itunes HELP!!!

rbmorris

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14 Jul 07

rbmorris

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Joined: 13 Apr 04
Moves: 100353

14 Jul 07

WTF??? All my playlists suddenly disappeared! (All the original tunes are still there, but the playlists are GONE!) I had hundreds of albums neatly organized...anyone have any idea what's up?

Eternal gratitude promised for any solutions.

Thanks!

-R

P.S. Already tried a "system restore"--no luck.

rmacken

Joined: 18 May 05
Moves: 38549

14 Jul 07

Originally posted by rbmorris
WTF??? All my playlists suddenly disappeared! (All the original tunes are still there, but the playlists are GONE!) I had hundreds of albums neatly organized...anyone have any idea what's up?

Eternal gratitude promised for any solutions.

Thanks!

-R

P.S. Already tried a "system restore"--no luck.

Not too sure, what does it say in your Library when you open itunes?

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14 Jul 07

Originally posted by rbmorris
WTF??? All my playlists suddenly disappeared! (All the original tunes are still there, but the playlists are GONE!) I had hundreds of albums neatly organized...anyone have any idea what's up?

Eternal gratitude promised for any solutions.

Thanks!

-R

P.S. Already tried a "system restore"--no luck.

can't you organise all your songs into album order through the entire library? (top menu and sort by album thats how i do mine)

Thomas

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14 Jul 07

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Originally posted by rbmorris
WTF??? All my playlists suddenly disappeared! (All the original tunes are still there, but the playlists are GONE!) I had hundreds of albums neatly organized...anyone have any idea what's up?

Eternal gratitude promised for any solutions.

Thanks!

-R

P.S. Already tried a "system restore"--no luck.

Do a search for .ITL files, and you should come across files in a directory called "Previous iTunes Libraries" with names like "iTunes Library 2007-04-24.ITL"

You should then be able to import the most recent one into iTunes.

D

eamon o

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14 Jul 07

"system restore" should have wiped it out, but i have a friend who lost her entire collection on itunes for no apparent reason.
itunes is a wind-up. its so protectionist.

rmacken

Joined: 18 May 05
Moves: 38549

14 Jul 07

Originally posted by eamon o
"system restore" should have wiped it out, but i have a friend who lost her entire collection on itunes for no apparent reason.
itunes is a wind-up. its so protectionist.

I have my itunes backed up with a folder in "my documents" incase of this fatality

rhb

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14 Jul 07

I've noticed tunes gradually dissapearing from my playlists until some are empty. Seems to have happened since upgrading to iTunes 6 or 7 back whenever that was done.

Just about given up on them tbh.

rbmorris

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14 Jul 07

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
Do a search for .ITL files, and you should come across files in a directory called "Previous iTunes Libraries" with names like "iTunes Library 2007-04-24.ITL"

You should then be able to import the most recent one into iTunes.

D

Thanks, I don't think I have any old ITL files, though. I only found the most recent one.

I think I'm eff'd. 😞

rmacken

Joined: 18 May 05
Moves: 38549

14 Jul 07

Originally posted by rbmorris
Thanks, I don't think I have any old ITL files, though. I only found the most recent one.

I think I'm eff'd. 😞

Have you ever shut your computer down when you have been upgrading itunes??

rbmorris

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14 Jul 07

Originally posted by rmacken
Have you ever shut your computer down when you have been upgrading itunes??

I'm not sure. I don't think so. Are you saying that could cause this sort of thing? What a friggin' nightmare.

Let this be a lesson, kids. Stay in school and back up your files. 😳

pawnfondler

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15 Jul 07

im really anal about my catalogin so when I put new songs in the catalouge i make sre to fill in album artist what genre I deem it and all that nonsense. So i can always find.