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Nov
02
Restoring iTunes Music Library Metadata
music, hacks, chilling effects, familyMichelle's eMac (yeah, it's old) has been doing something weird where iTunes looses all knowledge of her music library and metadata. The music is still there, but her iTunes Music Library.xml
file is nowhere to be found. Luckily, we back her Mac up so we can follow these instructions for restoring iTunes Music metadata using an old version of her xml
file:
- Close iTunes.
- Open your Music folder.
- Drag
iTunes Music Library.xml
, if it exists, to the Desktop (or somewhere else). I'd change the name--like add a date--so that you know whichxml
file it is. - Drag any file like
iTunes Library
oriTunes 4 Music Library
(with no file extension or.itl
) to the trash. - Open iTunes. Do Nothing!
- Select File > Library > Import Playlist and choose the version of
iTunes Music Library.xml
that you've last backed up. - It will take a while to do a number of things.
1 comment
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§ lou tibbs said on : 01/14/12 @ 17:22
Worked great! Thanks.