Yesh. I was on the way to getting there after it was explained that the option key started this mess, but it didn't work the first time I tried it. So, so glad I tried it again. Now I can import the Stephen King book I wanted to import without fear lol!
Jessi and Goldina wrote: > haha yay!! glad it worked and you don't have to rebuild your library from > scratch!! > yay, us doggie handlers got it goin' on!! lol :D > On 2010-02-08, at 7:54 AM, rayna424 wrote: > > > 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. 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