iTunes : 2 issues I need help with

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iTunes : 2 issues I need help with

Hi,

My first question : I have copied my entire Mac 10.6.8 Snow Leopard iTunes music file, and put it on a Seagate external hard drive. Now I've successfully copied all the music files on my Yosemite computer (same computer, but apple store upgraded the system to Yosemite after a complete formatting), and have them running, but... I lost all my ratings, plays numbers and lists... Is there a way to go back and have them again? I have not changed anything, so I could lose the Yosemite files if I could transfer my old informations again...

Another question : I believe I have done something with options, as my little 250 Gigs hard drive is plagued with 108 Gigs of music files, doubled in iTunes Media AND iTunes Music... 54 Gigs each, and double the information, so which I should erase, or what should I do, to only have 54 Gigs and only ***One*** music folder, and not double the memory loss...

Thanks for helping 🙂

Posted on Jun 2, 2015 4:13 PM

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Limnos

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Jun 2, 2015 6:24 PM in response to JasminDarveau

What exactly did you copy? You say a "music file". Well that is a single file. Even if you only had one track in all of iTunes you should have copied multiple files and folders to make this work. You need to copy the entire iTunes folder to the computer. In particular you need to make sure the "iTunes Library.itl " file is part of this package because it is that file alone that has ratings and playcount, and also has controls the display you see when you start iTunes. If you did not back that up that file then those are lost and you will have to start again.

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 In theory once you have organized to the "new" structure you can delete the items outside of the media folder. The cautious would back up first just in case it didn't catch something.

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

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Answer 2

Jun 2, 2015 8:55 PM in response to Limnos

Hey this actually solved 100% of my issues lol

Thanks and the best for ya!! 😀

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Answer 3

Jun 6, 2015 8:49 AM in response to JasminDarveau

Hi sorry about that but I still have a mildly important problem with my iTunes 12.

Here's the issue : I have the library on my Mac showing quantities of pieces with the " ! " symbol of the song not being found.

Now, I know that 100% of my songs are on my Seagate external 1 to drive, I always find them ; After the ! locate the missing song And After finding it manually while connecting my External drive...

So my question : is it possible to scan ALL of my songs missing at once, And merge somehow all the Missing songs (only them) to my Mac computer?

Thanks!! 🙂

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