Hi Alastair, I was part way through typing an email to you re exactly what you have now found out.
iTunes still stores its library data files in your user folder, I think with the change from "old Mac" to "New Mac", the associated Library Data files that were on the "Old Mac" (that were linking to the iTunes files on External Drive are not in your user folder on the "New Mac"), therefore the associated link pointing iTunes to the Library on the External Drive is not there. I then went on in great detail how you could re-associate the link on the new Mac to the External Drive (not knowing you still had the old mac). Would have saved us some time if we had of know that bit of information ;-) I won't bother now sending all the details. Good to hear you have iTunes working again, the result is all we are concerned about. Cheers, Ronni On 25/03/2010, at 4:02 PM, mince and pud wrote: > > woo hoo! > > My library is back from the wilderness. The opt-launch thing was as simple as > not holding the key down for long enough (so it stopped working the more > impatient I got!) > > At a loss to find a working library file in the music folder on my external > drive, I had a look at my home>music folder on the old mac and found an > iTunes folder containing a library file and some odd bits of music (not the > ones I'd been trying to play). Copied this over to new home folder and > pointed iT at it with the newly mastered opt-launch and I'm back in business. > > So the library finds the music even though they're not even on the same > drive, let alone in the same folder. > > Many thanks Ronni and Peter > > Alastair > > > On 25/03/2010, at 8:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > >> >> >> On 24/03/2010, at 4:52 PM, mince and pud wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Ronni >>> >>> Yes I copied over all the old itunes stuff - it never bothered the old setup >>> >>> Both 9.0.3 - but now under leopard, formerly tiger >>> >>> may indeed have opened iT before connecting drive - I forget >>> >>> choosing the library after option-launch (or in preferences) is what I >>> meant by >>> "But when I tell the new itunes where it is it just ignores me" >>> >>> I point it at my iT folder, a progress bar says 'updating library', but >>> nothing changes, even after relaunch. (it IS the folder I should be >>> choosing? The actual 'library' files are greyed-out in iT prefs so I guess >>> I'm not after those) >>> >>> Still puzzled - many thanks as ever >>> alastair >>> >> >> >> Ronni's advice about holding down the Option key while starting iTunes is >> very important. The dialog which appears prompts you to locate your iTunes >> library. It is sufficient simply to point to the iTunes folder on your >> external hard drive. iTunes will find the library file by itself. >> >> Yes, you can change the location in your Preferences, but you have at least >> to quit iTunes and run it again for the change to be recognised, and the >> results can be inconsistent. The option key trick always works. >> >> >> -- >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
