iTunes on my PC: Where did my songs go?

[BE911SC]

Probably rehashing another's rant but albums are disappearing from my iTunes library. Not only CDs I owned and downloaded but stuff I've paid for on iTunes. Also, CDs I load onto my iTunes on the PC won't drag to my iPhone. Not liking iTunes so much anymore. Any advice or how-tos re what appears to be problems with the latest version?

[widgeon13]

Have you done an iTunes backup at all? Are you working with a Mac or Windows computer?

[Rick V]

Just use Linux and don't bother with I-Tunes to manage your devices

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

Have you done an iTunes backup at all? Are you working with a Mac or Windows computer?

New HP PC with latest version of Windows. Transferred old iTunes account over. I knew I shouldn't have installed the newest version of iTunes. That's when the problems began.

[jyl]

Just google, you'll find instructions for rebuilding icons or even complete library rebuild, do a backup first. Not sure what the issue is with dragging to iPhone, you mean you can't sync?

[BE911SC]

Thanks, I'll Google some help. I think I selected manual sync and when I try to drag new music to my phone it won't.

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Just use Linux and don't bother with I-Tunes to manage your devices

^^^^ This. iTunes is just the hokiest, worst POS.

After the 7th or 8th time I noticed iTunes "discover" a CD folder that's been ripped and in my library for at least 5-6 years (if not double that) and proudly download it to my iPod as "new", I pretty much stopped using it. Although I see they've "addressed" this problem in the latest update by no longer showing you what tunes it's actually synching to the device... LOL.

Awful. Just truly awful.

[onewhippedpuppy]

iTunes is really the only Apple product that I dislike. It is buggy and counterintuitive, and each update seems to make it worse.