Where did my music go?!

[AutumnDae]

I went to get some music playing....and I opened iTunes. And none of my music is in my library. There are absolutely no songs. What could have possibly happened?!

[Aηdy]

Have a look in your music folder, there should be a folder inside that named itunes, and your music should be in there!

[AutumnDae]

When I opened that folder up, there's nothing inside of it.

I swear, if this is Forrest's fault, he is being......erm, hit very hard.

[Aηdy]

Hmm, it check your recycle bin. If there's nothing there then I think you should start having some words with that brother of yours!

[AutumnDae]

There's nothing in my recycling bin! Just.....shoot me.

And I've already had a screaming match with him in which I called him some things that I won't repeat here. He's in his room sulking and staying away from me because I threatened to punch him.

[Aηdy]

Ohh!

I can't remember what it's called but do you have that thing where you can like go back in time (assuming you're on a Mac)?

[AutumnDae]

I have no idea if I have that, if I knew the name of it I could tell you. And yes, I am on a Mac.

[Aηdy]

i think it's called time capsule. i dont know a lot about mac's though, so you may not have it lol

[AutumnDae]

Nope, I don't have anything of the sort.

[Aηdy]

did you buy the music off itunes?
if so i'm pretty sure you can download the music again. i know it's a pain but at least you're not wasting money

[AutumnDae]

I bought some, but not all of it.

[ShatteredWings]

Did you by chance move the music files? iTunes would make you re-add the files when you move 'em. Hate it when that happens.

Also, check purchase history, anything you bought should be there

[AutumnDae]

;491650']Did you by chance move the music files? iTunes would make you re-add the files when you move 'em. Hate it when that happens.

Also, check purchase history, anything you bought should be there

They haven't been moved.

And I'd love to check my purchase history. Except under the store, I have.....: iTunes store and shopping cart. No Purchased category.

[ShatteredWings]

Hm, my purchase is fucked up too.. it only has one song in it.


Do you have the files backed on your computer / on your ipod? you could re-copy them into the library

[AutumnDae]

I don't think I have them backed on my computer.....but they are all on my iPod. Well, most of them. The ones that aren't on my iPod are unimportant.

[ShatteredWings]

yeah you can plug your iPod in and copy the music off it on to your comp and to the library

that'll work :D

[AutumnDae]

;491672']yeah you can plug your iPod in and copy the music off it on to your comp and to the library

that'll work :D

And how might I do that? My iPod is currently plugged in. The little "Are you sure you want to sync the iPod? All music will be erased and replaced with the current iTunes library" came up, so I hit don't sync. It's charging at the moment.

[ShatteredWings]

highlight everything, hit the combnation ctrl-c, and then right click , hit paste into your library
or desktop

[AutumnDae]

Highlight everything from where?

I'm terribly sorry that I'm so pathetically stupid haha.

[ShatteredWings]

Click on the first song...
hold the shift key and go to the last one
they shoudl all be highlighted in blue

[AutumnDae]

I can't click on the songs....They are all....faded, like not clickable. Like from a menu, some are bold black, some are gray, you can't click they gray ones. I can't click these.

[BuryYourFlame]

o.O ok...from experience...you cant copy sings from the ipod into itunes...my guitar teacher gave me some songs straight to my ipod...cant even click them in itunes...i have no idea where your songs might have gone...but if you cant find them soon...i suggest browsing the web for a downloadable data recovery system

[Sugaree]

Why not just go to your music folder and add the stuff that was on your iPod before it got hosed?

[Curthose93]

Why not just go to your music folder and add the stuff that was on your iPod before it got hosed?

Did you not pay any attention to any other posts at all?

[TigerLily]

o.O ok...from experience...you cant copy sings from the ipod into itunes...

You can, but you have to download this software (its safe, ive had it for ages) called EphPod - download it and then u can copy all ur music straight from ur ipod, it even organises it into folders for you :)

http://www.ephpod.com/

Hope this helps :)

[AutumnDae]

Why not just go to your music folder and add the stuff that was on your iPod before it got hosed?

Great idea, why didn't I think of that? Oh wait......the folder is empty.

[Sugaree]

Sorry, I replied too quickly. I was in a rush to get something else done.

Have you tried deleting the files and then re-adding them to your computer then adding them to your iPod? That might work. This has happened to me before and I had to rip quite a good deal of my music back on my computer.

[ShatteredWings]

OH! Duh

When you plug it in, on the main page, check the "manualy manage songs" button

maybe then it'll let you have the songs on your iPod coppy-able

[AutumnDae]

Sorry, I replied too quickly. I was in a rush to get something else done.

Have you tried deleting the files and then re-adding them to your computer then adding them to your iPod? That might work. This has happened to me before and I had to rip quite a good deal of my music back on my computer.
What files might I be deleting? The music files? They're gone. I can't find them on my computer.....

;492348']OH! Duh

When you plug it in, on the main page, check the "manualy manage songs" button

maybe then it'll let you have the songs on your iPod coppy-able

And I was thinking about that, it might work. I will try it a bit later when Forrest is done using that computer.

[Donkey]

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967 ?

[Bryan B]

Nope, I don't have anything of the sort.

Use Time Capsule, so when this happens you can have a Backup.

[Aηdy]

iTunes doesn't allow you to copy songs from your iPod to iTunes (which is crap) but there is third party software that you can get to do this.

[Aneklusmos]

Use iRip. Or iPod rip. Worked for me when I copied some songs off a school comp but wanted a back up