moving iTunes Library to new location

[Kevin Callahan]

On Dec 12, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Charles J McDonald wrote:

> Have you tried holding the option key while loading iTunes?
> That lets you open a different iTunes library and you can tell it to  
> open the new directory.

I did that to set my new iPhoto Library ..
didn't think to do that in iTunes since I set the new location in the  
iTunes prefs ....

I'm using the Consolidate Library menu option so that I retain all my  
playlists and such.

Thanks,
Kevin

>
>
> On Dec 12, 2007 1:02 PM, Kevin Callahan < kcall at mac.com> wrote:
> 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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