Q: I lost all my music on iTunes, and all it says is this: The song “(music title)” could not be used because the origina ... I lost all my music on iTunes, and all it says is this: The song “(music title)” could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it? more
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Oct 27, 2013 10:33 AM in response to xxCreepyFiaxxby Ace Pumpkin,I have my music stored on an external drive, and iTunes 11.1.2 and OS X Mavericks can't find the music either.
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Oct 28, 2013 1:56 PM in response to xxCreepyFiaxxby Delgadoh,Hey xxCreepyFiaxx,
First, I would try the following suggested steps for when you don't see content in iTunes after updating:
- Quit iTunes.
- Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
- Use the Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer (Windows) to go to the iTunes folder that contains the iTunes library files:
Mac OS X
/Users/username/Music/iTunes/
Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000
\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7
\Users\username\Music\iTunes\ - Drag the iTunes Library file from the above location to the Desktop.
- Open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in the iTunes folder.
- Locate the file named iTunes Library YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the date you upgraded iTunes (Year-Month-Day).
- Drag this file to the iTunes folder (the enclosing folder).
- Rename this file to iTunes Library.
- Open iTunes.
You should now see your missing content in iTunes.
via: No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967If that doesn't resolve the issue, then I'd go through the steps in here:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Have a good one,
Delgadoh