How can I update my itunes without losing all my songs?

First of all, uninstalling iTunes won't remove the the songs from your computer since they aren't actually stored in iTunes. The music files are stored in a file on your computer and the way iTunes works is that it has a reference to each of the music files and when you do anything it iTunes it uses those references to look up the file. iTunes is simply a easy way for you to work with and access those music files.

That being said, there is an easier way of updating your iTunes software than uninstalling it, downloading the newest version, and installing that new version. I have my iTunes set up to automatically check for updates to software each week - to set this up go to the Edit menu and click on preferences, on the first tab (labeled "General) there is a check box that is labeled "Check for new software updates automatically". It will automatically check for updates each week and alert you to new versions. When you get a prompt you can choose what new versions you want to install.

To get an update right away (and to update in the future if you don't want the automatic prompts) go to the "Help" menu in iTunes and click on "Check for Updates". This will check for updates to iTunes, let you know what is available and walk you through the installation. This should make it so you don't have to uninstall the old version which will get the new version up and running faster and should be easier than the way you were trying to update before.

Itunes Lost Music

You can update your itunes without deleting all your songs. Just don't plug in your new ipod until it is updated. All your songs from your old ipod will be automatically transferred to the new itunes. When you're done, plug in your new ipod and you should be good to go (=

Your old songs wont delete when you update Itunes, those files are in your computer and dont have nothing to do with installing or uninstalling any software at all.

When you download iTunes, it automatically finds songs already saved on your computer, so they should all go back to iTunes once you download the new version.

it should be able to just update itunes directly, it usualy does. but if u really want to, u can get a hard drive, or a flash drive and put the songs on there, and then u can also let your friends take ur songs too.

iTunes keeps the music in a separate folder than the program itself. Do what it says.

If you are worried about it, do a back-up with DVD ROMs and then restore them after you update it.

You should back-up your music every now and then anyways.

It won't delete your songs. If you're worried about it wiping your library, go to File->Library->Export Library and save it to a file where you can then Import Library on the new version if it got erased.

it should automatically put all the songs that you have in your computer to iTunes.