After upgrading to iTunes 11.1.3 yesterday, I had a major crash in Mavericks.
Once back up, all my playlists are empty.
I tried the trick explained in this post (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4563124)
but it did not work... any other ideas?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 3.6GHz Core2duo, 12GB ram
Works fine for me... I've just restored a test library back to its most recent previous version from 2013-10-28. 😕
Admittedly I was testing in Windows but I don't see why there should be a difference. Have you tried restoring an older file or a Time Machine backup?
tt2
Thanks tt2,
I've tried restoring from my previous iTunes Library ("iTunes Library 2013-11-06.itl" --- and renaming the file, of course) and my backup playlist file ("iTunes Music Library.xml")... nothing works.
In fact, importing my playlists makes duplicates of all my playlists... and all EMPTY.!!
iTunes 11.1.3 has really messed up my music library... which I use for business purposes every day. Serious setback for me. 😠
*Edit* -- not to mention I can't connect my iPhone 5 to update mp3s and voice memos in fear of losing them.
tt2, I just completed a Time Machine Backup.
Since I do that every 2 months or so, to save disk space, I lost some data, but at least I'm 90% back. (much better than nothing.) Thank you, Time Machine!! 🙂
** Word to the wise: Back up before upgrading any app.
Shavingream wrote:
** Word to the wise: Back up before upgrading any app.
Couldn't agree more. 🙂
tt2
I'm running Windows 8.1 but was having the same problem when I renamed my old library file. Try this:
Right click on the library file you renamed.
Select PROPERTIES
Be sure file is showing as .itl (if not, rename with proper extension)
Unselect READ ONLY
Restart iTunes
Why did iTunes 11.1.3 empty all my playlists?
