itunes can't find files
so here is my version of the age old thing.
i keep my entire itunes library on a portable external hard drive that i take everywhere i take my computer, and that i always attach when using itunes and my ipod. i have been doing this for a few months and have not had any trouble. the default folder in preferences>advanced>etc is set to the hard drive and all the files are there.
itunes has recently taken to not finding the files i want it to play, and thus not syncing properly to the ipod and all the rest of it. when i double click a track to play it, or try to get info on a track, it dispalys the dreaded ! symbol and tells me it can't locate the file. if i choose to manually locate them they are in the default itunes file and they play fine once i have told itunes where they are.
am i going to have to do this track by track for 30 gig of music, or is some wonderful person out there going to be able to tell me how to grab itunes by the back of the neck and march it down to my external hard drive, showing it all the files at once and shouting "there they are - right there!"...?
thanks in advance.
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)
macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)