Locating broken file locations

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Locating broken file locations

Recently, I purchased an external hard drive because my startup disk was full due to a large music library. During the time my startup disk was full, I downloaded a bunch of songs on my iPhone. Usually, when I would startup iTunes on my Mac, the songs I downloaded using my iPhone would automatically download into my iTunes on my Mac. Since buying the external hard drive and completely moving my iTunes library to it, those files I downloaded during the "full startup disk" period say they are broken and cannot be located. How do I locate these songs and ensure they are moved into the external hard drive?

MacBook Air

Posted on Sep 13, 2014 6:25 AM

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Sep 13, 2014 7:20 AM in response to egreen89

How exactly did you move your library? Many people think they are moving their library but they only move their media, but for iTunes there is a big difference. The exact sequence of steps you did will help in figuring out what is going on. I am guessing you didn't really move your whole library but managed to instead move some of it at one time and leaving the other part behind.

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

What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - plus supplemental information about organizing to new structure https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6477809?answerId=26404702022#26404702022

Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 and making an iTunes library portable.

The simple solution might be to delete the broken links and re-download the items you purchased.

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