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12.3.3.17 Update has wiped my music library

Updated to 12.3.3.17 yesterday. Opened iTunes and saw practically all of my library was missing. I did the renaming of the .itl file. This restored all the Album Folders, but not the individual tracks.

Given I have over 4000 tracks, I'm not at all inclined to sitting down and load all my cd collection again.

Any ideas? What about copying from my iPOD to the MAC. I have seen software to do this, but all cost money, anything from $30 to $50.

Please help

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Mar 26, 2016 8:43 AM

18 replies

turingtest2

Level 10

274,488 points

Apr 12, 2016 7:43 AM in response to Nitchol

This seems to be an occasional problem that can occur when a new version of iTunes updates the library database structure. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash for a suggested resolution or restore the pre-upgrade version of your .itl file from your backup.

tt2

ESimps83

Level 1

4 points

May 2, 2016 7:42 PM in response to turingtest2

I think I have the same problem: all I see are my songs from the Cloud. None of the thousands of songs imported from CDs are there. All playlists gone.

I tried restoring an itl file from Time Machine that was created a year ago. Still only seeing Cloud songs.

I see nothing in the "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder.

Help! Don't want to import my library from my iPhone, but will if I have to I suppose.

turingtest2

Level 10

274,488 points

May 3, 2016 4:07 AM in response to ESimps83

When did you last update iTunes? If the loss of the .itl is associated with an iTunes upgrade then there really should be a Previous iTunes Libraries folder. Are you looking in the right place? Do you see your media files?

tt2

12.3.3.17 Update has wiped my music library