Businesses often use software programs such as iTunes to organize, manage and play audio files quickly. Your computers may hold audio presentations, voice notes, informational MP3s and other audio files scattered across multiple folders. Alternatively, before doing the import users can remove the song in iTunes to ensure there are no duplicate entries to mess around with afterwards.
Rebuild the entire iTunes library Depending on the extent of the problem, it may be easier to remove all songs from the library and reimport them. To do this, select all of the songs in iTunes and press the delete key. Then choose the option to keep all the song files themselves, and when the iTunes window is empty open the "iTunes Music" directory and select all items in that directory.
Drag them to the iTunes window and confirm the import. The process can be fairly lengthy. Prevention Song accessibility problems are more likely to occur if songs are scattered throughout the system. This can be resolved by having iTunes copy all files to the iTunes library and keep them organized there. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. Contact the vendor for additional information.
Back up and restore your iTunes library on your PC Before you transfer or restore your iTunes media library on your PC, consolidate it and create a back up.
Here are some things to know Your iTunes library, a database that's made up of all of the music and other media that you add to iTunes for Windows, is organized into two iTunes library files and an iTunes Media folder.
Before you back up your media: Consolidate your iTunes library. Redownload any previous purchases , like music, movies, TV shows, and more. The only way to back up your purchased media is to download your purchases to your computer. If you don't see your iTunes Media folder in the above location, here's how to find it: Open iTunes. Click the Advanced tab.
Look in the box under "iTunes Media folder location" for the location of your iTunes Media folder. Back up your library and media files After you consolidate your media files, you can back up your library and media files to an external drive. Instructions in this article apply to iTunes on macOS Mojave This situation occurs because songs aren't stored in the iTunes app.
Instead, iTunes functions like a directory for the music files stored on a computer's hard drive. When you double-click a song, iTunes searches the place on the hard drive where it expects to find the file. If the music file isn't in the location the application expects, it can't play the song.
The most common causes of the error include a file that has been moved from its original location, a file that isn't stored in the Music folder, or a song file that has been deleted. Also, another media application may have moved the file without telling you.
The default locations for music files are:. If iTunes displays an exclamation point beside a single song in your iTunes Library, complete the following steps:. In iTunes, double-click the song with the exclamation point next to it. In the dialog box that appears, select Locate. Locate the missing song on the local or external hard drive, select the file, then select Open. If iTunes offers to use the same location to find other files that may be missing from your iTunes Library, select Find Files.
In the dialog box that appears, select OK. Select the song in iTunes to play it. The exclamation point should be gone. This method doesn't move the location of the music file. Instead, it updates where iTunes expects to find the file.
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