how do you delete the current itunes music library and install a previous one in Itunes/media/previous library folder? existing library corrupted with many multiples due to my ignorant mucking around. Running Windows11 with latest iTunes. Once fixed, will then synch to iPhone and also iPad which each have different music content as I use computer as my “cloud”.
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Windows, Windows 10
See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community for the general steps to revert to an older version of your database. This only really works however when the contents of the media folder are essentially unchanged. The media folder is still going to contain the duplicates or the results of any other changes you've made since the backup was created in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder, and some items might potentially not be at the expected paths.
See Duplicate songs in iTunes - Apple Community for advice on cleaning up duplicates.
tt2
See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community for the general steps to revert to an older version of your database. This only really works however when the contents of the media folder are essentially unchanged. The media folder is still going to contain the duplicates or the results of any other changes you've made since the backup was created in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder, and some items might potentially not be at the expected paths.
See Duplicate songs in iTunes - Apple Community for advice on cleaning up duplicates.
tt2
Thank you so much for the prompt and detailed response, especially the pointers to further information.
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
How do you delete the current iTunes music library and install a previous one?
