iTunes 12.12.4.1 Windows -> migrate library to Music/MacOS Monterey 12.5.1
Hi,
After several absent years I bought a new MacBookPro running MacOS Monterey 12.5.1. The last thing I am doing along my Windows -> Mac migration is so migrate my iTunes library to Music. And this makes me sad and angry unfortunately. I spent ages to enrich my media with covers, ratings, meta data and so on. But unfortunately "Music" just doesn't like my itunes library. Btw.: The library contains approx. 95 GB / 30k files
So what did I do on Windows?
- Windows iTunes is the moste recent one 12.12.4.1
- I consolidated the library
- The media is organized by iTunes and located in the iTunes Music folder.
- I do not use a split library
- I copied the whole "iTunes" folder (including library XML, several subfolder with Album artworks. etc. as well as the iTunes music folder with the mp3
What did I do on MacOS?
- I copied the whole folder "iTunes" to the Mac in the folder "Music"
- I started Music using the Opt key
- I selected "choose" and chose my itunes library.itl
- It works, but my Music library stays empty and an eternal loading ring appears.
- I let it spin for 12 hours, but nothing happened
So I read several posts (especially from turingtest2) and tried to reorg my itunes library on Windows before moving it etc.
But eventually its always the same result: The infinite spinning wheel and no media.
By using "create new library - import itunes library.xml" I am able to restore about 11k files, their ratings, there meta data, etc. But this only seems to include some files from actual playlists and I also get an error message, that not all files could be processed properly. Remember: All of those files are working perfectly fine on Windows.
So, guys..... To be frank: I am desperate. I dont wanna loose my YEARS of work with my iTunes library and just import the tracks as a new library :-(
Who can help me??
Thanks and best regards
Ferdi
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.5