iTunes Library damaged

[kboller07]

Hey I was wondering if someone could help me with iTunes. I have the latest one installed on a macbook pro. But every so often it says library crashed and everything deletes. I had a copied version of the itunes library before when it was working fine but even when i use that instead it says damaged and changes the name to itunes library damaged. I delete everything and add the songs all over again and they work fine but when I shut down itunes and restart it says that its damaged again. The last time I had to reinstall os x so it would stop acting funny. But 4 days later its at it again. Does anyone have any ideas?
Anything would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BurtonCCC]

Hey I was wondering if someone could help me with iTunes. I have the latest one installed on a macbook pro. But every so often it says library crashed and everything deletes. I had a copied version of the itunes library before when it was working fine but even when i use that instead it says damaged and changes the name to itunes library damaged. I delete everything and add the songs all over again and they work fine but when I shut down itunes and restart it says that its damaged again. The last time I had to reinstall os x so it would stop acting funny. But 4 days later its at it again. Does anyone have any ideas?
Anything would be greatly appreciated.

Even one corrupted file can crash your entire library. My question would be... where do you get your music?

Daniel.

 

[mad jew]

Even pirated music shouldn't really corrupt your library. Do you have any themes, add ons or widgets associated with iTunes? 🙂

 

[eRondeau]

Repair permissions. It couldn't hurt.

 

[telecomm]

Have you tried the steps here to rebuild the library (rather than just reuse a copy of the troublesome library).

 

[kboller07]

I think its when I use quicktime to play a nuked video file that I downloaded. It damages itunes and resets my dock and all of my applications. There is no real alternative but to reinstall mac os x.

 

[iBenzin]

If you set up for iTunes to copy all your music in to Music folder, then just delete the corrupt iTunes Library Data File and set up a new library to reimport from the Music>iTunes Folder.

 

[islandman]

If you set up for iTunes to copy all your music in to Music folder, then just delete the corrupt iTunes Library Data File and set up a new library to reimport from the Music>iTunes Folder.

And then make a backup of your iTunes Library at least weekly, or when you make major imports.