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WMA to MP3

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  • Mr_Toad
    Mr_Toad Posts: 2,462 Forumite
    Oh dear, I seem to have made a hash of this completely now. I can't play any of my previously saved music on i tunes. All the album covers are still there but it says The song could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it? This comes up no matter which album or song I click on.

    I do have a back up of everything on my mac so hopefully it won't be a problem to do a re install to a previous date before I started all this music downloading.

    Its beyond my capabilities but errant son will hopefully sort me out when he comes home next.

    Thanks for all help given.

    Oh dear, I'm not sure what you've done but it isn't as bad as it looks, I was going to say sounds but you don't have any, sorry :o

    You may have inadvertently created a new iTunes library and now have two. You could select every song and tell it to find the files but if you have a backup just restore the Music folder to the day before you made the changes. The Music folder is the default location for the iTunes files.

    Open iTunes and then from the menu bar at the top Itunes > Preferences. Click on advanced and tell us what it says in the iTunes Media Folder location. Close preferences and select a track that won't play then right click and select Get Info that will tell you where it thinks the file should be. Both should be the same.

    Let us know what they are.
    One by one the penguins are slowly stealing my sanity.
  • bjbyorkshire
    bjbyorkshire Posts: 531 Forumite
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    edited 15 February 2017 at 11:18PM
    the line below is copied from the media folder location

    /Users/beverleybrook/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media

    below is what it says when I right click on a tune, select get info,

    The song “Rainy Days And Mondays” could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?
  • I will try tomorrow to do a re install back to the last back up.

    Thats for your help.

    Can we continue this via a private message?
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