Resetting playlist deletion confirmation

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Resetting playlist deletion confirmation

When i first got itunes i didn't use playlists very much, so the first time it asked me "are you sure" when i wanted to delete one, I checked "Do not ask me again" or whatever. Now I use them more and I want to avoid accidental deletion, but how do I turn the delete confirmation back on? Thanks

iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 768MB RAM

Posted on Jul 15, 2006 1:37 PM

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macmenno

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Jul 15, 2006 4:14 PM in response to Johnzon

Delete the 'com.apple.iTunes.plist' in ./Users/YourUsername/Library/Preferences.
Answer no to all 4 questions when running iTunes after that.
You will have to adjust some others setting, but you will have the warning windows back.

Hope this helps.

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Johnzon Author

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Jul 15, 2006 4:16 PM in response to macmenno

Although this sounds like the right solution, will i lose the playlists i already have in the process?

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macmenno

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Jul 15, 2006 4:25 PM in response to Johnzon

No, you won't loose anything, only some iTunes settings (they all go to default).
All other information (playlists, podcast subscriptions, ratings) is stored in the 'iTunes Library' file (iTunes' database).

Instead of trashing the file, you can drag it to the desktop. if iTunes is behaving OK, you can trash it.

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Johnzon Author

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Jul 15, 2006 5:05 PM in response to macmenno

I quit iTunes, moved the .plist file, restarted iTunes, and like you said.. it prompted me with all those questions you get when you run it for the first time ("Do you want iTunes to look for music in your Home folder?" to which I said "no", and "Do you want iTunes to keep your Music folder organized?" to which I said "yes", etc.).

All my playlists and songs were still there. The only problem I saw was that after iTunes updated my songs (presumably because I answered "yes" to the second question above), hundreds of little exclamation points showed up next to most of my songs (the one that means "file not found"). I suspect this might be because much of my library's contents are located on an external hard drive.

I started over, deleting the file again and this time clicking "Cancel" as soon as the first "welcome window" appeared. The update step was skipped, and everything else looked normal (except for the presence of the annoying ministore panel which I have always had minimized...). But even though none of the exclamation points were there initially, as soon as i tried to play any that had had them in my last attempt, they would come up "file not found".

So if i'm right, I have two options: keep the fresh .plist file and enjoy deletion confirmation to my heart's content... or replace the old one and be back where I started. I tried this last and found that all my old preferences were there (boo!) but it had no problem locating all my songs (yay!).

Any ideas?

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macmenno

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Jul 16, 2006 12:13 AM in response to Johnzon

I've removed the .plist file several times, for testing and to see which options default. I did this too, prior to posting my first reply to confirm the answer to your question.
I never encountered 'dead' tracks ⚠ however, because I always answer 'no' to all questions. When I had my library on an external disk (it's on the internal again) this didn't happen too.

By answering 'yes' to keep the iTunes Music folder organized, iTunes tries to organize the also defaulted iTunes Music folder on the internal drive.
Your song locations are stored in the 'iTunes Library' file and iTunes obviously pointed all those locations to the internal drive.

or replace the old one and be back where I started. I tried this last and found that all my old preferences were there (boo!) but it had no problem locating all my songs (yay!).

Start from here and delete (or move to desktop) the plist file again, but answer no to all questions, like I said in my first reply.
Then go to Preferences>Advanced>General and set the 'iTunes Music folder location' to the folder on your external disk.

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Johnzon Author

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Jul 17, 2006 5:20 PM in response to macmenno

Finally! after some tampering, I got it working. I decided to move all my music to the external drive and after removing the plist file and answering no to all questions as per your suggestion, i simply changed the music folder location in preferences to the external drive. thanks for your help!!

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