Editing iTunes Music Library.xml

I used to have music stored both on my Mac and on an External HD. I have now merged all my music together and do a quick find and replace on my .xml file to tell iTunes where to find all my music. However everytime I open iTunes it reverts all my changes on the Locations back to how they were???


How do I stop this? and make sure iTunes uses the updated xml file.


I have tried copying and pasting, deleting and then dragging the new xml file over etc but iTunes just reverts it back 😟


any help would be very much appreciated.


Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Aug 24, 2011 4:35 PM

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Aug 25, 2011 12:49 PM in response to Chris CA

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When you click on the tracks nothing happens :/


I've noticed in my XML file that the `file://localhost/` prefix isn't there before /Users/.../ (but putting it in makes the error saying files can't be found and were not imported)


So because their is no localhost prefix all files import fine but won't play and have that icon and iTunes thinks they are streams

and if I do have the prefix only a third of my files will import and the rest are apparently unfindable :/


Cheers

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