[iTunes] Lost 'Date Added' on iTunes

[James Paul Manley]

How about your back-up file? You do make back-up files don't you?
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James Paul Manley
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On Mar 16, 2007, at 10:15 AM, James Hubbell wrote:

> For some reason my iMac 4 running 10.2.8 repopulated iTunes due to  
> a loss of power.  When the power came on (even with battery back- 
> up, the programs took a hit) iTunes did a reload of all songs -  
> 16,000+.
>
> When finished I got a message that "the file iTunes Library does  
> not appear to be a valid music file.  iTunes has attempted to  
> recover your music library and renamed this file to iTunes Library  
> (Damaged)".
>
> Everything appears OK except the 'date added' for all tunes is  
> 3-07-07.  I need the previous dates from the damaged file and  
> wonder if there's a way to get them back?
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.