Apple Music / iTunes 12.2 corrupting all my library

I opted in for the three-month free Apple Music trial, and activated iCloud, and the library corruption happened to me on Windows 7 with iTunes 12.2 64-bit just the same. Hundreds of PURCHASED AAC music files started vanishing from my primary hard drive's iTunes Media folder. Thankfully, I back up my iTunes library files and music files every month and it was an easy recovery. Needless to say, Apple Music and iCloud Music Library options are OFF until this is resolved completely.

seems to be a massive issue

WARNING: iCloud Music Library just destroyed my Mac's iTunes Library

Well this isn't good for me either, itunes won't pull up my library at all, so I have 60,000 songs, yes that number is correct, that won't play in itunes through my hd. What a bunch of BS. I'm going to revert back to before it came out to see if I can get around this.

I'm having this problem too and I think it's pretty major. The guys working on this must either 1. be so ignorant they won't own up that they made a mistake and just issue a patch that doesn't really solve the problem or 2. getting ********* right now.

After following these steps and repairing the library, I noticed that some star ratings are also missing, and these steps didn't fix that.

Replacing the "iTunes Library.itl" from the backup that was auto-created during the software update fixes the problem. AVOID using iCloud Music Library just yet!

Solution: http://www.copytrans.net/blog/itunes-12-2-update-may-ruin-your-existing-library- what-we-know-so-far-and-how-to-fix/

Inquiry for those facing this problem: how have you found out which files have been corrupted/changed? I think I'm one of the lucky ones - I haven't noticed any changes in my iTunes library - but I'd like to find a way to be sure. Is there some kind of search function or smart playlist to find changes that have been made?

Actually, it turns out that replacing the .itl file with a backup version didn't really fix the problem. Still a huge percentage of my songs are still organized by iTunes into incorrect artist folders, with incorrect and duplicate filenames (with the # 1 tacked on), and incorrect over art. I also have missing songs (with a question mark beside them) in my library. What a total mess!

The best solution I can come up with is to shut down iTunes, and restore the entire Music > iTunes folder from a Time Machine backup, and do NOT activate iCloud Music Library when prompted.

I did this and my entirely library is back to normal.

Yes, it requires a complete iTunes folder restore to recover from this iCloud/Apple Music corruption!

As a fail safe, zip these files every month, and every time there's a major change to your iTunes library or before an iTunes upgrade:

iTunes Library Extras.itdb

iTunes Library Genius.itdb

iTunes Library.itl

sentinel <- sometimes hidden

Create a backup folder somewhere for these 'iTunes library backup *date*.zip' files and keep dating them as far back as you want to. Then it's just a matter of using Time Machine or a manual backup to return the iTunes Media folder to its last uncorrupted state.

Wowooo I am back to the land of happiness 🙂

So after trying everything, this is what I had to do to fix it.

Need to have iTunes 12.2.1 and a good copy of your library.

1- Make sure that iCloud Music library is ticked in iTunes general prefs.

2- Close iTune and delete your missed up library completely (I deleted the entire Music folder).

3- Launch iTunes and let it create a new library and if it asks you to use iCloud music lib click yes.

4- Delete all the songs from within iTunes

5- Close iTunes and delete the new library that it created.

6- Restore your iTunes library (music folder) from the days before iCloud Music (my last copy was from May but then I hadn't changed much since)

7- Launch iTunes and let the iCloud music lib do its thing.

8- Enjoy.

i am having the same issue here it say i have no purchases for music, and i do. and when i got to store to the actual song it say Purchased but i cannot download it. it like apple music forcing us to download our DRM version of our purchases instead of DRM free ver..

also every now and then i get a disk I/O error when it comes to using its or copying stuff to it... also some of my songs get corrupted for not reason unable to read it or write meaning i cannot create duplicates of that song either.. all issues started since iTunes 12.2 even with 12.2.1 issues still persist..

found out what the issue was.. when going to purchases and you see no music it because they all hidden..

you need to go to account info then manage on Hidden purchases and then you see them all.

it stupid coz when you unhide it, it also show in your iTunes library and i don't want to see it in my library because i have already have a copy of it MP3 ver...

wish there was a way to show all purchases with out hiding them but keeping them hidden in my actual library, instead of iTunes store..

Changing the .itl file works only temporarily. At least for me. Once I continued to play the files that were corrupted (wrong metadata, artwork, linked file, etc) they would again, disappear and relabel themselves incorrectly. The original files all have been DRM protected (previously they were DRM free).

So is the answer if you i not upgraded to 12.2 and the streaming service, or iCloud, to say no to these if offered? So to keep the library and album names and track names as I have as they are and not the default metadata?