[iTunes] disappearing podcasts!

[Becca]

Ken: is there some way to get the "get" button back so I can re-download?? 

how do I create a new library? I'm not sure I understand draging from one library to another.

It's quite possible my hard drive is going: the fan has been making bad noises for quite some time, so it wouldn't surprise me.

I'm willing to stay up late to re-download the podcasts, If I could just get the "get" button back!

-becca

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [iTunes] disappearing podcasts!
> To: becca at di.org, "A place to discuss iTunes." <itunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 7:06 PM
> Hi Becca,
> 
> It they are nowhere to be found on your hard drive, then
> they were erased.  If iTunes would have done this it
> would have eliminated the names in your library and you
> wouldn't get the exclamation  point.  I would tend
> to believe it is not iTunes fault.
> 
> I hate to say it but you may be loosing a hard drive, or
> your hard drives directory may have been corrupted.  Do
> you have a backup?  Do you have a program to diagnose
> your hard drive and its directory?
> 
> You can start a new library just to download those
> podcasts.  You can then drag the files into your old
> library.  I don't know if they will appear under
> podcasts but if they simply appear under "Music" you can
> drag them to your iPod.  This is a pain, especially
> with your "fair use policy."  Sorry.
> 
> Ken
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