iTunes Music Folder Location changed, but iTunes still uses old location

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iTunes Music Folder Location changed, but iTunes still uses old location

Okay - I'm getting a bit frustrated here. Because I had no room on c:, I moved all my iTunes preferences -- applications I downloaded for the iPod Touch, file settings, and all that stuff -- to my D:\ drive. Then I went to Preferences > Advanced and changed the iTunes Music Folder location to my D: drive.

Everything SEEMED to have looked good. Or so I hoped.

The 40+ applications I bought ⚠ are no longer listed on the Applications purchased list. Further, all my files are STILL saving to the c: drive.

How do I FORCE iTunes to acknowledge that the D:\ drive is storing my iTunes preferences and files?!

Stuff I build, usually, or a Macbook Air, I have lots of computers. Most of my support issues don't pertain to computers.

Posted on Nov 25, 2008 6:23 AM

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 6:53 AM in response to tamarw

Let me revise this by saying I want to figure out where to change my Applications/Album Artwork and larger files off the c:\ drive. Any ideas on how to do this? I don't see a way to change this in the preferences.

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Katrina S.

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Nov 25, 2008 9:22 AM in response to tamarw

Changing that preference setting only affects FUTURE additions to your itunes library.

If you want to move existing links to the music, you need to use the consolidate command.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 4:11 PM in response to Katrina S.

That's a good start, and it's what I'm looking for, but I suppose I need quadruple the space on my current drive that has no space in order for my library to consolidate?

Otherwise, I get this error:

"There is not enough room on 'Data' to copy all of the requested files.'

Any ideas?

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ed2345

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Nov 25, 2008 4:29 PM in response to tamarw

Consolidate copies to the iTunes folder location that you have set in your preferences. Let that be the external drive.

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 6:19 PM in response to ed2345

The destination drive has enough free space. I think that since there is so little space on my c:\ drive (600MB and my iTunes preferences are close to 2GB) that this error is occurring. I'm not sure if your suggestion answers the concern, ed. 😟

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Katrina S.

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Nov 25, 2008 6:33 PM in response to tamarw

+"There is not enough room on 'Data' to copy all of the requested files.'+

If you right-click on 'Data' using Windows Explorer, how much space is free?
I assume this 'Data' folder is on the D: drive?
Is D: an actual external hard drive, or just a partition of C:?
I don't understand your setup.

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 7:35 PM in response to ed2345

This is quite frustrating. I have 1.68GB free on C: now to consolidate my library and I'm getting the same error. There are more than 20GB free on the new drive.

How am I expected to do this if I keep getting this error? 😟

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 7:39 PM in response to Katrina S.

It's not a setup, Katrina. I have NO idea what 'Data' refers to. It's a generic Apple error message.

My iTunes directory is not called Data. I feel like it's a hardcoded error without more information.

In any event, I have 2 drives in the system and both have free space as described in the previous message. I'm not sure what else to offer at this point because Apple isn't giving me much to work with here.

I have a feeling that I need more free space on C:, though.

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Katrina S.

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Nov 25, 2008 7:50 PM in response to tamarw

I just tested this to see if smoething had been changed in itunes 8. I tried to consolidate my library to my USB drive, which is named "USB" in Windows Explorer. It's only 2GB and my library is over 300GB, so I knew it would fail.

The error message I got was
+There is not enough room on "USB" to copy all of the requested files.+

So I don't think it's a built-in error message.

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 7:51 PM in response to Katrina S.

I'm not sure what "Data" refers to, though.

I now have 2.47GB free on C: and still more than 20GB free on D:, where I want to move my files.

I don't understand why I'm getting this error message. How many GB free do I really need?

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tamarw Author

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Nov 25, 2008 7:54 PM in response to Katrina S.

Katrina, thanks for all your help thus far.

I just realized where I may be off.

I'm really only trying to consolidate my iTunes preferences and application downloads from the App Store to my D: drive. My iTunes library is coming from my M: drive, which has about 300GB as well. I can't put that on D: but I do want to move EVERYTHING else to D:. Is that possible or am I SOL?

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Katrina S.

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Nov 25, 2008 7:58 PM in response to tamarw

Like I said, I don't understand your setup.

In windows explorer, if I look at all my drive letters, it shows the name, then the drive letter.

Such as, USB (M:)

So I think you have a drive named 'Data', and it doesn't have enough room.

You need enough memory for your entire library - whatever is listed at the bottom line in the main itunes view, such as
x items, x days, x GB

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Katrina S.

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Nov 25, 2008 8:06 PM in response to tamarw

OK, now I get what you're trying to do. I think!

I run my ITL file off my exHD, so all my Artwork & Applications are stored there. I think if you try running your ITL file from the D: drive it will do what you want.

Try this
1) close itunes & wait for the library ITL file to save ( I assume it's still on C: hence that's why artwork/apps are DLing there)
2) copy that ITL file over to the D: drive
3) press and hold the shift key while starting itunes and choose the ITL file on D:

Now all your future artwork/apps shoudl download to D:, try it by getting a free app.

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tamarw Author

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Nov 26, 2008 6:45 AM in response to Katrina S.

THANKS! This is getting closer.

Any idea how I can move all my files to D: (and yes, you're right, I call it Data, but I never remember that) so that I can free up some space on C:?

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Katrina S.

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Nov 26, 2008 7:12 AM in response to tamarw

You're welcome!
I'm still not sure exactly what files you want to move. Is it just the Mobile Applications & Album Artwork folders? Did you try using a library on D: like I suggested, and downloading a free app?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.6/en/15502.html

If you're talking about the itunes preferences files, you can't change those - it's hard-coded into itunes.
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes.pref

... and

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes.pref

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