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• iTunes library help

  Hello everyone, I am looking for help with iTunes. I had a collection very messy library/music for a while and decided to launch a new library, hoping that this would solve my problems. First I organized files, albums, and artists in their respective places, then I created the new library (start iTunes with down option). I choose freshly organized music from the previous iTunes media folder and let the program work but much of my music had not been transferred. I trudged through the differences and tried to add these separately and it did not work, even if some of the missing artists/albums have not added that have everything. I'm doing something wrong? is there a better way? I tried the course letter-to-letter (beginning artists by) does not.
  I use the latest version of iTunes with el capitan on a mac book pro end 2013. any help much appreciated.

  Also, I found that I had create the library, wait adding / the transformation that will take place and then go back to my hard drive and open all files before they showed up in my list of artist. now, I'll have to drag the files on the app for them to add iTunes. I have the old files of the previous library in the file multimedia iTunes and now the folder iTunes1 with duplicates of some but not all. I know what you mean has he copies and I can remove the original library/itunes media files?

• How do I add to itunes library without duplicating files

  I have two computers and therefore two local iTunes library. A while back, I moved my iTunes Media on dropbox folder location, like that I could have one place two libraries would draw from. When I got new music I would like to import into a library as usual, and in order to get on the second library I was going to just come to 'Add to library' on the second computer and reselect the same iTunes Media folder. For longer, it would scan this folder and import only new music, however for some reason any now whenever I try to 'Add to library' on the second computer it begins to import duplicates of the entire library rather than just new music. Not sure if I changed the setting on this, or if it is a change caused by an iTunes update? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  If you add a media to an iTunes iTunes library folder will ignore all media for which there is a reference specific dedicated location in the iTunes library file because it is already in the library. You see all the broken links! = What you say all your old references should all be showing broken links because you see everything add iTunes think it is different from that of the current storage location library tracks.

  This is the risk of using something like Dropbox for storing media.  I don't really know what is happening in detail and it is unlikely, that it has nothing to do with an iTunes updated since iTunes behaved this way since version 1.  Sometimes of storage devices what top-level network address needs such as NAS play this kind of question and Dropbox is certainly network.

• Help me get back my iTune library

  Hello

  I lost my mac mini 2009 with my library of more than 3,000 titles iTune.

  For now, I have an old Dell with Windows 7 and iTunes.

  I still have access to my iTune and iTune Store account, but I have nothing left to synchronize.

  My external drive backup are all in the time Capsule and I'm now trying to recover my iTunes library on a PC...

  I allowed Dell to access iTune but I can't import the content of my old iTune iPhone 3GS on the Dell library...

  All I see are my recent purchase... a very small part of the library.

  My music is all about the 3Gs, how can I import it on the DEll PC?

  Well. can you help me please... I own this music and paid for it!

  Kind regards

  Simon

  An iPhone is not a source of backup for the music.

  You can restore all your music purchased on iTunes, but it seems that if you know that and you want to restore the rest.

  The way to do that is to replace your Mac Mini with a new Mac, then use Time Machine as well as the Migration Wizard to restore your last backup Mac Mini for this new machine.

• Missing iTunes library and playlists... Please help

  Hello, this morning to my horror, I started iTunes and all my 20,000 songs and playlists, I spent years developing are absent.  Would it be a problem with my hard drive or a disk that allows iTunes search startup files?  I checked the path to the file and it seems that the music is always in their folders however re import all would not get the playlists back and on top of that the last backup I have was from 2014.    Can anyone help

  It is possible that your iTunes library file has become corrupted, so iTunes has started up with a new iTunes library.  Or you may have accidentally set iTunes to open a new iTunes library.  If you use the default configuration, the iTunes library file is located in your iTunes folder and called iTunes Library.itl, to this place

  [startup drive] /Users/ [your name of user account] / music/iTunes/iTunes Library.itl

  NOTE: The iTunes library file is a database that defines your iTunes library.  It contains no files media real iTunes, which are organized and stored separately.

  Go to this location using a Finder window; What do you see?  If you see a file called iTunes Library.itl here, quit iTunes (if you run) and use this method to open iTunes using this library file.

  Open a different iTunes library file or create a new - Apple Support

  If it does not open or if you still get a library empty in iTunes, you use Time Machine to back up your boot drive?  If you do, you can restore your library iTunes from a State of backup file (date/time) when it does not have this problem.  In your case, it would be immediately before the last time you used iTunes with a working library.  Time Machine does incremental backups every hour, so this should be very close to when the problem occurred, if your iTunes library should be updated more often.

  If you do not have a backup (why not?) of your user data, look in the folder iTunes for a folder called Previous iTunes Libraries.  iTunes, these backups when there is a major update to iTunes, in the case where something bad happens or the user must go back to a previous version of iTunes for some reason any.  If the last backup of 'previous' iTunes library is not too old, you can use this library file to open iTunes, using this procedure

  If you do not see your content once you update iTunes - Apple Support

• How to use on another mac iTunes library stored on external hard drive - on cable network

  I recently bought a new iMac. I used a time machine to the top to move all files my new computer. I still want to use my old iMac as a media server for my network. The main iTunes library is located on an external hard drive connected to my old iMac.  I don't want to move all these files to my new iMac media because they are large enough.

  I sync all my families phones/ipads on this new iMac and of course difficulties with finding them their music/songs etc. When I contacted apple support, they had me move my iTunes library to my new iMac. Now phones are able to properly synchronize and pull up all of their media. However I just duplicated 200 GB of media files. I was able to access the external hard drive to move the media. Is there a way to have my new iMac external hard accessing multimedia disc in iTunes for play and synchronize multimedia files without storing this library on my new computer?

  Why not simply unplug the external hard drive and move it? And I don't think so. You can use home sharing to access the library and the Wi - Fi sync iTunes by following the instructions in the link.

  Share your iTunes library on your home network - Apple Support

  Synchronize your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iTunes - Apple Support

  Best regards

  Austin

• How can I CREATE an iTunes library on the external drive of Thunderbolt

  I am creating an iTunes library for music & movies on an external hard drive LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 4 to. I copied all my movies on external hard drive, but cannot create a name of folder that iTunes will recognize that the library. I have a new mac mini OSx EL Capitan facility, there is NO file (movie or music) stored in the iTunes library on mac. I don't HAVE NO copy the old iTunes library since (OS crashed) & I want the external drive to the library. I tried several times to iTunes directly on the external drive, but it does not find the movies. (This is the file created: Volumes/LaCie/iTunes:iTunes Media), & this is the name of the folder on the LaCie external drive I am trying to get iTunes to serve library (iTunes/iTunes Media). I searched for hours to find info on this, but each article explains how to MOVE or COPY the old library (create a). I am over 50 years & not a computer guru, so please do not criticize my ignorance & please be more specific on the steps to go through as possible! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

  Launch iTunes with down option, click on create a library and drag the movie files in the Finder in the application window open iTunes or automatically add to iTunes folder.

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• Using a single iTunes library on two computers

  Hello

  I have a Macbook running El Capitan and the latest version of iTunes. I have an iMac running Yosemite and the latest version of iTunes.

  I currently save the laptop on the desk. I would like to be able to open the iTunes library for my laptop on my desktop, but when I try to do this iTunes tells me it cannot locate the files.

  I've tried a few things.

  iTunes organizes my media folder but doesn't not automatically copy it on it.

  I moved all my music files, so that they were in a folder in the iTunes .itl file, but the hierarchy above is different for both laptop and desktop.

  I read everywhere and discussions seem to suggest its possible, but no one has described the problem I have.

  With the help of pictures, I was able to do what I want with iTunes either open the backup of the laptop on my desk (although I can't tried editing photos so I just looked at the pictures)

  So I'm a little stuck and would be grateful if anyone can help us with that.

  Thank you very much

  Gareth

  You may not use the same library iTunes, two Mac.  If the two Mac tried to access and update the library even at the same time, it will probably cause data corruption.  But the library file (which is a database) is not identical to the location where your iTunes Media files are stored (which is what occupies more space).  By default, the iTunes Media folder is in the folder that the file to iTunes library.  But you can use iTunes preferences Advanced tab to change the location of the iTunes Media to an iTunes library folder.  However, two Mac share the same iTunes Media folder is also not ideal, because if you make a change (for example, the addition of a new song) to a Mac, the other Mac iTunes library will not know this change.

  The best solution, I think, is to use the share at home with two Macs.  If the iMac has 'primary' iTunes library, set to share its library on your home network.  This is done in the tab of sharing a iTunes preferences.  You can access iTunes library to the iMac for iTunes running on the MacBook.  All media files are stored on the iMac and the MacBook has access to the same files.  You can set the iMac iTunes library to download automatically the iTunes Store purchases on other devices (which use the same Apple ID), including the MacBook (on the Bank of iTunes preferences tab).  Keep the library iTune to the iMac as the master repository with "everything." the MacBook can have its own separate iTunes content (for when it is outside the iMac), but when he is on the same network, iTunes of the MacBook can directly access the iMac iTunes library (provided that the iMac is not turned off or sleep).

• Using an external hard drive to my itunes library?

  Here's my problem...  I just got a new laptop with a disc ssd 256 GB, my itunes library is well over 150 GB.  I don't want to take the majority of my hard drive to my itunes library, so I want to keep the library on my external hard drive, music via itunes on my laptop without copying it to the wire to the laptop HD.

  Is this possible?

  I went into preferences / advanced and changed the itunes media folder location to the file path for the external HD and it did not work.

  Any other suggestions?

  Thank you

  -C

  Launch iTunes with the SHIFT key is pressed, choose Create Library and specify a location on the external hard drive.

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• How to move itunes library to another drive on the same PC?

  Please indicate the steps required to move iTunes library to another drive on the same PC?

  Drag the entire iTunes, not only in the iTunes media folder, there, launch iTunes with the SHIFT key, and then choose it.

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• How can I recover iTunes library on an external hard drive

  Stupidly I deleted my iTunes library earlier today and fight to get it back. (All purchased songs always appear but all songs imported from CDs are gone). I deleted the library and then empty the trash. I have a update on my external hard drive last night so hope I can restore my library iTunes from my external hard drive, but can't get it. Have tried, as a result of aid, online articles, but I do not get any further...

  So far, I saved my iTunes backup folder on my desktop iMac. There was a suggestion to open iTunes, while holding down the SHIFT key (keyboard of Windows) and this should allow me to create a new library or open an existing one - none of these options appeared, my result was iTunes open normally and showing all my purchased songs. The other suggestion is to open iTunes - file - Library - Library to import the backup file, but also no results.

  It seems it should be easy but... not for me to do something. Can anyone offer advice that does not suggest that I have to re - import all the music?

  Thanks in advance

  Truck

  The file that you must replace is located in the following location.

  / Users/USERNAME/music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music

  Just replace the one on your Mac with the library you want. Don't forget, it's only music, not any what other apps, videos etc., if you want to replace it, replace the entire iTunes Media.

• iTunes library to external hard drive works on pc and mac

  Hello world

  I have 1 pc and mac 2. I also use the music library to icloud. However, it depends on the internet connection.

  so, I was wondering if I can put the "itunes library" file on each laptop, the "itunes media" while on the external hard drive?

  My idea is to use an external hard drive whenever I want to use the laptop. so I don't need to broadcast through library icloud music. Moreover, I need an external hard drive and itunes library to work on pc and mac.

  Cheers!

  See make a library of portable split. You will need either a for OS X NTFS driver or driver for HFS + for Windows in order to use the drive with an operating system. Also note that there is a delay when you first launch after passage of one BONE to the other.

  TT2

• Lost all the files of muisc - Itunes library intact but lost hard drive with music files

  Hello

  I'm on windows 10 and the latest version of Itunes. I had a separate hard drive with all my music, which represents 95% of the CD, even some captured directly from vinyl. (iknow all conferences on the backup to the top and sent hard drives for repair, but not luck)

  So my Itunes library is intact, as it was stored on the drive to the OS, but every track has an exclamation point. I tried to use Itunes game and music in an attempt to restore my library, but I suspect I'm going to build it from scratch again, re - burn all my CDs

  Any ideas?

  See recover your iTunes from your iPod or an iOS device. If you subscribe to iTunes Match your should be able to create a new library and download content to it. The old one will assume that the tracks are present, even if they cannot be found. You must avoid doing anything which could remove the reference to the track in iTunes game, that's why I suggest to do a new library.

  See also make a portable split library and backup your iTunes for Windows with SyncToy library.

  TT2

• I'm trying to move a song to my iPhone music library to the iTunes library on my MacBook Air.  I do not want to synchronize the two, so how do I simply copy/migrate the song on my computer?

  I'm trying to move a song to my iPhone music library to the iTunes library on my MacBook Air.  I do not want to synchronize the two (and they have never been synchronized), so how can I simply copy/migrate the song on my computer?  Is there a way to do, without having to re-purchase the song on the iTunes Store on my Mac?

  E-mail (for yourself) click on it in the email

• Setting up an external hard drive to the iTunes library

  Hello world

  Drive hard internal 1 TB of my iMac is near capacity because of my growing iTunes library of music and movies.

  To revitalize the iMac that I am eager to free up space, install a new SSD and examine the possibility of moving my iTunes library on an external hard drive to save storage space.

  Here are some questions that I came with:

  1. Is it pretty easy to transfer my existing library on a hard drive external?
  2. It would be a stable and preferred solution?
  3. When you import, choose 'Copy to iTunes' preferences?
  4. Can I use my 2 TB Apple AirPort Extreme as the new destination of my iTunes library?
  5. Can I use Time Machine to back up the iTunes library on the new drive external hard or if it uses the spare wheel on the AirPort Extreme?

  Thanks in advance!

  1. Yes. Drag the entire library on the external drive, launch iTunes with down option and select it.

  2. Yes, but see #4.

  3. allow the same all the other parameters.

  4 n ° your working data and backups must be on separate drives in case one of them goes down.

  5. Yes, if he is on a drive to Mac OS extended (journaled) format. Time Machine doesn't backup disk inside a Time Capsule.

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