i use iTunes match. my songs are on an external drive. i had the drive unmounted. when i tried to play a song it couldn't locate it. now iTunes says the file is in iCloud and not on my hard drive.
Go to Preferences > Advanced and make sure that the iTunes Media Folder Location is still set to the external, and that the external is accessible.
Go to Preferences > Advanced and make sure that the iTunes Media Folder Location is still set to the external, and that the external is accessible.
i know how to make certain the hard drive is accessible. the problem is the aftermath of having it unaccessible. if i forget i have unmounted the drive and click on a song, then the song now appears to be located in iCloud and not on my hard drive altho all my other songs are ok. an iCloud icon appears to the side. it just seems like apple is making things difficult unless you buy all your songs from iTunes. thanks for the reply.
i just think a better way to handle it is to prompt me iTunes cannot locate the file and leave it at that. i first saw this in Pro Tools and after the alert that it cannot find the file and the choice to locate it, you can cancel out. you don't get punished for not having the file inaccessible.
59Start,
For whatever reason, iTunes has always worked such that if the iTunes Media Folder is inaccessible at the time of start, it will revert to the local drive. And as you noticed, it does not undo that change if the external eventually gets re-mounted.
If you would like to make a suggestion to Apple, use the Feedback page:
i use iTunes match. my songs are on an external drive. i had the drive unmounted. when i tried to play a song it couldn't locate it. now iTunes says the file is in iCloud and not on my hard drive.
