Ryan McCue’s Blog

Just recently, my computer BSODed (i.e. shat itself) while I had iTunes running. I opened iTunes back up afterwards and discovered my whole library had disappeared. Obviously, this is a bad thing, especially as I’m currently attempting to rate every song in my library.

After a little digging, I noticed that my library still existed, in the form of an “iTunes Library (Damaged).itl” file. It didn’t appear too damaged to me, and I wondered how to import it back into iTunes. After trying iTunes’ import function and finding that didn’t work, I replaced my “iTunes Library.itl” with my damaged one and deleted my “iTunes Music Library.xml” file. After then opening iTunes up again, all my music had reappeared and the world was at peace once again (at least, until I put my rock music back on).

I do have one tip for Apple however: either make this more obvious, or let iTunes import .itl files, so that that backup folder (”Previous iTunes Libraries”) can actually be put to use by non-techies.

From The Angry Drunk:

Second, bitching that anyone is a “bad” Windows citizen is the rhetorical equivalent of arguing that one turd in a sea of shit is particularly stinky. Microsoft is a bad Windows citizen.

[Via Gruber]