iTunes fucked me big time!
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- moural0
Wouldn't it take longer than "all of a sudden" to actually delete 20gb worth of stuff?
- rockdog0
- logged into the other account
- pointed itunes to the itunes music folder on external harddrive
- no files did show up
- copied my own library file in the itunes folder of the other account, files showed up, but some had immediatley the questionmark
- connected her iphone, sync some files
- the realized, that quite a few files are "physically" gone, not in my itunes folder, not in the other accounts itunes folder, not on the external harddrive
:-(- I take it you've viewed hidden files?Jnr_Madison
- i browsed through the hardrive with terminal... couldn't spot any hidden files. drives me nuts.rockdog
- ah well, was worth a look I guess.Jnr_Madison
- Btw, what's your favorite euphomism for that splendid anomoly, the whale tail?mg33
- MrOneHundred0
I’m sure I posted in here just before.
If it’s all purchased music, iTunes Store will remember that you have already purchased it when you re-download.
- Are you suggesting her files were nuked by DRM? An interesting hypothesis Mr One Hundred.kingsteven
- (Ernst Stavro Blofeld voice for thon second line plz)kingsteven
- haha.MrOneHundred
- rafalski0
The new account might have started organizing the files, also there might've been some drm issues. Were disappeared files drm'ed? It's good to switch "keep itunes folder organized" off when pointing to an existing and used library.
I would go with this to a mac nerd forum, this one is for luddites.I actually did some research earlier today on iTunes library sharing. Normally I'd point her account to my folder, uncheck "keep organized" and import all music in place. It would miss covers, but would be fairly complete. However, every new song would have to be imported twice, on each account.
I found this today, haven't tried yet:
http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/…
http://lifehacker.com/software/f…
- TheBIueOne0
Look at all you guys and your fancy apple gear....
- one retard fucks up and suddenly apple gear sucks? try again bluebble butLIoyd
- you get more retarded everyday.TheBIueOne
- boobs0
What's the past tense of dribe? Dribben?
Whoever has dribben their tongue up my ass, please dribe it out again.
- invisiblechamber0
diskwarrior once rescued a lot of my files from a major fuckup hard crash-empty drive.
- 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.
- horton0
meh. 20Gbs ain't nothing to lose sleep over... i wouldn't bother with file recovery, if they really are gone.
cue up some downloads, go get a beer... your library will be restored in no time.
- 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
- 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.