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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