moving iTunes Library to new location
Kevin Callahan
kcall at mac.com
Wed Dec 12 10:02:16 PST 2007
I've done this before, but now it doesn't seem to be working.
I have my music library on external Disk A.
Due to space limitation, I copied the library to a new and larger Disk
B.
Opened my iTunes prefs.
Set the new location via "CHANGE" button pointing to the library on
Disk B.
iTunes updated my library.
I verified the new location in the prefs.
When I select a tune in my library and ask to reveal in Finder, Finder
brings me to Disk A.
I quit iTunes, and reveal song again, still Disk A.
I repeat the Change location of library setting.
iTunes doesn't update the library.
Reveal song is still Disk A.
When I first did the CHANGE location and after it finished updating
the library, I was asked if I wanted to MOVE the files.
Since all I was doing was POINTING to the new location where the files
existed on Disk B, I clicked NO.
It took 3 hours to copy (via Finder) my 150G of music from Disk A to
Disk B.
Should I start over:
delete the Library on Disk A
create a new folder on Disk B to store library
set iTunes prefs to new location on Disk B
then when asked to copy, say YES
Or, is there a way I can tell iTunes to use the new location since all
the files are already there?
I thought just pointing to the new library and updating the XML file
would have done the trick.
Thanks in advance.
Kevin
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