iTunes Media Folder

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iTunes Media Folder

I have recently bought a Network disc and moved all my music files to that disc.

I had to tell iTunes where my new iTunes Media folder was located and all was well.

But the next time I start my Mac iTunes had decided to move the iTunes Media folder to the folder Music on my Mac, so all new recordings ended up in that folder.

I changed it back again to the Network Drive but iTunes keep moving it back after the Mac has been shut off.

Any hints on how I can make my Network drive the permanent iTunes Media folder without going into iTunes every time and change it?

Yosemite 10.10.3 installed

regards

Thomas

LaCie Cloudbox 4TB-OTHER, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 16, 2015 4:56 AM

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Limnos

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May 16, 2015 6:00 AM in response to Community User

The network drive has to remain on and fully mounted before starting iTunes. Some people use a script or alias workaround to ensure this.

Post by thanos206 with tip on using iTunes on external drives - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3282856

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2899174&postcount=16

Thread on using Applescript and shell commands to mount external drives and volumes. http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=34244

What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?" - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2300

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May 16, 2015 8:36 AM in response to Limnos

Thanks for the help, I started to learn some Apple Scripts today too 🙂

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