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iTunes Deleted 4 Years Worth of Music... D:
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I'm afraid not... if I did, I wouldn't be freaking out. I need this music back because it's how I learn music for my job, I really can't afford to spend time getting it all back one track at a time...
they will allow this but only once.
what happens if you put everything back into the internal into the itunes music folder. then redo the path in itunes.
once this gets solved i highly recommend you get an external hard drive and back everything up lol
they will allow this but only once.
what happens if you put everything back into the internal into the itunes music folder. then redo the path in itunes.
once this gets solved i highly recommend you get an external hard drive and back everything up lol
When I tried to put some songs back into my internal hard drive (instead of my entire library at once), it said the files are no longer located where i copied them from.. but they're physically still there, i'm looking at them! i moved them to my external hard drive in the first place because i didn't have any more room on my internal hard drive.
this has been a tough one to solve lol
the only thing i can think of is go on apple support and do express lane
https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.do
Honestly, it seems like these are "fake" files. They're not corrupt, but they won't play and my computer pretty much says they don't exist... I guess I've got to start from scratch, huh?
try and play it in another program like windows media player, if they dont play then i would say yea. call apple support and redownload then back them up in some way.
I did.. it didn't work. Unfortunately, I didn't purchase this music *cough*... If I were to delete a large amount of files and direct it to the recycle bin, but it doesn't fit.. where exactly does it go?
they go into the recycling bin and if they dont fit they just wont into it. when you empty the recycling bin it gets erased out of the computers hard drive.
Thanks
Yes! it's all there, every single one.. and i put them back into iTunes. I also made an extra back up folder on my external just in case this ever happens again haha.
Yes! it's all there, every single one.. and i put them back into iTunes. I also made an extra back up folder on my external just in case this ever happens again haha.
It's stuff like this that makes me wish you could just drag and drop music and videos directly onto the iPhone without having to go through a middleware software like iTunes.
It's so much simpler. I don't need iTunes to organize my media for me. I have it organized just fine. Just let me drag the folder directly onto the iPhone Apple, without having to use iTunes.
It's stuff like this that makes me wish you could just drag and drop music and videos directly onto the iPhone without having to go through a middleware software like iTunes.
It's so much simpler. I don't need iTunes to organize my media for me. I have it organized just fine. Just let me drag the folder directly onto the iPhone Apple, without having to use iTunes.
i totally agree with you.. while i spent the last 3 hours trying to resolve an issue that essentially fixed itself, i could have been doing a plethora of other things... like sleeping. thank you, apple. -_-
thanks for your help, and everyone else.
If you set your iPhone to manually manage media, instead of syncing, you can do this. You still need to open up iTunes, but instead of dragging your media files to the main Music Library, drag them directly onto your iPhone. They get copied to the iPhone without being imported into iTunes. At least, this worked back on iTunes 8 or 9. Been a while since I last did it.
For those of us with sizable libraries, the ability to create Smart Playlists which sync to the iDevice is well worth the relative inconvenience of having to sync through iTunes. For example, a playlist which syncs to my iPad that includes songs rated 3 stars or more, limited to tracks which have been played at least once, and not exceeding XXGB (whatever capacity I have remaining on the device) favoring songs most recently played, etc. Really useful, considering that the largest capacity iOS device out there is a scant 64GB.
It's stuff like this that makes me wish you could just drag and drop music and videos directly onto the iPhone without having to go through a middleware software like iTunes.
It's so much simpler. I don't need iTunes to organize my media for me. I have it organized just fine. Just let me drag the folder directly onto the iPhone Apple, without having to use iTunes.
If you call Apple support they will give you a one time redownload of all your purchased media...while they don't back up your purchases they do keep a record of your download history...if you have Apple Care and can call the support line they will explain how this works...my situation was that I bought a new PC and wanted my purchased items transferred from old to new
This is the main thing I hate about iTunes. If you don't know much about how this program works, you have NO idea where iTunes puts all your music.
I have ALL my music in (as an example) c:\Ripped folder and point iTunes to store everything there (AND as mp3 files). When I rip my own CDs, they go there as well.
This directory is easily backed up with my regular routine and I'm in control of the files, not iTunes.
Personally, I'd move everything you've got to a sensible place (such as above) and point iTunes there. (back them up first)
I have ALL my music in (as an example) c:\Ripped folder and point iTunes to store everything there (AND as mp3 files). When I rip my own CDs, they go there as well.
This directory is easily backed up with my regular routine and I'm in control of the files, not iTunes.
Personally, I'd move everything you've got to a sensible place (such as above) and point iTunes there. (back them up first)
It's stuff like this that makes me wish you could just drag and drop music and videos directly onto the iPhone without having to go through a middleware software like iTunes.
It's so much simpler. I don't need iTunes to organize my media for me. I have it organized just fine. Just let me drag the folder directly onto the iPhone Apple, without having to use iTunes.
I'd like to be able to drag and drop media to my iPhone without iTunes as well. Mainly for when I'm using a computer other then my main, etc..
I find iTunes very simple. I have a digital library I've been adding to for over 10 years. Can't think of an simpler way to get things sorted.
Glad OP got their stuff back. Weird.