Thanks for the suggestion but "iTunesRecentDatabases" doesn't address the problem.
The trouble is that I must be able, not only to read, but also to write to the location. This is because I am writing the script to switch between multiple libraries upon starting iTunes. On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Charles Constant <charlesism....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In previous versions, iTunes stored its library location as an 'alias ref', > in the iTunes plist, with the key 'alis:1:iTunes Library Location'. In the > new version, iTunes 11, it stores the location with the key > 'RDoc:132:Documents' using some format is a mystery to me. > > > Are you looking for the library folder or the media folder? The library is > found by looking in the prefs/defaults domain “com.apple.iApps” for a key > “iTunesRecentDatabases” whose value is an array of URLs; the first URL > points to the current XML database file, and the parent directory is the > library directory. > > This is independent of the location of the media folder, i.e. where all > the audio files go. I’m not sure how you find that (although of course the > XML file points to the full URLs of all the audio files, so generally you > don’t need to know.) > > —Jens > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
