I need help restoring iTunes from Time Machine

I lost part of my iTunes library by removing certain albums by mistake and turning off the trash. When I tried to restore the Time Machine's iTunes folder, I got a message that I didn't have enough space. So I tried to simply restore the .itl file. I did once all the missing albums appeared in iTunes - but all the individual pieces were not there - got of exclamation points. I tried to locate to point iTunes to their new location - but I can't find where restoration placed. They are not meed to be in the iTunes media folder or all previous libraries.

The .itl file is just a style text file with a list of the locations of the files for the track.  You must also restore the real media files.  If you let iTunes organize media, it should be quite systematically arranged in your iTunes folder in Time Machine and you can restore files individual album since you have no space to restore the entire media folder. If they are compiling or several albums of artists tracks can be spread out a little.

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