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Locate iTunes Music after moving location

I had my iTunes music (along with all other media) on an external drive. I have now upgraded my Macbook Pro so it has a large enough internal drive (SSD) to hold all my files. So I'm moving my library to be on the main drive.

I copied my iTunes music to my internal hard drive's Music folder. (~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media)

In iTunes' Advanced Preferences, I changed the location of the music library to the new one.

iTunes however finds some of the music in the new location, but not all songs. A finder search indicates that they songs are actually there, but iTunes isn't seeing them. Other than locate them one by one (there are hundreds), how can I get iTunes to see all the songs please?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.4), SSD, Optical Drive swapped for HD

Posted on Mar 13, 2018 8:49 AM

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Posted on Mar 14, 2018 3:48 AM

Well I was a bit worried about the possibility of the script deleting some good links, so I went the other option, which turned out to be pretty easy.

I restored from the TM backup just prior to me moving stuff, so I had an empty iTunes Media folder on my main drive, with iTunes still pointing to the external. I changed the location of the media folder in Settings, then File > Library > Organize Library, and checked Consolidate files. iTunes then copied all the files over from hard drive. No duplicates now, and iTunes running as it should be.

Thanks @Limnos for all your help, I've learned a lot about iTunes now!

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