Unable to load a Library stored on NAS - iTunes 12.2.1
Hi All,
I did the software update to iTunes 12.2.1.16 this evening hoping my original library would return to it's former self. No such luck.
I have a library of around 12,500 songs carefully curated and put together over the last 8 years or so. The library has been stored on a LaCie CloudBox NAS Drive for the last two years, and although sometimes a little slow to start, overall has ran very well.
Since the 12.2 update the library went totally haywire - songs missing, tracks playing the wrong song, wrong artwork, albums missing etc. Apple Music side and iCloud Music seems to be fine. Also all the original files seem to be intact and in order on my NAS.
Now when I try to load the library from my 'CloudBox' using the little home icon in the top left corner of the app, iTunes begins loading the library but after about 5 seconds just stops, and with no error message reverts back to the iCloud Library (which I understand is streamed content?) which displays nearly all the music that I have locally on my iPhone, bar the tracks that aren't on Apple Music.
I really don't want to lose all the music I've spent nearly the last decade collecting and putting together. Although the vast majority is indeed now on Apple Music I'm still not completely sold on the transition and I have a lot of self-recorded music, demo's and other recordings that are not available online.
There is also not a particularly strong and reliable internet connected where I live, and now matter how vast the library on Apple Music is, I'm not ready to rely on it 100%. The speed at which one can browse Apple Music does not compare to browsing my old library in Playlist view, where every song I had was all but a few keystrokes away.
Any advice, is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ollie
MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 / OS X 10.10.4 / iTunes 12.2.1.16
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)