Starting my computer to sync my iPod this morning brought on instant Apple hatred. iTunes told me that my iTunes Library were damaged, and just like that my podcast subscriptions were gone. Pffft – not there any more.
I then vented at twitter, being rewarded by someone else having that same problem. iTunes complaining about library file on Windows, and podcast subscriptions being lost.
With a flash of insight and a bit of luck, I browsed to where my iTunes library file were located. Taking backup of the new (empty) file, I renamed the one marked with (Damaged)
back to it’s original name, and it all looked just like before when I restarted iTunes.
The files was located in the My Music/iTunes
folder – actually /Users/MYNAME/Music/iTunes/
on Vista. The relevant file is the one named something with (Damaged)
. don’t blame me if it doesn’t work. Backup the defunct file first.
Still, I am more and more inclined to try and get my iPod updated without iTunes. Next time, perhaps.
Hehe. I don’t know if this connecting Tweet:
http://twitter.com/eirikso/statuses/880234605
…was the thing that set you in contact with @spiri, but Twitter is for sure a nice tool to share frustrations and maybe also find solutions. As far as I understand you where able to help @spiri:
http://twitter.com/spiri/statuses/880246865
That is correct. His reply came when I was writing the post. I’m not that good at blooging – so I have to get typing when I actually do something that others can have value from.
Of course; I also found out afterwards (by googling) that this is a recurring problem. First hit is from (almost) two years ago; same problem – same solution.
And yes, twitter is a superb tool at times. My foll… subscription list is growing steadily by itself these days. I miss IM functionality and tracking a bit, though the RSS feed functionality at Twitter Search helps a bit.
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