Thanks Susan, but I think you're right Peter, the .XML file must be corrupt. Also I think this version of Itunes (current) is a real pain! Can I go back to an earlier version? How do I uninstall this one safely, there are plenty of ideas on the net but I don't trust them. I tried the restore in TM but I think I had a problem with TM a while back so the backup only goes back to December last year. Won't work for me. Thanks, s hoe y' keeping cool!
Thanks & regards, Ken Jackson [image: logo] Tel: 08 9376 1680 | Mobile: 0450 400 772 kenjackson7...@gmail.com | www.littleriverstudios.com.au On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au > wrote: > > On 9 Jan 2014, at 8:02 pm, Ken Jackson <kenjackson7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so what would you suggest Peter? > > > Follow these steps: > > > > 1. Open your ~/Music Folder in Finder. Look for your iTunes folder > 2. Enter Time Machine, either from the Dock Icon, the /Applications folder > or the Time Machine item in the Menu Bar (if you have it enabled) > 3. Time Machine will start, showing your iTunes folder contents > "stretching back" into the past. > 4. Choose an appropriate from the time scale at the right of the screen. > This would be a date which would be a day or two before the disaster struck. > 5. Click the "Restore" button at the lower right of the screen. > > This will give you back a known good iTunes folder (minus anything you > might have added since the disaster, of course, but I'm assuming this > hasn't happened). As I said previously, this is the first stage of > troubleshooting. If all goes well following the restore, then fine. If the > problem persists, then we have something more sinister going in. It seems > most likely, though, that something has happened to the .xml file which > track your library's contents. This could be due to some sort of corruption > within the file itself, or because of some structural change to the iTunes > folder contents themselves. This is why I recommend restoring the entire > folder, rather than just the .xml file. > > Be aware, too, that depending on the size of your iTunes library, the > Restore process could take some time. > > This is certainly the approach I would be taking if it were my system. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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