Q: what happened to my playlists? I just loaded version 11.0.4.4 and all my playlists and songs uploaded from CDs to iTunes disapeare ... what happened to my playlists? I just loaded version 11.0.4.4 and all my playlists and songs uploaded from CDs to iTunes disapeared!!!! more
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Nov 28, 2013 4:14 PM in response to turingtest2by mmca9876,Wild but interesting: Turns out I had to right click on the .itl files found during the search, choose properties, choose advanced, then set "allow this file to have contents indexed in addition to file properties." Then I could see my libraries again and revert to an old library following your first post.
So will it work to just hand-move everything into C:\Users\marie_000\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\ or will I need to do something fancier to tidy up?
Thanks!
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Nov 28, 2013 4:31 PM in response to mmca9876by turingtest2,Moving stuff by hand, with some rare exceptions, breaks things.
First off does the media play now?
What value do you have for the media folder under Edit > Preferences > Advanced?
How large is the library?
How much free space does the drive have?
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Nov 28, 2013 4:35 PM in response to turingtest2by mmca9876,Doesn't play. (Sigh.)
C:\Users\marie_000\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media
Very large (8000 tracks).
Plenty of free space.
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Nov 28, 2013 4:54 PM in response to mmca9876by turingtest2,In that case close iTunes, move things to where they ought to be, and start iTunes again. If you're really lucky iTunes is actually looking for your content in the usual place, which is why it is broken now, otherwise I have a repair tool. Don't forget to keep the various media types folders, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts etc at the level of iTunes Media instead of moving them down into iTunes Media\Music.
The media folder is correct, don't change it.
I'd call 8,000 moderate.
Free space is no longer an issue. Might have been if the media had played where it currently is.
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Nov 28, 2013 5:10 PM in response to turingtest2by mmca9876,Thank you, Turing Test! Everything plays perfectly again. I never did get my current playlists back with any of the old libraries, but I can live without . . . and meantime I'll be hunting down a separate way to back up playlists. You're my hero!
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Nov 28, 2013 5:19 PM in response to mmca9876by turingtest2,You're welcome.
If the playlists are still on the iPod classic see my script ImportDevicePlaylists.
And see this backup tip to backup the entire library, playlists included.
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Nov 30, 2013 10:53 PM in response to turingtest2by NickyWilOz,Ditto all the accolades - your solution fixed my problem too! One question I had - the latest 'previous iTunes library' that I renamed and replaced was from September. I've synced and backed up my devices many times since September. I wondered why that one was the most recent one I had. Does iTunes have it's own schedule for creating these 'previous iTunes library' files?
I hope they're paying you. They should be.
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Dec 1, 2013 4:09 AM in response to NickyWilOzby turingtest2,The database backups in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder are made at the start of most iTunes version upgrades. You can make your own manually but see this backup tip for a way to make sure you have a complete, updatable, backup of the entire library.
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Dec 4, 2013 1:11 PM in response to jockowhiteby AntoniaRB,I have followed your advice, having lost all my playlists after an update. I renamed the file, copied, pasted etc. However having re-opened itunes with fingers crossed it looks exactly the same. In fact the last track I downloaded on 25 Nov is there and I picked a previous itunes version dated September. Seems to me like I haven't got something right. Here's a screen shot of what my screen looks like now if that's any good. Thank you for all the help you're giving everyone with this.
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Dec 21, 2013 11:46 AM in response to turingtest2by Deenie76,I had tried your method given at the beginning of this thread but had no luck. I preserved, read more posts and luckily came across this one! I used the Apple support doc that you linked to and yay, my iTunes content is back. Thank you!
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Dec 27, 2013 4:20 PM in response to turingtest2by danbou76,This didnt work I have windows 8 and there is no file for previous Itunes Library found. I have my old computer and when I bring up Itunes on there it has my Library but how do I get that from my old computer to my new computer. I have no apple device my Ipod was stolen. I need to do it via disk or something else.