I just opened iTunes and everything was gone! There was some of my daughters music, but my stuff... zippo.<br><br>I opened Finder and looked at the drive, whew, my music was still there, but I can't get iTunes to show it.<br><br>I tried a number of different things with no luck. I think what happened was she used her iPod and changed ownership of the iTunes library, but I'm only guessing. When I plugged my iPod in, I got a message saying that my iPod is linked to a differernt library. I disconnected my iPod and have been tring to get my library with the playlists and ratings back up, but I've hit a dead end.<br><br>Any iTunes gurus here who can help me?<br><br>P.S. my daughter is dead meat.<br><br>

if the files are still on disk you are in good shape.<br><br>just reimport your music back into itunes.<br><br>sounds like the index is just gone.<br><br><br><br>

Index gone? Does that mean I've lost my smart playlists and rating? On all 2000+ tracks?<br><br>

Is the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file still in your account/music/iTunes? I'm not sure exactly how to di it right now, but I think that if you drag that onto iTunes it shoul rebuild your library. I'vehad the exact same thing happen before.<br><br>

I found the file and dragged it to the iTunes library. The library that came up in iTunes was still my daughters stuff. No sign of my playlists or ratings.<br><br>

Any recent backups that you could pull that XML file off from? Other then that, i think when your daughter changed the library, you are SOL...<br><br>I could be wrong however...<br><br>----<br>Stupidity is like nuclear power. It can be used for good or evil.... and you don't want to get any on you.

yeah...<br><br>Unless you backed up your xml file, it's pooched. <br><br>Look on the bright side..at least you didn't lose your music. <br><br>

Two THOUSANDS (plus) tracks, arranged, smart listed, and rated, and she blew it off? That's hours and hours of work. Gone.<br><br>Is it possible I can download the lost data from my iPod?<br><br>she is grounded for life.<br><br>

Oh wait a second...I misunderstood...<br><br>YOUR iPod still has all of that on it? Hmm...<br><br>You might be able to use Tinkertool to show hidden files, mount your iPod as a hard drive, then drag the iPod Control folder off and get your stuff out of it. <br><br>

This sounds promising. I haven't heard of Tinkertool. I'll check it out.<br>Thanks for the lead.<br><br>