how to locate my home videos in itunes

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Nelnore Author

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how to locate my home videos in itunes

I have a Mac OS Sierra Version 10.12.5 MacBook Pro Retina

I am limited about my knowledge with itunes.

My most recent videos I have made are in the Photos app.

I have home videos from the past that were in itunes—but I cannot find them.

Could someone please help me with the steps I need to take to locate them. I have a My Passport for Mac back up but don't know how to retrieve from it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jul 11, 2017 10:25 AM

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Answer 1

Rysz

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Jul 11, 2017 10:36 AM in response to Nelnore

In iTunes, select Movies as the media kind, then Home Videos as a sub-category. You should see all your files. You can now export or just drag them to the Desctop (or a folder on the Desctop, if there are many), then import or drag them to Photos.

Once youre satisfied they all migrated successfully to Photos, you can delete them from iTunes.

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Answer 2

Jul 11, 2017 11:23 AM in response to Nelnore

Nelnore,

Do any of your missing videos have distinctive titles that you could search for? If so, a first step might be to use Spotlight — the little magnifying glass symbol in the upper right of the screen — to see if they're stashed on your computer somewhere. Finding one or two might show you where the others are, and that in turn might tell us what's going on with regard to iTunes.

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Answer 3

Nelnore Author

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Jul 14, 2017 11:29 AM in response to richard grant

I did find over 200 of my videos in finder under "all my files" and many, many videos are in "photos" under videos. I did try using the Spotlight to locate some that I know I don't have. Is it better to have videos in the photos app or in itunes? Something changed on my Mac when I upgraded to a newer version of itunes—but I cannot recall which version because I wasn't paying enough attention at that time. Another question I have is: can we somehow open up old Itunes libraries or are they empty? Sorry it took me so long to reply and thank you for your help.

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Answer 4

Nelnore Author

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Jul 11, 2017 10:47 AM in response to Nelnore

I don't have a home video subcatagory

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