Music Folder and Media Folder - How do I combine?

Just found this thread and think I have a related question... hopefully tt2 is still around.

Backstory - accidentally unplugged external HD on which iTunes library and media is stored a couple of days ago. iTunes freaked out a little later saying it couldn't find the library file etc, though it the external was plugged back in and looked ok.

So my previous iTunes library/media organization was perfect - everything in /Music/iTunes/iTunes Media. In the process of trying to fix the external issue, I noticed my preferences > advanced > iTunes media folder location was blank so I erroneously changed the folder one level up, to /Music/iTunes, with the keep organized clicked and probably said yes to some consolidation popup. Anyway, long story short, MOST of my media has moved itself up to /Music/iTunes, though strangely a few items remain under /Music/iTunes/iTunes Media, and now I want it all back under iTunes Media and not at the upper level. I've tried a lot of the tips in this thread, what with the uncheck and check the Keep Organized etc, but nothing will move back under the old iTunes Media structure.

Can you help?

See Make a split library portable for general ideas.

How big is the media folder?

How much free space is on the drive?

Is /Music the name of a folder or a volume?

tt2

TT2, thanks for reply.

media folder is 1.2 tb, free space only 450gb. Sorry, /Music is a folder. full path is something like LaCie-media/music/iTunes etc

ive just ordered another 4tb drive in the hopes that maybe using File>library>organize>consolidate with a new folder on the new drive will fix it. Sorta needed a new drive anyway.

also stumbled upon a script you linked to in another thread along the lines of consolidate by moving instead of copying but was for windows?

Yes, my scripts are for Windows only. If you're going to migrate to a new drive you might want to consider copying your iTunes library files to /<New Volume>/iTunes, option-starting iTunes to access the library there, then setting the media folder to /<New Volume>/iTunes/iTunes Media and consolidating. Once done you should think about cloning the working library back to the original external drive and then keeping the two in sync so that one backs up the other.

tt2

souds like like a plan. When the new drive arrives I will attempt this. Thanks for your response!

You're welcome. 🙂

tt2