Q: Why won't CD's I have imported to iTunes not sync to my iPad?
I have an old iPad 2 currently running version 8.4.1. It has a 27.8 GB capacity with 19.2 GB still available. Within the past year, I switched from a PC to a Laptop. When that switch was made and after the next iPad software update, all of the CD's I imported to iTunes disappeared. The only music showing up was what I bought from Apple. I was told that iTunes would not show my music, because I switched computers. So I have begun the task of downloading all of my CD's to iTunes once again. I have done over 30 of them so far. I hooked up my iPad to the laptop and synced it. None of my downloaded (or should I be saying imported) CD's are showing up on the iPad. I am hesitant to update my iPhone, because it still contains all of my music!
While reading other forums, I tried the fix where you have to find a certain folder, rename it, then make a new folder, call it the other folder's pervious name and that should fix it; it did not. I'm sorry if this makes no sense, it's been a while since I did that and can't recall specifics...Here's what I tried:
Before following the steps below, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes.
- Quit iTunes.
- Go to the iTunes folder that contains the iTunes library files:
Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Go > Home. Open the Music folder, then open the iTunes folder.
Windows: Navigate to \Users\username\Music\iTunes\. - Drag the iTunes Library.itl file to your Desktop.
- In the iTunes folder, open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder.
- Find the file named iTunes Library YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the date you updated iTunes (Year-Month-Day).
- Copy this file to the iTunes folder (the enclosing folder).
- Rename the copied file iTunes Library.
- Open iTunes.
You should now see your missing content in iTunes.
It did not work. So can anybody tell me why I can't get my CD's to show up on the iPad? This is quite frustrating, as I'm sure you can appreciate. I would like to have all my music back.
Thank you for spending the time to read my issue.
iPad 2, Windows 8
Posted on Sep 18, 2015 1:15 PM