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  1. S

    iPhone 5 screen won't turn on after battery replacement.

    I recently changed my battery in my iPhone 5 because my old one was busted. After the change everything was fine and the screen was working fine. However, the screen was not all the way popped in at the top so I popped the top of the screen into place. As soon as I did that the screen went...
  2. janeauburn

    Copying songs from old iPhone to new iPhone

    Will iTunes transfer all of my songs to my new iPhone through backup and restore? If I remember correctly, the songs don't seem to get transferred. Is there some trick I need to know?
  3. M

    Can't restore IPSW on EMPTY iPhone SE 16gb; iTunes says "memory is full"

    Could anybody help with this problem? My iPhone SE 16gb is completely empty, and whenever I try to restore the IPSW through iTunes (latest version), it always says that the memory is full. :(
  4. ZMacintosh

    Change AppleID on Existing Macs/iOS Devices

    Hello here is the basis of the inquiry, • Current apple ID lets call it; ZMacintosh@blah.com is no longer accessible/usable so need to switch • New Apple ID (will use) JohnnyAppleseed@me.com I'm having to re-purchase most of my content, so no big deal but my main question is I'm signed into...
  5. S

    Apple Music uploading rather than matching

    Hey everyone, I am hoping that someone would be able to give so pointers on what to do. My Apple Music is uploading certain songs that I know are in the iTunes library rather than matching them. An couple of examples are: AC/DC Back in Black and Aerosmith Nine Lives. I've already removed the...
  6. AmazingHenry

    Getting Music From iPhone 2G Onto Computer

    Just a warning: I'm working with some pretty old stuff here. Anyway, I have my entire music library on my iPhone 2G running iOS3. I recently lost all of my music on my Power Mac G5 and I don't have a backup (yes, the G5 is my main Mac). Is there any way to transfer the music over to iTunes...
  7. manfrominternet

    Accidentally deleted all my friend's years-old text messages on my iPhone 5. How do I retrieve them?

    This isn't as simple as it sounds, so let me give you a little backstory: 1.) I accidentally deleted all of my best friend's texts. Instead of selecting the individual texts I wanted to delete and pressing the trash bin, I ended up stupidly hitting "clear all" and deleted all of them. :( 2.) I...
  8. G

    Backing up an iPhone back-up to an external hardrive

    Hello all, I have backed up the actual iPhone backup file on my Windows, to an external hardrive. Question is this - I am going to wipe my computer and reinstall everything. Computer is playing up so want to clear any potential virus' etc. So once I reinstall iTunes and plug in a new iPhone -...
  9. Jumpie

    iTunes error 8392

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but has anyone else been getting an unknown iTunes error 8392 when trying to update apps? I've searched high and low for it but can't find anything. running iTunes 10.5.3.17.
  10. bcmmm123

    How to Change Chapter Name in Audiobooks on iTunes

    Hello. I listen to audiobooks a lot and use my nano to listen to them. On my nano, it shows the chapter titles, unlike iTunes that just shows the bundle or whatever or tracks, and the chapter selection at the top. However, the chapter titles aren't what the chapter is, and I'd like to edit them...
  11. sometimesifloss

    iPhone 7 Plus deleting songs overnight

    My phone keeps randomly deleting songs overnight. Almost 20 specific songs keep getting deleted no matter how many times I re-sync them. Does anyone know what I can do to stop this? It's becoming insufferable.
  12. 0

    How do I organize audiobooks in a certain order?

    Hi guys I downloaded a bunch of podcasts that I really want to save, so I converted them into audiobooks in iTunes. The problem is that they're named like this: day-month-year. In iTunes they show up alphabetically, I guess, and so iTunes wants to play all the episodes that were broadcast on...
  13. G

    How to get iTunes to import without sorting

    Hi all Recently my whole itunes library was "destroyed" Some of the songs disappeared, all my custom smart albums where deleted and..... When I wanted to restore itunes from a timemaschine back-up it said" itunes can't be deleted....." So I painstakingly got all what was left on a external hard...
  14. O

    My iPhone 5 backup has 55k+ files, why?

    Hi, I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 9 and when doing a local encrypted backup using iTunes, the backup folder have more than 55k files in it. Its a 32gb iPhone with only 1000+ photos, and 200+ apps, no music or other big file count. Is this normal? What can I do? The backup takes forever to finish...
  15. powderizedbookworm

    How to Reset iTunes Library Without Losing My Playlists

    I am frequently playing with my local iTunes library, since I find that everything goes much more smoothly the more I can have properly matched files and things, so I usually am pretty good at manipulating iCloud Music Library. I am at a bit of a loss right now. I am trying to reset my iCloud...
  16. G

    Major trouble with itunes after update to 10.10

    Hi All Really at the end of my wits After updating from Mavericks to Sierra my battery was nearly fried. So I wanted to revert back to the last back-up( none done while on Sierra) and some "BUG" on Timecapsule Timemachine put a second partition on the mac and I could not restore anymore. I went...
  17. Jets737

    Installing I Tunes on Win 10

    I have been trying to install an update for I Tunes, but Get this error message --- This is a problem with the Windows Installer Package I then uninstalled the entire I Tunes program still on the PC, this wouldn't work either. I tried to re-install as administrator. Thanks for replies.
  18. Phil in ocala

    12.5.1 itunes...U cannot AIFF files not bought

    I use recording software to record music on youtube....its done and on the desktop...itunes refuses to import this music by drag and drop or by import....I guess Apple insists that all the music be bought from Apple now..."you paid for it....but we control it" Is there a work around? What about...
  19. DotSlash

    iTunes does not connect to protected stream after update

    Hi Yesterday I finally updates my iMac and so i updated iTunes to 12.5.1.21. Last update has been two or three months ago, so I donnot know the previous version of iTunes. Possibly 11.x? Since the update I cannot connect to my audiostream. Details to the stream: The stream is...
  20. caaalebbb

    iTunes keeps Re-syncing tracks to iPad and iPhone

    I have this problem with iTunes that's really frustrating. I have some 7,000+ songs (largely classical music, all well organized). When I plug in my iPad, for some reason or another, it keeps re-resyncing some ~3,500 tracks—even though they're already on there (I don't know what these ~3,500...