sign out of iCloud, and then sign back in. It might take a bit for then to show up, but eventually the will, if they were associated to iCloud.
You would start by creating a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac and its items from, should anything go wrong such as the loss of files (i.e. music).
Go Here: Back up and restore your iTunes library on your PC - Apple Support Note that you might need to upgrade your iCloud storage plan if not enough space resides for a Backup. Go Here: Cloud storage plans and pricing - Apple Support
If there is any sort of time limit issue. Time Machine Backups will overwrite one another once not enough space is resides. So, if you need to recover these, look for them in the most likely Time Machine Backup that would have these.
Hudds53 Said:
“Disappearing songs: I've recently noticed that songs I've copied from CDs onto my iTunes library on my Mac have disappeared. I have no idea why this should happen. Is there some sort of time limit for such songs after which they're deleted from the library?”
———-
Some Thoughts on Recovering These:
Sign out of iCloud, and then sign back in. It might take a bit for then to show up, but eventually the will, if they were associated to iCloud.
You would start by creating a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac and its items from, should anything go wrong such as the loss of files (i.e. music).
Go Here: Back up and restore your iTunes library on your PC - Apple Support Note that you might need to upgrade your iCloud storage plan if not enough space resides for a Backup. Go Here: Cloud storage plans and pricing - Apple Support
If there is any sort of time limit issue. Time Machine Backups will overwrite one another once not enough space is resides. So, if you need to recover these, look for them in the most likely Time Machine Backup that would have these.
Disappearing songs
