itunes damaged library...
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- BANKattack
Hey y'all:
It's happened before and I fixed it after reading a step-by-step on the internets, but now I can't seem to find it.
Can someone point me to or walk me through restoring the playlists and files in itunes if the library says it's damaged? It's really simple, I just don't remember what I did.
Thanks in advance
- lvl_130
are we talking like hundreds of tracks missing?
- MSL0
http://discussions.apple.com/thr…
Have a gander there.
- BANKattack0
MSL - Found it! fyi...
1.Quit iTunes.
2. Copy the largest, most recent library from the "Previous itunes library" folder to desktop. It will have a date appended to its name.
3. New default iTunes library and iTunes Library.xml files are created in the iTunes folder if you restarted iTunes when it couldn't read your preferred library. The itunes library file has an itunes logo on it and the iTunes Library.xml file is a text document. Trash these two new files. Don't bother with other Library files in sub-folders, because just the two top level Library files are read by the app.
4. Drag the library file from the desktop back into the iTunes Music folder. The file should be renamed just "iTunes Library" -- Don't worry about not adding a replacement iTunes Library.xml file - a new one will automatically regenerate if the iTunes Library can be read.
5. Start iTunes and ta-da...Hopefully that'll do it. Do something to celebrate, I was so stoked i signed up for this discussion to share what worked for me... Help a neighbor, or do something nice...
- BANKattack0
itunes sucks btw
- shitehawke0
Or, just open the 'iTunes Library' file in text edit (or similar program) and select all and delete.
Start up iTunes and it will try to read the now empty file, then it will ask to rebuild the library based on the xml file so if this is ok, it'll keep all yer playlists etc sorted. Fucked up my iTunes at the weekend and spent most of Saturday doing this. Goddamn iTunes.