How can I change the folder path to my library

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How can I change the folder path to my library

I just changed the file path to my locally stored music from C:\MyStuff\...\iPod Nano Music\... to C:\OneDrive\...\iPod Nano Music\...

Is there a way I can edit the path that Apple has locally stored to redirect iTunes to the new, correct location instead of (as I've had to do previously) deleting all the music files in iTunes and then adding each music folder back?

In Advanced Preferences the 'iTunes media folder location' shows as C:\Users\Mark\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media with an edit button. However this is not the location of all my music files (as indicated above).

Mark

iPhone 6, Windows 7

Posted on Dec 4, 2014 6:10 AM

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turingtest2

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Dec 4, 2014 8:50 AM in response to Markg2

If you want to move your media to a new path what you should do is edit the media folder preference in iTunes and then consolidate to that new path. Moving the media first by hand and then trying to fix iTunes is generally the wrong approach.

Your options are to move everything back where it came from, then consolidate to the new path, then delete the originals that iTunes leaves behind. Alternatively you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect the relocated media to iTunes. See this post for an explanation of how it works.

See also Make a split library portable for reasons why splitting the media folder to a new path may be undesirable.

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Markg2 Author

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Dec 5, 2014 9:07 AM in response to turingtest2

I reset the iTunes path to reflect the current files(s) location. Unfortunately, 100 tunes required attention--which if fairly weird since the directory tree had not changed other than parent directories. I tried the script and it only found and fixed 1 problem--whatever that might have been. So I did what I've done before--deleted all and re-loaded.

Thanks for the effort.

Mark

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turingtest2

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Dec 5, 2014 9:15 AM in response to Markg2

Next time don't move the files yourself. Tell iTunes what path you would like to move the media folder to, then let it consolidate files to that new path, then remove the originals.

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Markg2 Author

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Dec 5, 2014 9:49 AM in response to turingtest2

Frankly, I thought that was what I had done.

I first edited the media path in iTunes.

That automatically did something, likely telling iTunes the files were not where iTunes thought they were but where I had placed them several days ago. So it wasn't a matter of iTunes 'moving' anything other than a placemark notation.

The result of this was that instead of all the files having !'s as was the case before I did as you instructed, 'only' 100 did. And given that condition, it's just easier to start from scratch.

Mark

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turingtest2

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Dec 5, 2014 9:51 AM in response to Markg2

Fair enough. 🙂

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