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• I've recently updated 12.3.3.17 on w10, after what all my music was missing from my iTunes library.  I have a cloud next to everything and my rips of CD disappeared.  This music is always in the iTunes media folder.  How can I get that back in iTunes?

  I've recently updated 12.3.3.17 on W10, after what all my music was missing from my iTunes library.  I have a cloud beside my purchases and my rips of CD disappeared.  All the music is always in the iTunes media folder, but I can't seem to find my iTunes library.  Y at - it an easy fix?  Thank you.

  See tips to the user of turingtest2 empty/corrupted after upgrade/crash iTunes library.

• Add files to iTunes library

  My question is quite simple and easy, even embarrassing, but I just switch from windows to mac and have not understood yet all quarks. Can I play music from any folder using iTunes, without copying in the iTunes folder? Whenever I tried to add music to iTunes library it seems to copy the music files some of the folder in the folder iTunes music thingy. I had to change to a third party for this reason just music player, but would like to be able to use the stock apple made one. Thank you in advance!

  iTunes > Preferences > advanced > copy the files into the iTunes Media folder when adding to library > Off.

  However, I would advise that it is not the best approach in the long term. Have iTunes connected to scattered across media room makes it much harder to keep the library saved properly or move it to a new computer, the time is right. For general information, see make a library of portable split .

  If you want to avoid the creation of duplicates when you add content to the library then could be ~User/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/automatically add to iTunes iTunes that add you to the library move it in the standard location in the media folder, and make sure that you have only one copy of each file. Readers of third party can access the same media folder.

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• recover files from itunes library

  Hello

  I always enjoyed the sort function by "Time played" and "Date added" in iTunes.

  The problem is that I accidentally deleted these files. (if this data is stored in the .itdb or .itl / .db or .xml files)

  You can ask, how can this be possible. Well, I didn't follow the proper procedure when transferring to a new iMac. I just copied all the music files in the folder iTunes Music, rather than make a file "Export Library" in iTunes.

  However, my question is: is it possible, next to a backup/time machine, for me to recover this iTunes data?

  I've always been connected on iTunes with my own personal identification number Apple so I thought that maybe it could be a back-up of this somewhere next to Apple?

  Any help will be really appreciated.

  Thanks in advance,

  Mathijs

  That data is stored in the iTunes library database file, which is in your user account music/iTunes / folder.  You have access to your old Mac?  If you do, the best way to transfer your data complete a new Mac iTunes is to copy the old Mac iTunes folder (in your music folder user account) on an external drive.  Then, on the new Mac, replace the iTunes with the old Mac folder.  When you run iTunes on the new Mac, it looks like iTunes on the old Mac, with all your songs and data (such as playlists, playing account, ratings, etc.)  This document describes the procedure in detail

  How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support

• Can I find missing files on iTunes faster?

  Hello

  I recently reinstalled all my music in one place.

  As I have a lot of music and it should always be to find all the files album by album, is there a way I can massage them find my music files in iTunes?

  Thank you

  Kieran

  12.3.3.17 iTunes 64-bit Windows 10

  Forget this question! I found away around him bye remove all my items to iTunes and then import the entire folder!

• Records of the missing files in the library list

  I have LR 5.7 with > 15 k photos in a catalog on an external drive with more than 3 TB of free space. I have not moved any files. Recently, I noticed that files are missing from the library list, and now, almost all records in the State Library that there are pictures of '0' in the folder. The catalog function says it all. How to find my file organization?

  

  There is an option in the library menu on the "show pictures in subfolders. If this option is not selected, and there is no images in the folder listed, then it will show that there is no photo. If you check this option, then all the photos that are in subfolders will be accrued. But that means that if you click on the folder that is listed all photos in subfolders appear so.

• Need to find and replace any missing files from XP MS Fax

  Hello.  My computer is a HP Pavilion a1430n, double quick March, media library.  Quite awhile back, I got some virus problems, and when I got rid of the virus I have deleted some files XP fax as well.  I can still send a fax, but cannot get the fax monitor to open or view what I send you after the cover page.  Will someone please tell me how to fix my fax?  In addition, I don't know how I ended up in Vista, because it is XP.  Thank you for your time.  Sincerely, Cindy

  You should be able to do that in ' Control Panel | Add/Remove programs. Add/Remove Windows components.  Uncheck remove to allow complete and Fax services (which allows to uninstall Fax), then repeat the process and replace the check mark for re - install the Fax components.

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• After the draws will not start due to a missing file ("' / users/username/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/13.0/dummy") what is it?

  Mac OS 10.9.3, latest version AE 2014.

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  fix the permissions problem that prevents to start Adobe applications

• Missing iTunes library and playlists... Please help

  Hello, this morning to my horror, I started iTunes and all my 20,000 songs and playlists, I spent years developing are absent.  Would it be a problem with my hard drive or a disk that allows iTunes search startup files?  I checked the path to the file and it seems that the music is always in their folders however re import all would not get the playlists back and on top of that the last backup I have was from 2014.    Can anyone help

  It is possible that your iTunes library file has become corrupted, so iTunes has started up with a new iTunes library.  Or you may have accidentally set iTunes to open a new iTunes library.  If you use the default configuration, the iTunes library file is located in your iTunes folder and called iTunes Library.itl, to this place

  [startup drive] /Users/ [your name of user account] / music/iTunes/iTunes Library.itl

  NOTE: The iTunes library file is a database that defines your iTunes library.  It contains no files media real iTunes, which are organized and stored separately.

  Go to this location using a Finder window; What do you see?  If you see a file called iTunes Library.itl here, quit iTunes (if you run) and use this method to open iTunes using this library file.

  Open a different iTunes library file or create a new - Apple Support

  If it does not open or if you still get a library empty in iTunes, you use Time Machine to back up your boot drive?  If you do, you can restore your library iTunes from a State of backup file (date/time) when it does not have this problem.  In your case, it would be immediately before the last time you used iTunes with a working library.  Time Machine does incremental backups every hour, so this should be very close to when the problem occurred, if your iTunes library should be updated more often.

  If you do not have a backup (why not?) of your user data, look in the folder iTunes for a folder called Previous iTunes Libraries.  iTunes, these backups when there is a major update to iTunes, in the case where something bad happens or the user must go back to a previous version of iTunes for some reason any.  If the last backup of 'previous' iTunes library is not too old, you can use this library file to open iTunes, using this procedure

  If you do not see your content once you update iTunes - Apple Support

• Get the iPhone to recognize the change to iTunes Library the drive letter

  I'm doing something that should be extremely simple, and Apple has found a way to make it incredibly difficult. I'm moving my media to a new computer. On my old computer, all the media has been on the J: drive. On my new computer, it's all about the D: drive. Other than that, the folder structure is exactly the same. Apple says that in documentation for migrating to a new computer, activate the option "Keep iTunes folder organized Media". There are several reasons why this is not an option, mainly because iTunes is the absolute worst to organize your media folder. I've seen cases where iTunes dumps simply all your files perfectly organized in a single folder for you to figure out what that is when you get the file you need. No thanks, I'm perfectly capable of organizing my own files. Not to mention, my multimedia files are on a data disc and the app folder, where the files to iTunes library is on an SSD with limited storage. Then... Guard iTunes library trace the location of support using a "iTunes Music Library.xml" file. I've updated this file to use the new location and when I open iTunes on my new computer, everything is perfect. All my media is there with all my custom illustrations I apply (iTunes can also be really terrible at the corresponding work on music not purchased via iTunes!). If great, let's get my iPhone recognized now because it's really the only reason why I use iTunes. As soon as I connect my phone and it starts the synchronization process, it crushes everything in the XML file and returns all my music in the original location (now the music in the iTunes library has!'s next to all my music sync). You're going to go to a song and it will ask you the new location, I can go to, and then iTunes invites even to use this new location to update other files 'disappeared', but the problem is this feature only searches the subfolder where the particular file is located, you have access to what is in this case an album. Do you know how many albums I have? You mean I have to go to every single album and update the location manually? Once again, no thanks! So my thought at this point, ok, let's just resync all the music with the phone, that well that is always a huge pain given the extremely slow transfer speeds from your computer to your phone (Apple Hi, meet 3.1 USB or same USB 3.0) in combination with the size of my library (we're talking days to complete!), it's even less of a pain then go each file (or a piece of each album) and updated the location. On a side note - it would be really great if the synchronization on the Wi - Fi technology still works... I mean, they had what, over 4 years to operate and you're still lucky if your phone is recognized by Wi - Fi. That means I have to leave my phone on my computer for days and who really has the ability to do? Sorry, I digress. So, I removed all of my music from my phone and got iTunes to be happy with the new drive letter. Great, let's start the arduous process to sync my music on my phone. I re - activate the option synchronize my music and what happens, my iPhone again overwrites my iTunes library with the former location of media! Excuse me, but how is it reasonable to have the phone, which is a destination and contains a subset of your library, to be the registration system for which the files are stored in the source? I mean come on! This is absurd! I've always hated that Apple is owner and forces you to use iTunes (some of the worst software ever developed) to manage/sync your media. But for years, I have it justified by saying iPhone works simply. No worries. Well, I'll say, it does not just work and my insinuation that Apple made simple products that just don't work no longer holds water. At this point, I am very close to say goodbye to the iPhone and switch to Google project. I'm tired of less expensive phones friends surpassing my overpriced device that uses obsolete technology. Sort of, I'm sorry to dump all this on the community, but it is absolutely ridiculous that it's so complicated to change a drive letter and I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer a solution.

  I'm doing something that should be extremely simple, and Apple has found a way to make it incredibly difficult.

  If you was to move your iTunes LibrRy to another drive, follow these instructions: How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support

  If you have already moved successfully, just launch iTunes while holding down the button Optio/alternate, then choose the location of the library.

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• Using a single iTunes library on two computers

  Hello

  I have a Macbook running El Capitan and the latest version of iTunes. I have an iMac running Yosemite and the latest version of iTunes.

  I currently save the laptop on the desk. I would like to be able to open the iTunes library for my laptop on my desktop, but when I try to do this iTunes tells me it cannot locate the files.

  I've tried a few things.

  iTunes organizes my media folder but doesn't not automatically copy it on it.

  I moved all my music files, so that they were in a folder in the iTunes .itl file, but the hierarchy above is different for both laptop and desktop.

  I read everywhere and discussions seem to suggest its possible, but no one has described the problem I have.

  With the help of pictures, I was able to do what I want with iTunes either open the backup of the laptop on my desk (although I can't tried editing photos so I just looked at the pictures)

  So I'm a little stuck and would be grateful if anyone can help us with that.

  Thank you very much

  Gareth

  You may not use the same library iTunes, two Mac.  If the two Mac tried to access and update the library even at the same time, it will probably cause data corruption.  But the library file (which is a database) is not identical to the location where your iTunes Media files are stored (which is what occupies more space).  By default, the iTunes Media folder is in the folder that the file to iTunes library.  But you can use iTunes preferences Advanced tab to change the location of the iTunes Media to an iTunes library folder.  However, two Mac share the same iTunes Media folder is also not ideal, because if you make a change (for example, the addition of a new song) to a Mac, the other Mac iTunes library will not know this change.

  The best solution, I think, is to use the share at home with two Macs.  If the iMac has 'primary' iTunes library, set to share its library on your home network.  This is done in the tab of sharing a iTunes preferences.  You can access iTunes library to the iMac for iTunes running on the MacBook.  All media files are stored on the iMac and the MacBook has access to the same files.  You can set the iMac iTunes library to download automatically the iTunes Store purchases on other devices (which use the same Apple ID), including the MacBook (on the Bank of iTunes preferences tab).  Keep the library iTune to the iMac as the master repository with "everything." the MacBook can have its own separate iTunes content (for when it is outside the iMac), but when he is on the same network, iTunes of the MacBook can directly access the iMac iTunes library (provided that the iMac is not turned off or sleep).

• Suddenly missing iTunes library

  Today I went to Itunes on my desktop of Windows 10 playing a song in Itunes to find my entire missing library. I don't know what happened to my entire library to disappear? My entire library is intact my my Iphone 6 just for information. Finally, I played a song in Itunes on Friday, July 29, 2016. My current computer is Corsair 500R computer, Gigabyte G1 Gaming 7 motherboard with Intel i7 Skylake case to unlocked and 16 gigs GSKILL Trident DDR4 Ram. I have Itunes version 12.4.3.1. I had almost 15 gigs of music in my library and I would like to find a way to get this library. Any help would be appreciated.

  I wanted people to know that I don't have a recent database or my Itunes library file.

• How do I add to itunes library without duplicating files

  I have two computers and therefore two local iTunes library. A while back, I moved my iTunes Media on dropbox folder location, like that I could have one place two libraries would draw from. When I got new music I would like to import into a library as usual, and in order to get on the second library I was going to just come to 'Add to library' on the second computer and reselect the same iTunes Media folder. For longer, it would scan this folder and import only new music, however for some reason any now whenever I try to 'Add to library' on the second computer it begins to import duplicates of the entire library rather than just new music. Not sure if I changed the setting on this, or if it is a change caused by an iTunes update? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  If you add a media to an iTunes iTunes library folder will ignore all media for which there is a reference specific dedicated location in the iTunes library file because it is already in the library. You see all the broken links! = What you say all your old references should all be showing broken links because you see everything add iTunes think it is different from that of the current storage location library tracks.

  This is the risk of using something like Dropbox for storing media.  I don't really know what is happening in detail and it is unlikely, that it has nothing to do with an iTunes updated since iTunes behaved this way since version 1.  Sometimes of storage devices what top-level network address needs such as NAS play this kind of question and Dropbox is certainly network.

• Had to install my itunes library/all media files to a new disk - now itunes can't find anything!

  Hello, people.

  I have an itunes library old and beloved of some 38 000 songs and 1 100 podcasts, as well as dozens and dozens of playlists (I buy a lot of music and RIP, so every month for the past eight years, I made a playlist folder containing the songs I ripped this month). My media is not organised by itunes - everything is in its own folder.

  However, I have fried my CPU and motherboard, and the guy at the shop convinced me to switch to an SSD HD to run windows. That's nice, but there is not enough room for the itunes library. It is still on my old HD 2 TB - that used to be C:, but now it's f:

  I was able to get the library loaded to the top, but he has no idea where all the songs are. They used to all be in a file tree that went C:\users\Querenciazine\music\[subfolder], as follows:

  c:/users/Querenciazine/music/MP3s/classical/BWV%20651-668%20-%20leipziger%20chor %C3%A4le/bwv%20659%20-%2002-bach&busoni%20_%20nun%20komm,%20der%20heiden%20h eiland.mp3

  But now they are all in a tree that starts f:/music/MP3s.

  Location of the file above, therefore:

  f:/music/MP3s/classical/BWV%20651-668%20-%20leipziger%20chor%C3%A4le/BWV%20659%2 0-%2002-bach&busoni%20_%20nun%20komm,%20der%20heiden%20heiland.mp3

  I tried to open the two XML files in Notepad and use find and replace to change "c:/users/Querenciazine / ' to ' f: / ' in filepaths all, but that has not worked. I did it once before, but years ago and I wonder: what am I doing wrong, or that I am I forgetting?

  Anyone has any advice how to solve a problem like this?

  Thank you very much!

  This article should help:

  Manage and backup your iTunes media library - Apple Support

• I need these files to iTunes 4 music library?

  I have these 4 iTunes files in my folder iTunes Music Library.xml intact from 2012 - the last time I did a transfer of iTunes library manual on a hard nine. They don't take up much space, but I'm doing a manual backup of my Mac and clean install of El Capitan so I won't wear any undesirable more that I don't need. Here are the screenshots of the files and the file 'Add' for example. All 4 have been created, modified, and last opened on 19-12 - 2012. I can remove them safely?

  

  

  I don't know all of the different .xml files. I wonder if you were a party edition and created their or another way to application in the past. In any case, most likely you don't need them and I do not recognize them as anything iTunes currently uses.  The fact that they are called "Music library" suggests that they date to before even 2012.

  If you fear never done this kind of thing, drag them to a folder somewhere for more security. Run iTunes as usual for a week or so and if you notice and deliver you can probably get rid of them for good.