Remove An Itunes Library From Mac

For avoiding the big downside—one system crash or failed hard drive, you may lose everything you've spent hours ripping from CDs or, even worse, purchasing from the iTunes Music Store, you may have backed up your iTunes library to prevent the loss of your precious files. But what if you want to reinstall iTunes library on your Mac (OS X Mavericks and Mountain Lion included) after some accident or something? Don't worry, here you will find the answer about the iTunes restore:

Condition 1:

Transfer itunes library to external drive mac os. Sep 11, 2017 Delete the iTunes Library or iTunes Library.itl file by moving it to the Trash or Recycle Bin. Launch iTunes, and choose File Library Import Playlist. Navigate to the iTunes Library.xml file you moved earlier, and click Choose (Mac) or Open (Windows). ITunes will now examine the XML file. In the iTunes app on your Mac, choose an option (Music or Movies, for example) from the pop-up menu at the top left, then click Library. Click the item to select it, then press the Delete key. Click Delete item. Do one of the following: Remove the item only from your iTunes library: Click Keep File. Dec 28, 2016  How to Restore iTunes Library on Mac For avoiding the big downside—one system crash or failed hard drive, you may lose everything you've spent hours ripping from CDs or, even worse, purchasing from the iTunes Music Store, you may have backed up your iTunes library to prevent the loss of your precious files. How to Remove iTunes from Mac There is no application that speaks Apple more than iTunes. First introduced in 2001, iTunes has become lot of things over the years — media store, player, and library, internet radio, music & video streaming service. In the iTunes app on your Mac, choose an option (Music or Movies, for example) from the pop-up menu at the top left, then click Library. Click the item to select it, then press the Delete key. Click Delete item.Do one of the following: Remove the item only from your iTunes library: Click Keep File. Delete the item from your computer: Click Move to Trash.

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If you back up iTunes library to CD/DVD disc, then for restoring iTunes library, you then could follow this:

  1. Open iTunes and insert your backup disc.
  2. Then iTunes will ask whether you want to restore iTunes from this disc. Click Restore.

The next two conditions show you how to restore iTunes playlists:

Condition 2:

If you have an iPod touch/iPhone/iPad and want to transfer media files to your Mac or iTunes, then you can use iTransfer for Mac to sync these files back to your iTunes library in only a single click. This Mac app won't require you to open your iTunes to restore iTunes from backup. It allows you to transfer music and playlists with rating and play counts without any duplicate contents. Here take iPhone for example:

Step 1: Install iTransfer for Mac on the computer and launch it, then connect your iPhone to Mac. By doing this, iTransfer will detect your iPhone automatically. The smart Mac app supports the newest iOS 10 and other versions, and it can work on MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac.

Step 2: From the main window, click “Rebuild iTunes Library”. In the pop-up window, please confirm the operation by clicking “Start”, letting the software scan media files on your device. Choose Music tab on the new windows and click on Start to let the software transfer music to your itunes Library.

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While if you just want to transfer some songs, videos or photos from iPhone to Mac/iTunes, you can go to 'Music', 'Videos' and 'Photos' tab to select the files you want, and then click the 'Export' to Mac or iTunes library.

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Condition 3:

If you back-upped iTunes to external hard drive or other places, you can import your playlists like this to restore iTunes backup:

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  1. Connect the external hard drive to Mac and open iTunes.
  2. Head to 'File'> 'Library'> 'Import playlists…' .