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Q: Force iTunes to rescan library?

I've two Macs, and I just updated bunch of old songs to itunes plus on one of them. Then I used rsync to sync two libraries. However, now iTunes complains that it can't find old m4p files (they are all m4a now). Is there a way to tell iTunes to rescan what it has under iTunes Music folder?

MBP, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 9:32 PM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Feb 4, 2016 7:23 PM in response to sanmiguel74656
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    Feb 4, 2016 7:23 PM in response to sanmiguel74656

    sanmiguel74656 wrote:

     

    I force quit iTunes then went to the iTunes media folder (mine was located at "/Users/*user*/Music/iTunes") and then deleted the library file. The library file should end with ".itdb". I think there were three of them. I deleted all three. Then I reopened iTunes, clicked "Scan for media" and voila... New library. Depending on how much media you have, your voila might take a while. I have over 600GB of movies and music so mine took a long time to repopulate.

    ???? The .itdb are minor support files for thing like Genius. The main library file ends in .itl. Of course if you get rid of that you start with a fresh library, but no playlists, no ratings, no play count, all dates added being that day, etc.  This isn't "re-scanning" it is tearing down to the ground and building all over again.

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