New iTunes update ... FVCK YOU APPLE

[dan7532 10+ year member]

So...just did an itunes update, rebooted comp, launched new itunes ... library empty. I AM SO HAPPY I LOST 80 GIGS OF MUSIC!

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[arsonbob 10+ year member]

Rofl

 

[clubcar13 10+ year member]

if the ipod itself still has the music... download a program called podutil and it will rip all the songs for free.

 

[Rookie_80 10+ year member]

So...just did an itunes update, rebooted comp, launched new itunes ... library empty. I AM SO HAPPY I LOST 80 GIGS OF MUSIC!

no backup?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

pwn

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

You didn't have the files located some were else on your computer?

 

[DownSouth954 10+ year member]

if the ipod itself still has the music... download a program called podutil and it will rip all the songs for free.

I never knew about this. Thanks!

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

You probably didn't lose the music, just the XML file that stores the database, look where you stored the music, if its still there just add it to the library.

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

The music is still on my ipod, hard drive, and a backup on the external hard drive, but I don't have an XML backup. Last time this happened, I just imported all of the music without using an XML file and most of the song tags/titles were messed up. Last time I only had 2,000 songs, not 15,000. UGH. I tried restoring my library AND the "previous itunes library" backup and neither did anything. Any suggestions?

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

you can take em off the ipod...

 

[ebrunn 10+ year member]

try to hold clt or option or whatever when you double click the icon so you can try and select the library file.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

Nice avatar

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

if the ipod itself still has the music... download a program called podutil and it will rip all the songs for free.

Thanks for this and all of the help guys. I really do appreciate it. I will go this route if there is no simpler way of restoring.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

just view the ipod like a drive, go to "show hidden", and then in the itunes library, click add files/folders and drag it all back in. Just did that to my gf's 33 gigs of music.

 

[T9X 10+ year member]

pwn

I believe losing 80gb is more like PWN!