It worked! I had tried it early but I don't think I held the option key in time. This time it worked!!! Yay!!!! Thank you!!!! Doggy handlers unite! Hahahaha! Yay!!!
Jessi and Goldina wrote: > hey Randi! > holding down the option key when you launch iTunes will bring up the dialog > about the library. that's how you switch from one library to the next. do > that and find your library and you should be good to go! and that's how you > can make more than one library! > On 2010-02-08, at 6:35 AM, rayna424 wrote: > > > Hmmm. Well since you're saying the problem occured because I might > > have held down the option key, I wonder if I launch iTunes and hold > > the option key, if it will ask me about the library again. I might try > > that when I get to where I can tackle this problem. All the other > > options sound really daunting, so I'd rather find the easiest route. I > > also thought about uninstalling iTunes and re-downloading it. I wonder > > if that would do it. > > > > > > > > Scott Howell wrote: > >> SOmeone had previously recommended you either direct iTunes to use the > >> previous copy of the library or just copy the library from the previous > >> iTunes library folder back into the top-level of the iTunes folder. Of > >> course if you use Time Machine, you can always restore the previous > >> library from there as well. > >> If all that fails, you can always reimport all of your music and if it is > >> all tagged properly, you should end up with the same library you had > >> before the upgrade. One other suggestion, when launching any program, > >> instead of pressing VO-spacebar on the item, use command-o. This avoids > >> the potential for the option key being trapped by the program, which is > >> probably what happen. > >> On Feb 7, 2010, at 8:52 PM, rayna424 wrote: > >> > >>> Ok, this is good stuff to look at tomorrow. Do you know if there's > >>> anyway to restore iTunes to before the update? Then I can just make > >>> sure that library thing doesn't happen. I wish I had known, or just > >>> quit it. Sounds like fixing it will be hard. > >>> > >>> > >>> Scott Howell wrote: > >>>> All you have to do is simply quit iTUnes in most cases and just restart > >>>> it. I find where the issue shows itself is when you accidentally hold > >>>> the option key down while iTunes is loading. This allows you to select > >>>> an alternate iTunes library. WHenever iTunes comes up and asks me for a > >>>> library, I just quit and relaunch iTunes and all is well. > >>>> > >>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello. In the future, when ITunes asks you to choose a library, you > >>>>> should browse to your music/itunes folder, then push the choose library > >>>>> button or whatever it is called.. That's actually where the Itunes > >>>>> library is. That's what I have to do a lot of times when software > >>>>> updates come out. Unfortunately, since you didn't do that this time, > >>>>> I'm not sure how to change it back. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:12 PM, rayna424 wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I am restraining myself from calling Apple until tomorrow. I just did > >>>>>> the latest iTunes software update, and when it was done, it asked me > >>>>>> to pick a library. Huh? I think I just selected music. Well, all my > >>>>>> stuff is gone. All of it. Gone. I'm freaking out and have shut down > >>>>>> iTunes until I calm down and/or hopefully get some answers. If you > >>>>>> have any ideas, please, please tell me. I have all my stuff on my > >>>>>> iPods, but not on a hard back up. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Ryan Mann > >>>>> email: rmann0...@gmail.com > >>>>> phone:386-383-5175 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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