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Moving iTunes library to new MacBook
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1796591" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>I re-read your post above (#12) and I think I missed/misread something earlier. Let me try this again. <strong>I am assuming that the actual music files are on the external drive in the folder that you want them to be in but you cannot see them in iTunes.</strong> If that is not true ignore the remainder of this post</p><p>1. In iTunes Prefernces>Advanced click change and select the folder on the external drive with the music and any other media in it. </p><p>2. Make sure the first checkbox is checke. <strong>Deselect the second box tempoorarilly</strong>. If you don't there will likely be duplicate files.How you set the third and fourth boxes are up to you.</p><p>3. Now you can close that window and driag the folder with your music into iTunes You can also go to the File menu and choose Add to Library.</p><p>4. It may take iTunes a while to import your library depending upon how many files are involved.</p><p></p><p>Once this process is done you can go back and check box number 2 to make sure new songs/meida are pulled into the correct folder. </p><p></p><p>If you start iTunes without the external drive attached new files will be added to the iTunes folder on your internal drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1796591, member: 131855"] I re-read your post above (#12) and I think I missed/misread something earlier. Let me try this again. [B]I am assuming that the actual music files are on the external drive in the folder that you want them to be in but you cannot see them in iTunes.[/B] If that is not true ignore the remainder of this post 1. In iTunes Prefernces>Advanced click change and select the folder on the external drive with the music and any other media in it. 2. Make sure the first checkbox is checke. [B]Deselect the second box tempoorarilly[/B]. If you don't there will likely be duplicate files.How you set the third and fourth boxes are up to you. 3. Now you can close that window and driag the folder with your music into iTunes You can also go to the File menu and choose Add to Library. 4. It may take iTunes a while to import your library depending upon how many files are involved. Once this process is done you can go back and check box number 2 to make sure new songs/meida are pulled into the correct folder. If you start iTunes without the external drive attached new files will be added to the iTunes folder on your internal drive. [/QUOTE]
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