the iTunes iTunes folder is on a locked drive

Similar Questions

• Can't access itunes as my computer error message - the itunes folder is located on a locked disk or you do not write to this folder permissions

  Original title: everytime I try to access itunes my computer sends a message "itunes folder resides on a locked disk or you have no permission to write to this folder" How can I access itunes?

  Why can't I access iTunes.

  Hello
  
  1. What problem is confined with iTunes? Can you access different files on the computer?
  2. what operating system you are using on the computer?
  
  Change the permissions on the folder / my music/itunes (and all subfolders and files) so that it is not "read-only". ""
  a. by doing a right click on the name of the iTunes folder, and then select Properties.
  b. you will see the read-only check box. Make sure it is disabled.
   
  Response with more information to help you.

• "The iTunes folder is located on a locked disk or you don't have permission to write to this folder.

  original title: permissions problems

  I try to install 3rd party software (iTunes). When I run it says "the iTunes folder is located on a locked disk or you don't have permission to write to this folder. I use Vista and we have 4 accounts of user of the device. I think part of the problem might be that we have recently changed the administrator. I lived like most of iTunes and modified permissions files, but do not know if I get all the. Anyone have advice on how to completely reset the default administrator rights?
  Thank you!

  Open your itunes folder usually in C:\user\[your username] \music\itunes, select all the items and select share with the Group residential read/write you must do for all files in the folder iTunes and the folder iTunes itself

• can't access itunes on the laptop. the display shows "the"itunes"folder is a locked disk or you don't have permission in writing for this folder.

  can't access itunes from the laptop.

  Hello

  • Have you been able to access this file before?
  • What were the changes made before the issue occur?
  • Does happen with Itunes only?
  You can check this link:
  Troubleshoot "access denied" when opening files or folders
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-access-denied-when-opening-files-or-folders
   
  You can also try to access itunes through c:\program files and the itunes folder and check.

• I can't run iTunes on Windows 7 ultimate: "the itunes library.itl file is locked."

  then I try to run itunes and a message appears that says "itunes library.itl file is locked on a locked disk or you do not have permission to write to this file.
  then I ran out and he said it was bundles. I then ran the program to check if I could run it on xp, but he also said that I had no programs supported. What I can do, or how to get programs supported? !!!

  Hello darealguty,

  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

  iTunes 9.0.2 version is compatible with Windows 7. You could try the following to see if it helps.

  Go to the iTunes folder. Right-click and select Properties. Uncheck the read-only box.
  Click on apply, click OK to change all subfolders. Click OK.
  Now check and see if you can open iTunes.

  If this is not enough, then you must go to http://www.apple.com/support.

  Please let us know if this suggestion has helped to solve your problem.

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think

• Windows 7 directory on the iTunes folder encryption is originally a problem of insufficient authorization

  Windows 7 seems to be encrypting random complete files in my iTunes on my drive folder hard ext.  This causes problem insufficient authorization (see If iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize your computer - Apple Support).  Any ideas of how to avoid this?  The encryption because the album is to have some sort of time-lock?

  Sounds like a Windows problem, not an iTunes one. Do not encrypt files unless they need. You add an access memory load data within a treatment and run the risk that you cannot recover the data if the operating system crashes into the keys with him. Also not a good idea for an external drive that you might want to use it on several computers. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/encrypt-decrypt-folder-file#1TC=windo ws-7.

  See fix for iTunes for Windows security permissions for the appropriate permissions to set on the files to iTunes.

  Make sure that the information SC folder mentioned in the document you cite is not subject to encryption either.

  It is perhaps worth noting that iTunes may issue a request to authorize when a download from the store is damaged in any way. Delete the affected file and download a new copy of the store usually solves this problem.

  TT2

• the iTunes folder copy of office on external hard drive

  I'm trying to back up my iTunes music on an external hard drive folder.  Whenever I try to drag the file to another drive, I get an error stating that "the operation cannot be performed because you do not have permission to access the .iTunes Preferences.plist.  I also have problems backing up my iPhone and iPad because I get an error indicating that there is a problem with the purchased content.

  By some other posts, I tried to remove the .itunes Preferences.plist file, reboot, restart iTunes and try to copy again - I still get the same message.  I tried different external drives without success.  All discs are in Mac OS extended (journaled) format.  I'm running OS X 10.10.5 on a Mid MacPro 2010 that contains 4 HDDs and using iTunes 12.3.3.17.

  Suggestions will be welcome.  Thank you.

  This procedure is a diagnostic test. It makes no changes to your data.

  Please triple - click anywhere in the line below on this page to select:

  ls -@BOaen M*/iTunes | pbcopy

  Copy the selected text in the Clipboard by pressing Control-C key combination.

  Launch the Terminal application integrated in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  Paste in the Terminal window by pressing the command-V key combination. I tested these instructions only with the Safari browser. If you use another browser, you may need to press the return key after pasting.

  Wait for a new line ending with a dollar sign ($) below what you entered.

  The output of the command will be automatically copied to the Clipboard. If the command produces no output, the Clipboard is empty. Paste into a reply to this message.

  The Terminal window does not display the output. Please do not copy from there.

• Help to use Cruzer Glide 64 GB to transfer the Itunes folder?

  Can anyone help please?

  I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide only to transfer my itunes folder everything old PC of Windows XP to a new Windows Vista pc.  My itunes folder size is 47GB, Cruzer Glide is 64 GB

  Given estimated duration varied between 24 to 30 hours. Whenever I tried to copy the itunes on the flash drive folder it stopped working after about 20hours (!)

  Whenever he can't I deleted all the files he had copied successfully before re - try, as I had no idea of what what is wise because it's all encrypted.

  Okay, so I decided now, I would use CruzerGlide without my files being encrypted, because I need the security and maybe this will decrease the time it takes to do what I'm trying to do. I didn't know how to install without this option to access secure flash drive.

  Please can someone tell me how always use it only as a basic memory stick?

  +

  This will solve the problem I have?

  MANY thanks in advance

  Yes, do not use SecureAccess for this task will reduce considerably the time of transfer.

  The easiest way would be when you plug the gliding flight and SecureAccess begins SecureAccess farm.  Then access the drive using Windows Explorer.

  If you want to disable permanently SecureAccess using Windows Explorer, delete the two files/folders on the gliding flight.

  Another consideration, if your files, not your file, are larger than 4 GB, you will need to reformat the drive in NTFS or exFAT.

• How to copy the itunes file on a portable hard drive in Vista

  Can you give me the steps for the copy of my file iTunes on a portable hard drive?  I use Windows Vista.

  Hello

  iTunes for Windows: moving your iTunes Media folder

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/ht1364

  iTunes: back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/ht1751

• ITunes sees not music in itunes folder transferred to the new computer

  I copied and transferred my iTunes folder from an old hard drive to new drive but when you open the iTunes application, he does not see the music in the iTunes folder.  I think it may be related to that of the old iTunes folder now in the new computer.  I have more access to the old hard drive, only the copies on external drives, so I cannot consolidate the music in one folder using iTunes.

  The iTunes media folder location has been given as C:\Users\User\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media and I replaced the iTunes on the new C drive folder with my old iTunes folder copied.

  In this folder iTunes are the following:

  -Working album Art folder

  Press Kit - iTunes (6.8 GB)

  -Automatically add to iTunes folder

  -File mobile applications

  -Record music

  (individual files music here)

  music iTunes-(5.6 GB) file

  (other individual files music here)

  -Mobile Applications folder

  -Previous iTunes libraries folder

  2 iTunes library .itl file

  2 options in iTunes, the itl files library

  library engineering 2 iTunes, itl files

  1 iTunes music library xml file

  So I don't see that the music data in the iTunes folder, but I don't know what is wrong.

  Can anyone suggest what I need to do?

  Thank you.

  Restart iTunes while holding the SHIFT key, and then point it to the new location of the library.

• Replace the iTunes from Mac to another folder and make it synchronize with the iPhone?

  I copied the iTunes folder full of an iMac of El Capitan 2013 a 2015 running iMac running a little newer version of El Capitan. I want to replace the iTunes folder on the new Mac with my backup and everything on the new Mac to work as it did on the old, well that the old iMac and a new have different names, I do not know if what counts.

  1. my entire library of music appear and be available after replacing the files?

  2. home sharing with all my devices work after replacing the files?

  3. what happens with my iPhone and iPad that already synced with my old iMac? Will they continue to synchronize on the new iMac, as I replaced the entire folder?

  4. are there any other questions or things that I need to address with what I do?

  Thank you!

  1 Yes

  2. no doubt. If this isn't the case, you may need to reconfigure. I don't know exactly where these settings are stored.

  3. Yes

  4. nothing much as your installation is as described and the entire library is stored in the iTunes folder. Some elements used in iTunes related activities are not stored in the iTunes library folder, but in special folders.  If you move a library to another computer, you can copy these too:

  -Music Apple file cache: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2015/09/new-flush-apple-music-cache-files/

  -device iOS, various preferences files backups: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3285925

• How can I move the iTunes file that keeps track of plays on a new hard drive

  I added an SSD for my MacBookPro and use it as a boot drive. I finally understood how to get the entire library of music to play without moving all the music for the SSD (not enough of space for everything), but I have lost all my game account.

  There must be a file that lists all these information. Where could I find it? I tried to export the library but the iTunes on the new disc he did not recognize.

  Thanks for any help you can provide.

  10.11.6, iTunes 12.3.4.1

  The file is the iTunes Library.itl file. This file guard track of everything in iTunes. And I mean everything. What kind of music you have, what has been deleted, playlists, play counts, ratings, date added, files, but a group which is not a lot of information duplicated in the tags attached to the media.

  It is quite difficult to judge where exactly you are in this process because you don't have not said us what you did exactly. It's easy to make a mess of a library in doing things without knowing exactly how iTunes really works rather than how we think it works. You can try to copy this file .itl on the original to the new one and maybe drive he always knows that the media files are the original disk, but I'm not positive.

  Just to let you know, using a library distributed in this way can lead to complications on the road and requires that begin you now learn the details of the operation of iTunes if you can avoid the problems.

  On the iTunes library files - https://support.apple.com/HT201610 - does not mention that a complete library of work also includes other files and also files in the iTunes folder.

  More about the library files iTunes and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

  What are all these files in iTunes? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

  Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

  iTunes 9 [and later]: understanding iTunes Media organization - http://support.apple.com/HT201979 - more information on the Organization of the new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702

  Image of the folder structure and the explanation of the different versions of iTunes (post turingtest2) - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 and making a portable iTunes library.

• move the itunes library on a disk on pc Windows 10

  I use ITunes on my Windows 10 photo.  I installed the latest update of ITunes.

  My ITunes library is stored on my pc windows 10 under c:\music.  I would like to create a music folder, the c:\OneDrive\music and drag all ITunes music and other files from the current location to the new location.

  I would say then ITunes the new location for the music to ITunes and other files.

  It would give me the auto backup my library cloud existing ITunes as well as everything I add to it.

  Thanks for any help you can offer.

  Bill

  In theory, it should be possible to do it, assuming you have enough storage in OneDrive to host your music library.

  Before you try this, make sure that your library is portable and sustained upward.

  Make a portable split library

  This done, close iTunes and copy the iTunes folder in its entirety to the folder of a drive.

  Once the copy is complete, open iTunes while holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard. This will allow you to select a library to load when loading iTunes.

  Point iTunes to the location of the folder to a drive where you copied the library and wait for it to load.

  Note: unless you have moved manually the folder from one drive to C:\ sound usually found in your user folder, not directly on the root of the C:\ drive.

• I can't change the location of the iTunes library

  I used iTunes with my Mac Mini, and all the music and video have been stored in the main hard drive. As I added a 120 GB SSD inside the Mini and installed OS X (El Capitan) in it, I want to change the default location my iTunes library in the folder iTunes, in the old disk, because I want only the OS X and applications of this SSD because its space is short. But when I go into iTunes preferences I change the location of the media file, iTunes nothing happens. In the iTunes folder, I found the following:

  A folder called Album art

  A folder called automatically added to iTunes

  Files (all grayed out):

  iTunes Library Extras.itdb

  iTunes Libraty Genius.itdb

  The iTunes Music folder

  A class (grayed) called: iTunes Music Library.xml

  A folder called Mobile Applications

  A folder called Previous iTunes Libraries

  Any help? I tried several options but I could not.

  First of all make sure that you really understand what is a library. It is not the location of the media file.  That just tells iTunes where to store any media added from there.  For most people, a library is all the contents of the iTunes folder.

  Looks like your old drive still has various parameters of authorization in this regard.  On my other computer, I used several discs and in the window of Finder read information for each player, I've marked to ignore permissions on my data drives.

• I do not understand the iTunes libraries.

  Can someone please explain how to use the libraries of iTunes for me?

  I have a folder music on my mac with all the 23 GB of my music from my old computer inside.

  But iTunes makes a new folder named "iTunes 1" and stuck 15 GB of my music in there. Not all of my music is visible/playable in iTunes. All are mp3 files, so I don't know why it shows, for example, only 4 out of the 7 albums by a certain artist.

  Why can't iTunes just use my original music instead of using so many additional GB of space?

  Thank you!

  A library (your iTunes folder) consists of parties, as well as a library of the city.  Media are only a part of it. Only the media are like books sitting on an empty block in the middle of a city, no building or librarians.  Which gives the structure that you see is the "catalog file" iTunes Library.itl working with the other files and folders in the iTunes folder (for example, the work is stored in a separate location).  If they were stored on your old computer, then you have a bunch of media.  The normal practice must also copy the folder iTunes on the new computer so iTunes knows all about the support on the external hard drive.

  On the iTunes library files - https://support.apple.com/HT201610 - does not mention that a complete library of work also includes other files and also files in the iTunes folder.

  More about the library files iTunes and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

  What are all these files in iTunes? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

  Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

  iTunes 9 [and later]: understanding iTunes Media organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - more information on the Organization of the new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702

  Because he missed the rest of your iTunes library has created a new library (it's strange, she added a '1' because it only does this if you have deliberately created a new library next to an existing iTunes one but maybe you're not tell us something) and did his thing by default (unless you have changed some settings) to copy everything added media to the Media folder in the library folder.  If you do not want it to do this then make sure have changed the preferences for the location of the media file in advance, or better yet put the entire library on the external hard drive.

  As to why only some of your MP3s show up, you will need to tell us more.  MP3s usually store track information in each file, so if they were added, they should appear.  They are all added?  Otherwise, it's possible, I guess too has been added at the same time and something slipped upwards in the system, or a bunch of other assumptions that I could do.