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tldysart Author

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What file do I need to restore?

I have a late 2015 iMac. We use an external Drobo (RAID) for all of our photos and media. I have about 850 GB of music in a folder called iTunes Storage.

Unfortunately, my iMac died and I had to wipe it and reinstall the Mac OS, etc. When starting iTunes, I hold the option key to select a different library. However, when I goto the external folder, there is no option to Choose the folder. It is simply greyed out.

Is there an index file that might have been on my local drive? (I have a full cloud backup of my old iMac). Love any help the community can give.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jun 13, 2020 4:49 PM

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turingtest2

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Posted on Jun 14, 2020 4:06 AM

You probably need to restore ~/Music/iTunes then connect to the iTunes Library.itl file inside that.

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