iTunes doesn't see a iTunes library?

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• AppleTV doesn't show iTunes library all

  Hello

  This morning while using my Apple TV to see a movie, I realized that Apple TV has fallen by half the content of my library.

  Today is Wednesday, and all content was available on the weekend.

  IE - I have not access to movies on my Apple TV, which are part of my iTunes library.

  I don't quite know what to do.

  I restarted Apple tv.

  I disconnected my apple and re connected again.

  I checked if there are updates waiting for Apple TV or iTunes.

  I left the game at home sharing and off iTunes and rebooted.

  any ideas?

  Thank you very much

  Please ignore this.  I can't work on the removal of this question.

  I had a PET of brain.

  The apple tv showed only movies 'unattended '.  duh!

• I have itunes 12.4.  When I try to add a new song to icloud music library I see the following message: results of genius cannot be updated because the iTunes Store does not recognize your iTunes library. "Then said to turn off genius, no not such optio

  I have itunes 12.4.  When I try to add a new song to icloud music library I see the following message: "Genius results cannot be updated because the iTunes store does not recognize your iTunes library."  He then ordered me to turn off Genius, and then turn it back on.  There is no option.  Othe impossible of access devices correspond to these songs via itunes.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Hello Subocz E M.

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support. I see that you had problems adding pieces and turn off Genius. I know how it is important to be able to add music to iTunes. I'm happy to help you.

  Since you are being invited to turn off Genius, you can add music, please use the following information to resolve these two issues:

  Turn on or off the Genius

  If iCloud music library is enabled, you cannot disable Genius.

  Choose file > library > Genius (toggle Genius).

  Turning off the Genius Genius Genius Shuffle shuts and and the Genius Mix.

  12 iTunes for Mac: use Shuffle Genius, Genius or Genius Mix playlists

  Have an amazing day!

• In 12.4.1.6, where do you see the total number of songs in your iTunes library?

  In 12.4.1.6, where do you see the total number of songs in your iTunes library?

  In my case (iTunes on OS X 10.9.5 12.4.1), in the library section of the box I choose songs and the number appears in the status bar at the bottom of the iTunes window.  If you do not have the visible status bar, it can be activated from the iTunes menu bar, display > show status bar.

  Good luck

  SRB

• Since the update to iTunes 12.4.1.6 I don't see my purchased music. When I try to import my old playlists I get a message saying that the library is not a valid iTunes library. Thus, thousands of songs and hundreds of films and I can't see or play one.

  Since the update to iTunes 12.4.1.6 I don't see my purchased music. When I try to import my old playlists I get a message saying that the library is not a valid iTunes library. Thus, thousands of songs and hundreds of films and I can't see or play one. I see my movie library where it is stored on an external hard drive, but my music was on my iMac.

  Where all the playlists gone and why didn't appear my entire music library? I checked the preferences and iTunes points to the correct folder, BUT only my music purchased appears...

  Same thing happened to me. I tried to replace iTunesLibrary.itl with an older copy, but that has not worked. Then I tried to return a version by resetting the Time Machine's iTunes app, but it would allow me to edit or delete iTunes because it is part of Mac OS X.

  So, I can not sync my iPad or iPhone, update all apps or find my music, that is, the course of the odf, still on my hard drive. ITunes just can't see the library.

  The difficulty of this Apple.

• I do not see the button library share in my iTunes

  I want to share my music between my Mac at home and my Mac Book Pro 13 "Retina Display bit 512TB the button does not appear in the upper left corner of the iTunes window

  Hey apontones,

  I understand that you are wanting to display your iTunes library on your iMac on your MacBook Pro with home sharing. Let's go on your installation and troubleshooting to get this working for you.

  If you have configuration proerply home sharing, you must see in the the drop down that you're talking about. Take a look at the article first to double check these settings to ensure that you can see your music on your MacBook Pro.

  Use home sharing to share iTunes content with other devices
  https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT202190

  If taking away and you still have questions, then the next step is to go to the next article. It will propose including resetting the router and restart your Mac.

  Get help with sharing at home
  https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT203311

  Let me know if this helps.

  Take it easy

• Setting up an external hard drive to the iTunes library

  Hello world

  Drive hard internal 1 TB of my iMac is near capacity because of my growing iTunes library of music and movies.

  To revitalize the iMac that I am eager to free up space, install a new SSD and examine the possibility of moving my iTunes library on an external hard drive to save storage space.

  Here are some questions that I came with:

  1. Is it pretty easy to transfer my existing library on a hard drive external?
  2. It would be a stable and preferred solution?
  3. When you import, choose 'Copy to iTunes' preferences?
  4. Can I use my 2 TB Apple AirPort Extreme as the new destination of my iTunes library?
  5. Can I use Time Machine to back up the iTunes library on the new drive external hard or if it uses the spare wheel on the AirPort Extreme?

  Thanks in advance!

  1. Yes. Drag the entire library on the external drive, launch iTunes with down option and select it.

  2. Yes, but see #4.

  3. allow the same all the other parameters.

  4 n ° your working data and backups must be on separate drives in case one of them goes down.

  5. Yes, if he is on a drive to Mac OS extended (journaled) format. Time Machine doesn't backup disk inside a Time Capsule.

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• Why have I lost all CD imported from my iTunes library

  I lost all my imported CDs and all the selections of my iTunes library painstakingly compiled over the years of effort. More than 110 GB of music disappeared from one day to the next day when I upgraded the software at the end of 2015. How can I get these without restarting the whole process again? The only thing left in my library is the purchased Playlist. Can someone help, please? Thank you.

  On some occasions, your iTunes library database may be affected by an iTunes update - nobody seems to know exactly why, although its been suggested that it would be the result of a conflict between the installation of iTunes and some anti-virus software program or other processes that monitor changes to files on your computer (for example the Windows Indexing service').  The content of your library, i.e. the media files and folders should be affected, but without a database iTunes file doesn't have information or links to these files.

  To restore your library to a working state (which may not be necessarily as it was immediately before installing the update) see user turingtest2 on the empty/corrupted after upgrade/crash iTunes library.  For later use, you must create and maintain a backup of your library iTunes, and always update your backup before installing the iTunes update.  For a suitable and recommended method, see backup your iTunes for Windows with SyncToy library .

• Lost iTunes Library - CAN not rebuild. Help!

  Tonight I thought I had lost most of my iTunes library. It turns out that I didn't have that I can find the content itself, but iTunes can't see it. So, I followed the instructions here to try to resolve the problem: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203225

  It did not work. I found myself with some of my content. Most of my music, none of my TV or movies (and no, these were not bought through iTunes)

  I then tried to rebuild my iTunes Library with these instructions: http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-rebuild-your-itunes-library/

  It did not work also.

  So, I was wondering if I should completely remove iTunes from my iMac, the re - install it if this could work?

  Although I had to remove, and then reinstall iTunes, I still have all my content back inside however get. All content currently, lives on an external hard drive and so I do not know what to do really. I thought maybe I could drag and drop content more but there is more content on this external drive to the room, I have available on my iMac.

  Any ideas?

  The first method rebuilt your library by using a backup file created whenever you updated the iTunes application. If you have videos in there at the time that they should appear even if only as broken links. If they had not been entered and then realize that it uses an older version of your library file.  The library file doesn't say what media he recorded for you and where, not an inventory of your media files to iTunes.

  The second method allows to rebuild the library based on a version in alternate formats of the library file. It is regularly updated and if, during your previous attempts it updated the .xml to match the library at this stage, then that is clearly not good.

  I do not reinstall the application. If you are desperate then simply slide the media on the outside back into the existing library.  Designated as the place to store media in iTunes > Preferences > advanced is the external drive then he should leave the files there.

  You have the entire library on the external hard drive, or just media? Be aware if you have all of your external library must be on before launching iTunes.

• How to transfer itunes library from PC from XP to Windows 10 computer laptop

  I'm looking for help if there is someone who is able to explain the technical magic to someone who has no idea what she's doing!

  I have an old PC with Windows XP and run my iTunes from there, with all my media files on an external hard drive. The iTunes is version 12.0.1.26. I have "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" box checked, as well as box "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library". I bought a laptop with Windows 10 and want to start running iTunes this new portable computer, while keeping the files on the EHD and keep all my playlists, etc. I have all the music files saved on a separate DHM.

  I installed the latest version of iTunes on the laptop and was able to recognize that my library, but all the playlists, play counts, a large part of the work, and most importanly, the tick on the side of the track (I have about 55 000 titles there, so I have to uncheck a lot because they won't fit on my iPod) disappeared. I don't want to go through the 55 000 tracks again, so could you is it someone please let me know the best way to make the iTunes on the laptop are similar to what I currently have.

  I removed the new version of iTunes from the laptop and tried to open the old version of my EHD, but it won't let me and gives me an error iTunes error Windows error 126 7. I'm guessing that I have not all files necessary for the opening of iTunes on my DHM and some stay in the C drive of my old PC, but I don't know what needs to get through, it is possible to have all the files on the EHD program and open the old version of iTunes on my laptop this way. I took my DHM and reconnect the old PC and it still works very well from there.

  I have to say it's all become a bit of a mess over the years, as I tried to move everything related to iTunes, including program files, for my DHM, it would be reasonable to assume that I don't know where all the bits and pieces that need to run iTunes currently are on my old PC and DHM and something seems to be duplicated with similar looking for records in both places, probably as a result do not remove older versions during the upgrade as I should have done. I confirm, however, that my library is in a folder on the EHD.

  I can't upgrade to the latest version of iTunes on the old PC, because it doesn't seem to be compatible with XP, and I was unable to download the older version of iTunes on the new laptop (something to do with a difference between 32 and 64 bit, but I didn't have a clue what it meant!).

  Ultimately, I want to be able to do is plug my DSE on the new laptop and be able to open iTunes, see everything, as it is currently on my old PC.

  Sorry to look like a bit of a novice when it comes to computers, but if someone could help I would be very grateful, because I'm afraid to do something which all mess up!

  See make a library of portable split.

  TT2

• Why don't the addition of metadata to be added manually in the iTunes library song change metadata in Windows Explorer and anywhere else?

  Adding metadata to a song in the iTunes library has no effect anywhere else (as in Windows Explorer or the Groove music).

  I would like to know if I have disabled this in error or if it is not guaranteed to all visitors.

  Where it is not provided to customers, I would like to know how iTunes stores this metadata and whether it can be automatically sent to the library of Windows.

  Thank you.

  A reason of changes committed to iTunes cannot be is covered in the tip of the user, fix the iTunes for Windows security permissions but iTunes usually returns to the original data if you probably don't see this particular problem. The other possibility is of several tags.

  Several tags (Mp3 files only)

  The ID3 specification allows files to have several tags in different versions and languages, but iTunes does not work properly with simple tags. When multiple tags are present it can sometimes do not apply updates to the tag that reads back (probably update one of the others in the file) and it is also possible that the iPod and iTunes may have different rules for the tag that they give priority to. This could lead to situations where everything is properly organized in iTunes, but then inexplicably collapses on an iPod, or tracks that display different information in Windows Explorer or another media player. There are tags 3rd party editors that allow to manipulate several tags, but I don't have a casual recommendation. A workaround in iTunes is to use the context menu convert the ID3 Tags... > None a few times to remove all the labels, then convert ID3 Tags... > v2.3 to build a cool tag with information still held in the iTunes database. I've read in the past that iTunes is not completely compatible with the specification v2.4, although this may be the case, support is more however for v2.3 is widespread, then I would say using v2.3 to v2.4. All embedded work will be deleted so it must be replaced if wanted. For Windows users running a script named CreateFolderArt before and after the cleaning process tag should handle this.

  Note that some data, for example the sides and the counties of game, is only stored in the database internal iTunes and not surrounded by tags.

  TT2

• Help me get back my iTune library

  Hello

  I lost my mac mini 2009 with my library of more than 3,000 titles iTune.

  For now, I have an old Dell with Windows 7 and iTunes.

  I still have access to my iTune and iTune Store account, but I have nothing left to synchronize.

  My external drive backup are all in the time Capsule and I'm now trying to recover my iTunes library on a PC...

  I allowed Dell to access iTune but I can't import the content of my old iTune iPhone 3GS on the Dell library...

  All I see are my recent purchase... a very small part of the library.

  My music is all about the 3Gs, how can I import it on the DEll PC?

  Well. can you help me please... I own this music and paid for it!

  Kind regards

  Simon

  An iPhone is not a source of backup for the music.

  You can restore all your music purchased on iTunes, but it seems that if you know that and you want to restore the rest.

  The way to do that is to replace your Mac Mini with a new Mac, then use Time Machine as well as the Migration Wizard to restore your last backup Mac Mini for this new machine.

• Missing iTunes library

  After an update in June my content from iTunes library does not appear in iTunes.  The library still has all the content but does not appear after the reset location of library.  I tried to copy the library another folder and copy the old itl file but still not able to see my content, including playlists and all music.  All that shows is what was purchased from the iTunes Store.

  Try here > If you do not your entire library after you update iTunes on your Mac or PC - Apple Support

• Move iTunes library to a different location on the computer

  Hello

  I use the latest version of iTunes running on MacBook Air El Capitan. I'd like to keep my music library on my Mac itself that I travel and may or may not have connectivity.

  Now, my library grew to about 45 GB and get the crisis for space on my MacBook.

  Question: I have an extra car for the MacBook and you want to move my entire library over there, but don't know how to do without adding all the files again. (I have 45 GB of songs but only 65 to 70% of it are added to ITunes). Also note that I have disabled the option move files added to the iTunes folder.

  Thank you

  Méhul

  Moving a library: quick response if you use preferences by default iTunes settings: copy the folder integer iTunes (and to ensure that all of its subfolders and files) intact at the other disk, hold down the option/alt key (shift on Windows) keys to start iTunes and on request to select a library select iTunes Library.itl file in the copied folder. Open a different iTunes library file or create a new one - https://support.apple.com/HT201596

  However, you say that you have disabled iTunes organize media. I too use this setup and moved to my library from player to player, but I did pass my HDD and the system to another drive. I suspect since you use songs outside the normal structure that iTunes must use the addressing very specific to keep track of these files and this address should not remain the same on the new drive.  You do not specify files scattered how are.  You can (or not) find that copy the folder iTunes main and all the individual media files wherever they are exactly the same directory structure, more to appoint the external drive exactly the same thing that your internal drive doesn't work. Moving a library to another drive when the Manager media yourself is not something iTunes like and is a consequence of do you things like that.

• I can keep in my iTunes library to another hard drive?

  I want to spend my videos, movies, and Podcasts files on an external drive and free space on my disk flash SSD internal. Is this possible? How can I do?

  You can, but it requires more effort to manage it this way. You can temporarily declare a new iTunes Media folder in iTunes > Preferences > advanced but not consolidate if you are prompted to do so after the change. And then select the content you want to consolidate, and the context menu to consolidate the files. Open the location of the original file in the Finder and delete the now redundant copies of the material you consolidated to the other disk. Finally restore the media folder in iTunes > Preferences > advanced. Repeat if you add new content.

  I suggest you might be better to move the entire library as a unit. For more information, see make a library of portable split .

  TT2

• 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.

  TT2