Each month it seems I have had to have my computer connect back up with the iTunes library because of some stupid numbered error. iTunes crashes, I have to restart. It gives me an error and I have to got through the steps of reconnecting the application with my library. Then the iTunes Match putzes around and doesn't match up my music that I bought from Apple and therefore I cannot get the songs onto my iPhone.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), MacBook, iMac, iPhone, iPod, iPhone
I have my iTunes music on an external drive and beginning to wonder if that is the issue.
How is external drive connected to Mac?
Allan
USB 2 is slow. Firewire or eSATA would be quicker.
Allan
I gave no problem with my library on an external USB 2 drive.
I don't think it has anything to do with the connection. As long as I have been keeping my music and media on a seperate drive it has worked fine except in the past month or two. I hope it's not a Mountain Lion issue.
If it is a "bad file", how would I know? I have run Disk Utility on that drive and it says the drive is fine. Could it be the external hard drive is damaged? I would hate to buy a new hard drive, transfer all of the media and then still have the same problem. I have about 500 GB of music and movies.
I have Mountain Lion and an external USB drive for iTunes. Currently 890GB in use. I do not have any problems.
I set harddrives to not sleep. System Preferences>Energy Saver> uncheck "put hard disk to sleep when possible". I also do not sleep my iMac, just turn off the screen when inactvive for 30 minutes.
So I'm thinking it is a file in my library or a faulty hard drive. Like I said, when I run a scan on the hard drive it reports that the drive and files are fine.
I figured out what the problem was. Since it couldn't be the hard drive since Disk Utility OKed it, and the files all cleared Dick Utility, too, I figured it must be something with how I had the music set up. One of the times I had to start up iTunes I must have made a new iTunes folder on my external hard drive, but there was no music in it. I dragged my Music folder into it (they were right next to each other on the external hard drive) and the restarted iTunes and it started up fine. I believe I was trying to use the "Music " folder as the iTuens library and that caused the issue.
I am FED UP with iTunes
