[iTunes] Lost Contents of Playlists

Anthony Connors ajc717 at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 3 12:00:41 PST 2004


> This problem continues to drive me crazy. If I
> simply copy my entire 
> iTunes folder from my back-up to my main drive, the
> songs are all 
> listed in the Library, and the playlists are
> complete, but the links to 
> all of the songs are broken and I get the "the
> original file could not 
> be found" message. If I use the "Add to Library"
> command, and select 
> the iTunes folder from my back-up, the songs are
> installed with the 
> links intact, but the playlists don't show up. If I
> then copy the music 
> library file, the playlists appear, but all of the
> links to the songs 
> are broken. What the bleep?? Is there a way to
> repair the links to the 
> songs without having to go through one by one? And
> yes, I tried the 
> "Consolidate Library" command; this resulted in an
> additional, 
> linked-up copy of each song in my library; if I got
> rid of the 
> non-linked songs, my playlists went away also.
> 
> Help!
> 
> William Hill
> 
> 
Apple took a large hit by pursuing the MP3 Market.
They engineered one way recording of Audio
formats...Hope this helps!!


		
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