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. 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ryan Mann >>>>>>> email: [email protected] >>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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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