iPod touch Accidentally deleted my entire iTunes library HELP!

[chrisowenn]

Hey guys,

So basically earlier today I somehow managed to delete my entire iTunes library. By this I mean that on my MacBook I managed to delete all the music files for every song, so that when I now try to play the songs on my laptop iTunes tells me that the files could not be located. I do still however have all the music on my iPod, so my question is can I somehow transfer all the data and files from my iPod back onto my MacBook?

Any help at all would be much appreciated, this is an absolutely horrifying situation.

Thank you!

 

[inselstudent]

I'm sure Google would help you

 

[chrisrosemusic1]

Hey guys,

So basically earlier today I somehow managed to delete my entire iTunes library. By this I mean that on my MacBook I managed to delete all the music files for every song, so that when I now try to play the songs on my laptop iTunes tells me that the files could not be located. I do still however have all the music on my iPod, so my question is can I somehow transfer all the data and files from my iPod back onto my MacBook?

Any help at all would be much appreciated, this is an absolutely horrifying situation.

Thank you!

'Somehow' being that you deleted the iTunes media folder then. You can't transfer back from an iPod I'm afraid. It literally is a case of importing/downloading all of your collection again. This is why a time machine backup is essential - you could plug in and replace all of the music again hassle free.

 

[xlii]

If you purchased music from the iTunes store read this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

If your music is from CDs you will need to rip then again.

This is an example as to why we all need to have a backup of our files.

 

[baypharm]

Can't you use Senuti?

 

[Night Spring]

If you have access to a PC try ifunbox.

 

[Flynnstone]

Have you checked the trash?

 

[chrisowenn]

Thank you baypharm for suggesting Senuti, life saver! Now made a backup of the media folder and turned on Time Machine to prevent anything like this happening ever again, thanks guys!

 

[chumawumba]

Command + Z

 

[old-wiz]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't do a simple backup so they can easily recover from an accidental delete.

Recently I got confused in Disk Utility and deleted my system backup from an external firewire 800 disk...however I had a duplicate backup on another disk in a filing cabinet. I didn't lose anything other than an hour to recover the backup from the backup of the backup.