Where Did My iTunes Library Go?

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Where Did My iTunes Library Go?

I'm puzzled.

I just copied my 18 Gig iTunes library (I thought) from my iMac to my MacBookAir. I used an ethernet cable to do this and followed the instructions in Apple's migration assistant. (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413).

The process took about 40 minutes. When it was finished, the drive capacity on my MBA was 18 gigs lower, but I can't find the library anywhere. When I launch iTunes, i still have the 23 songs I started with and not the 4000 I thought I transferred.

I did a search of the MBA and cant find it. I ran disk utility to fix permissions and restarted. No luck.

What happened? If it didn't transfer, what was it doing for 40 minutes?

Any clues out there?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 21, 2011 4:29 PM

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Sep 21, 2011 8:02 PM in response to Richard Setterberg

As further information, I have added up all the folders on my drive using the "Show View Optioins" > "Calculate all sizes." The total for my drive is 28 Gigs. The profiler shows 56 Gigs used. Where did the other 28 gigs go? I assume the 18 Gig iTunes library is somewhere in there, but what is taking up the other 10 Gigs?

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