This may have come up before, but here it is anyway. When I opened iTunes today, for no apparent reason, the music library, podcasts, folders, etc. were all gone. I tried importing the iTunes folder (from Music) and the xtml file, but I got only a fraction of the files restored. I had over 7,000 files in there! The actual mp3s are still on the drive. The drive has plenty of room on it. Luckily, I had everything backed up on Mozy, but that will take days to download the 54gs. I checked all of the usual resources such as the Apple support area, macfixit, etc. and found lots of folks with a similar issue but none of the recommended fixes worked. I performed a repair permissions.
I really want to restore all of the folders, too, with their original contents. What files that I backed up go where? How can I prevent this from happening again? I am running 10.5.1 and the latest iTunes on my G5 duo. Coincidentally, I was unable to get Disk Warrior or the Leopard install disk to boot up by pressing and holding the C key during startup. That is still supposed to work in 10.5, per the apple.com/support posts. Any help will be appreciated very much. Thanks, Robert _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
