GAVINGRABE
Level 1
(18 points)
Q: Lost music
Yesterday I made a copy of my itunes folder to store on my HD. I have until now stored all iphoto, music, vids folders on external drives in case something went wrong with my imac. Lesson learnt it happened to me as my external drive crashed and I lost it all. To solve the prob, I want copies on both external and the imac HD.
Now when I open itunes...everythign has gone. Its as if I have a brand new itunes oporating.( I did have the most up to date version before this all happned)
I have redirected the path(in preferences) to the new location and checked it both ways with the old and new copies but now none work.
I also went to a randon song in the folder and tried to play it but it would not even play. It as if the path has gone
Any ideas?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Limnos
Level 9
(54,642 points)
Do not redirect the location of where iTunes stores media files. That will just do it for future files.
I am guessing you either deleted something, renamed something, or moved something whicle copying. Somehow iTunes has lost where it thinks you keep your library file. Hold down the option key while starting iTunes and direct it to the iTunes folder on your drive.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
iTunes 9: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
Image of iTunes folder structure Dec. 2011 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3547807
see also:
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) -
