iTunes fucked me big time!
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- Jaline0
That sucks. There's nothing you can do except learn. Make sure to back up all those files.
This has happened to me a few times, especially since I tend to permanently delete music from my playlists (which means they are also gone from the "music" folder) rather than get rid of the song on the playlist only.
- pr20
My experience with iTunes lasted about 20 min. Downloaded, installed, played with it, told myself "this shit just ain't right", uninstalled it.
WinAmp all the way.
- horton0
this is how i've been using itunes for years, never had any issues:
turn off itunes file management.
turn off itunes copy files to library.
leave your library in the default user/ home location. just the core itdb files and podcast mp3swill be stored here.
drag and drop all your mp3's from your preferred location (other drive, folder, external, whatever) straight into the itunes library.
easy. managing 420GB of music like this. no complaints whatsoever.
if my playlists or library gets royally fucked for some reason, i know exactly where my mp3 files are, and i just empty the library within itunes and dump it all back in. you might lose playcount info and rating crap but who cares.
- oh and this also allows me to have access to mp3s stored in multiple locations...horton
- ie. all my "incoming" mp3s are on a different DLs dedicated disk.horton
- Nice setup!kgvs72
- This is how I do it. Plenty of comments and Smart Playlists. Meta Data = FUN!MrOneHundred
- this is the same as i do.anxiousarms
- kgvs720
Have you tried recovering?
- boobs0
Just go to the Time Machine, where you back up your hard drive, and get all that shit back.
- tommyo0
Files are never truly 'gone.' The OS just deletes the reference to them and then those sectors are marked to be over-writeable when new data is stored. Run a data recovery program like Data Rescue on it and you'll find em. How do you think people find your top secret naked wife/girlfriend jpg stashes on your old computer?
P.S. $2,000 and I'll sell them back to you. :)
- Raniator0
You are backing up with Time Machine right? Jog on then son, sort it out...
- digdre0
bummer!
- rockdog0
I just used Data Rescue II. I think I got almost everything back. Lots of filenames r in a mess, but anyway...
There were DRM protected and free files gone.@rafalski I think you r right, the only explanation, is that her account started to delete the library, because account and iphone were not associated with...
thanx everybody who was trying to help.
- moth0
External HD's are like 50 quid. I always back one up to the other....
- Horp0
I really like the word 'dribe'.
- boobs0
What's the past tense of dribe? Dribben?
Whoever has dribben their tongue up my ass, please dribe it out again.
- waterhouse0
That DRM thing is bureaucratic bullshit. Like an asshole, I downloaded a CD on iTunes once. Put my music on my computer at work. Got a replacement PC recently and I get a message today telling me something like "you have one computer left to enjoy your music on." I'm paraphrasing here but what a rip-off - for a dollar per track.
Seriously, I respect Apple for their advancements like many of you do, but this feels to be an immense slap in the face. If Amazon is currently offering more for less, is Apple taking a nap with the iTunes store? But to seriously cut the bullshit, nothing beats torrents. Arrest me.
- No, I'm not over fifty.
Yes, I feel better.waterhouse - are you hipster scum?Point5
- No, I'm not over fifty.
- MrOneHundred0
Apple have just started removing DRM from iTunes Music Store, I believe.