iTunes Library 2 700 Albums, 800 gbs - thoughts?

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• I can't move folders/files in the iTunes library

  Hello

  I am reorganizing my iTunes library after the implementation of a server. Even if I used the dialog box in iTunes (Preferences) to move the files, many, many links were broken. There is now a location in the library moved with the following path: X:\iTunes Library\Music\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album. The files in this folder are all parts of the existing albums. The rest of the songs from these albums are properly located in the location of the library, which is to library X:\iTunes. Most of these files is purchased AAC files. The files are not corrupt, by what they play. They also seem to have the correct information, when I look in the Properties dialog box, or query information through read in iTunes. In iTunes, it is ALWAYS the path: X:\iTunes Library\Music\artist\album, with the annexed artist/Album information. For example: X:\iTunes Library\Music\Michael buble\christmas\01 it starts to resemble a large number of Like.m4a. I would like to move these files to their correct locations in X:\iTunes Library\artist\album, as well as the rest of the files in the albums they are detached. When I try to move the files, they are not being apparently copied or moved. If I connect them to the entries in iTunes after the move or double click on it to play in iTunes, they disappear from the new location and reappear in a folder with the path X:\iTunes Library\Music\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album or one with a path like this: X:\iTunes Library\Music. I have no solution to this problem, I have tried everything I know to do to fix and searching newsgroups for a solution. I'm on Win10 and iTunes 12.3.1.23. Help, please. This is driving me crazy.

  Scott D.

  The typical reason for the files are moved to the folder unknown Artist\Unknown Album is that they do not have a tag or the tag is empty. This is true of all the files in the .wav format, as they have tags. In some cases, mp3 files may have several tags, that maybe not all the same data and including an iTunes reads or updates is not set. ITunes can finally move things forward in the wrong folder where there are permissions issues, but usually that moves things to a level or in rare cases throw them on the desktop.

  When you say that allowing you to move the preferences files, you update the path in the media folder and then consolidate library (create copies, leaving you to delete the originals by hand) or did you move them by hand and then update the file? This second method is a common cause of problems. When it works it is a happy coincidence. It is not how you are supposed to move content from iTunes.

  In a modern iTunes library, the correct layout for the elements of music is \Music\- with other types of media stored in different subfolders ------.

  Follow the steps to repair the security permissions for iTunes for Windows to your Media X:\iTunes library folder.

  Verify under file > library > library organize the box to reorder the files is grayed out. In case contrary it check now and apply. It should reorganize and files located in ------------ form. He pourrait also move things out of unknown Artist\Unknown Album.

  Look for the entry in the library for one of the files that is still unknown Artist\Unknown Album and information. Check that album & artist are filled. What format is the file? A correction in the name of the song, for example to add an end of X. Assuming you have the possibility to keep organized activated now moves to the right folder? If so turn keep organized power off, then turn it back on it. Who should correct the other misplaced items.

  For more information about the ideal layout for your library, see make a library of portable split .

  TT2

• Deletion of albums of my iTunes library also removes the songs from these albums of my playlists

  Hello! I wonder if there is a way to delete albums of my iTunes library without removing songs from these albums of my playlists.

  I take my playlists seriously enough (because I know others do too) and would not that they be tampered with. The songs I have in them that I'm here for a reason and a lot of these songs are single whole albums I've saved in my iTunes library. I just recently the desire to clean my library because he got rather crowded with reckless decisions, but I can't do it until I have a solution. I'm glad that I remembered that this might affect my playlists before any serious damage was done.

  I still have to find a question like this or a setting that would allow me to do. Please help me if you have an idea of how to go on this subject! Thank you very much in advance

  No, you cannot delete an album on iTunes and at the same time not delete tracks. You could potentially change the details of the track so that less albums appear in the library, but I'm reluctant to even suggest that he. Data are always more easily thrown only recovered later.

  TT2

• You seem to have lost my iTunes library. The only albums I can find are those recently added

  You seem to have lost my iTunes library. The only available albums are those recently added.

  Turingtest2 CSA user help document: empty/corrupted iTunes after upgrade/crash library - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6561

  If you do not see your content after updating to iTunes - https://support.apple.com/kb/HT203225

• My iTunes library creates multiple listings for the same artist (spelled identically)

  I use iTunes for years and thought I knew how to do everything that I need in there and solve any problem that I've run across.  But in the last 10-14 days, he began to behave strangely, and I'm completely stumped.  I don't know if it's a problem with a new version, if maybe my library file has become corrupted, or if I'm missing something obvious, but as someone who spends hours meticulously entering all the right data to my iTunes library, that drives me crazy.

  For some reason any recently, iTunes has begun to create several artist registrations for a handful of artists in my library (in only general I have a LOT of material for.)  Thus, for example, when I scroll my iTunes under 'Artists' library I noticed that Bruce Springsteen four times:

  Bruce Springsteen (12 albums, songs of 234)

  Bruce Springsteen (16 albums, 201 songs)

  Bruce Springsteen (2 albums, 22 songs)

  Bruce Springsteen (2 albums, 41 song)

  It would be only incredibly annoying, but it actually divides some albums through multiple "artists" so that securities 1,4,6,7 will be an artist under a listing and the rest on another.

  I created a smart playlist with the criteria ' artist contains 'bruce' "selected all titles of springsteen and changed the artist on EACH of them to ensure that there is no variation in spelling or spacing.  It does not exist. (Springsteen is the worst offender, having four entries of artist, but there's another 3-4 artists who do the same thing)

  It drives me crazy because there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it, and it is debilitating to my efforts to clean and organize my library.  I try to avoid manually recharge all my music in iTunes I have dozens of playlists I've spent hours creating and would not have to start over on those.

  Any suggestions?

  You have already tried the first method, so try the other here:

  Fix split Album or artist listings in iTunes

• 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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• iTunes creates a photo album in iPhone that does not exist

  Hello.

  3 weeks before I create two albums photos App

  one called the summer 2015 and the other summer 2014.

  I accidentally put in the two albums the same pictures.

  Then I remove the 1 album on the left and photos app only summer 2015

  the strange thing is that when I sync my photos, it keeps creating the deleted album.

  I delete all the photos of the iPhone, and then synchronize the 1 album I keep and click ok.

  the next day, when I make a backup of the iPhone, iTunes had again created the deleted album

  Any thoughts?

  Thank you

  Try remove the iPod Photo Cache of your photo library will remove the double album.

  See this link: iTunes: understand the folder iPod Photo Cache

• iTunes Library on this Mac Audio GB GB vs

  Hello

  My iTunes says I have 73 GB of music, when I go to 'about this Mac' and look at the storage it says I have 127,16 GB of audio on my MacBook Pro (early 2011).

  Any thoughts on why there is such a difference.

  Thnaks

  Use the Finder to search on your Mac.  Looks like you have a lot of audio files that are not in your iTunes library.

• How can I find the music marked with an exclamation point in my itunes library?

  How can I find the music marked with an exclamation point in my itunes library?

  Hello there rdgernnr!

  I certainly don't want to find the songs that show the "!" and get them to play correctly. If you have not yet done it, read this article: If you see an exclamation point next to your items in iTunes - Apple Support

  More precisely:

  Correct the path of the media file

  Follow these steps to help find the correct location of the file iTunes media:

  1. In iTunes on your Mac or PC, select the song, album, movie, or television show that has the exclamation next to him.
  2. In the MenuBar at the top of your screen, computer or at the top of the iTunes window choose Edition > read the information.
     If you are using Windows and you don't see the menu bar, Learn how to turn it on.
  3. When you see a message asking if you want to locate the file, click search.
     • If you know the location of the file, point to it iTunes and try to read your content.
     • If you do not know the location of the file, search for it:
       Mac: Press ⌘ and space control your keyboard, and then type the name of the movie title, app, song, album or artist.
       Windows: Press the Windows on your keyboard, and then type the name of the movie title, app, song, album or artist. If your keyboard does not have a Windows key, press the Escape (Esc) and control (Ctrl) on your keyboard.
     • If the file is on a network drive or external, plug on the volume of disk or external network.
     • If you find your objects in the trash or recycle bin, restore them to their previous location:
       Mac: Control-click or right-click on the item and choose put back.
       Windows: Right-click on the item and choose restore.
  4. Once you retrieve the file, use Get new Info to locate the file, and then point iTunes to the correct location.

  See you soon!

• ITunes library and duplicate the items and folders of Windows Explrr

  I have a 2 or 3 General questions on iTunes.  I download all my iTunes on a PC and play really.  That is why the questions about iTunes folders in Windows Explorer.

  1 how to produce duplicates in the library?  I have loads.  I saw the advice to remove them.  This helps a little but it's still a task to be piecemeal.    How to stop what is happening in the first place?

  2 in addition to the duplicates.  Last night I went in Windows Explorer on the PC that I use to download and play iTunes and entered the iTunes Media/Music folder.   I walked carefully each folder album deleting duplicate here.   However, on opening iTunes itself today, duplicates all seem to be still there in the library list.   Why it did not work?  ITunes is not loading the content of this folder?  If this is not the case, why I was informed to support?

  3 What does the symbol of iCloud next to some of the tunes?  If I run the cursor over them, it says 'download '.   But surely I downloaded it when I bought and added to my library?    Why should I download it again?  That this symbol that the melody in question can not play if the PC is offline?

  4 one of the songs in my library list appeared today in my Windows Explorer iTunes Media/Music folder.   I can I have accidentally deleted while I was removing the duplicates it and have now downloaded it in the album in this folder.    Probably so, iTunes library does not constantly in the folder of music on a Windows PC?    He only takes over here if the backup is necessary?

  If so OK but other files appear in the library that do not exist and he asks me if I want to find the file?

  I guess that my confusion stems from the assumption that the iTunes Media/Music in Windows Explorer folder should indicate precisely what will appear in the library in the app.

  Vondegru,

  With regard to questions 2 and 4: iTunes does not automatically "load" all the files in the folders.  You can do an analysis of initial unique optional optional when you install iTunes, which will add all are compatible files in the iTunes library.  After that, files not added unless you take action to add.

• Music 'Show' hidden it reveals no Mac iTunes library but on iPhone music and currently visible downloads in the library are listed in iTunes 'Purchases hidden' - what?

  I'm maybe just confused as to how it works, but I noticed that there was an album or two in my "Hidden purchases" that were not in my library iTunes MacBook Pro, so I unhid them - now they are gone from my hidden purchases but do not show up in my library; but they do not go to my iPhone music app. What is everything?

  Also, several recent purchases, I've done from iTunes that are in my MacBook Pro iTunes library can be found simultaneously in the hidden buy - why they are supposed to be hidden if they are not hidden?

  Really, I just want those purchased earlier albums in my library that are not currently uploaded - I tried "Check for available downloads" and nothing happened-, it would seem that I their unhid into oblivion.

  Any ideas?

  Display, reveals your shopping list, it doesn't download again them. That you will have to do it yourself.

• Reconstruction of the iTunes library

  Is it possible to rebuild the iTunes library that you can rebuild the iPhoto and photo libraries? I tried now down the command and option/alt keys while opening iTunes and that didn't work. I lost a lot of my album art and I was wondering if a reconstruction would help. With the help of iTunes 12.4.1.

  Initial post to retrieve the work:

  Retrieve Music Album art

  Bump.

• Backing Up iTunes library match disc kept on external

  I thought iTunes game to give me more space on my MacBook. After reading of do and keep a backup of your iTunes library and only flows from the cloud, I think that to understand the process of creating the library on an external drive. Like iTunes game isn't like an online backup, I wonder how those who have an iTunes library and to keep them on an external drive, make the choice to save this library. My hypothesis is that it can no longer be backed up with Time Machine and who, in fact, it would be finally crushed on Time backup Machine.

  And, a follow-up on the subject that I linked above, a section reads, "then close iTunes and open it again while holding the Option key and choose"new library". In the empty library do not let iTunes scan for new content but activate iTunes game. Let the full scan. Now you will see all your music in the cloud and power to listen. "This empty library is created on the external MacBook rather than on the hard drive? I don't see a response button for the answer on the page of the subject.

  claybeez says:

  And, a follow-up on the subject that I linked above, a section reads, "then close iTunes and open it again while holding the Option key and choose"new library". In the empty library do not let iTunes scan for new content but activate iTunes game. Let the full scan. Now you will see all your music in the cloud and power to listen. "This empty library is created on the external MacBook rather than on the hard drive? I don't see a response button for the answer on the page of the subject.

  Hello

  I changed the above highlighted above as follows:

  "In the empty library go to preferences and check iCloud music library." Now you will see all your music in the cloud and power to listen. »

  The new library should be created on your computer.

  claybeez says:

  My hypothesis is that it can no longer be backed up with Time Machine and who, in fact, it would be finally crushed on Time backup Machine.

  Fix.  The backup will be on the drive external hard, but you can include the external hard drive in your time machine upwards.

  Jim

• I can't change the location of the iTunes library

  I used iTunes with my Mac Mini, and all the music and video have been stored in the main hard drive. As I added a 120 GB SSD inside the Mini and installed OS X (El Capitan) in it, I want to change the default location my iTunes library in the folder iTunes, in the old disk, because I want only the OS X and applications of this SSD because its space is short. But when I go into iTunes preferences I change the location of the media file, iTunes nothing happens. In the iTunes folder, I found the following:

  A folder called Album art

  A folder called automatically added to iTunes

  Files (all grayed out):

  iTunes Library Extras.itdb

  iTunes Libraty Genius.itdb

  The iTunes Music folder

  A class (grayed) called: iTunes Music Library.xml

  A folder called Mobile Applications

  A folder called Previous iTunes Libraries

  Any help? I tried several options but I could not.

  First of all make sure that you really understand what is a library. It is not the location of the media file.  That just tells iTunes where to store any media added from there.  For most people, a library is all the contents of the iTunes folder.

  Looks like your old drive still has various parameters of authorization in this regard.  On my other computer, I used several discs and in the window of Finder read information for each player, I've marked to ignore permissions on my data drives.

• Windows Vista (damaged) iTunes library

  I have a PC with Windows Vista. My iTunes has about 8000 songs in my library. Most have been burned CDs, mp3 Youtube and a few itunes purchases.

  About 3500 are grouped into playlists. Only my playlists are synced to an iPod classic.

  I think that this old PC can be buggy and two nights ago, there was a question C: drive which

  the "repaired" computer itself - took a few hours...

  Today, I burned a few songs from the CD to add to my itunes library.

  Now these two CD accounts for almost my entire library - I can also find a few old Itunes purchases

  in the iTunes library.  But 95% of the library is "gone".

  There is a folder called Itunes library (damaged) which has 2.5 MB. I suspect that this is my previous library and playlists.

  I can't get it open.

  I really want to restore the entire library and transfer it to a new PC w Windows 10.

  Can anyone help?

  The song files are probably still stored on your computer.  The "damage" was to your file to iTunes (the one marked as "damaged") library database.  The iTunes Library.itl file is what keeps track of songs (and other media) in your iTunes library and where their media files are stored.  If it is damaged, iTunes creates a new (empty) iTunes library database file.  Real media files are not in the iTunes library file, they are stored elsewhere.

  I think that this old PC can be buggy and two nights ago, there was a question C: drive which

  the "repaired" computer itself - took an hour or two.

  NOTE: If there are general data corruption, it may have also affected some of your media files (not only your iTunes library database file).

  The default location (for your iTunes media files) is account user music (or music), and then in the iTunes folder in your folder.  Using Windows Explorer, to see if you have a folder called iTunes Media to this place (it can be called iTunes Music).  If you do, look inside to find your song files, organized by media type, then artist name and album name.  If you use default iTunes, songs that you imported to CD via iTunes should be there.  Songs purchased from iTunes Store should be at this place.  The song files added from an external source (not directly imported from CD or iTunes Store) may or may not be stored at this location.

  I really want to restore the entire library and transfer it to a new PC w Windows 10.

  When you find your music files, copy them to a disk of a certain type.  On the new computer, run iTunes.  Go to the Advanced iTunes preferences pane.  There is a setting here to copy files to the iTunes folder when adding to Library Media.  I think that the option is not checked by default for Windows, but you should check in your case.  The other setting to keep iTunes Media folder organized must also be checked, if it isn't already.

  Show your music library in the iTunes window.  In the external drive with your song files, drag the song files or folders containing music files to the iTunes window and the drop.  iTunes adds all the compatible media files it finds in your new iTunes library.  Alternatively, instead of drag and drop, you can use the Add to library iTunes command in menu bar, under file.

  NOTE: This adds only your old media files to a new iTunes library.  Data such as playlists, ratings, number of coin, date added, etc are not transferred.  If you want to retrieve these data support, you can get it back on the old PC.  Please report if you want to try to do, instead of just transfer your media files to the new PC.