On Nov 25, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Jörg Duurkoop <yaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > A big HD with all my music and loads of movies died recently and when I want > to play a selection of tracks in iTunes now I have to show the app where to > find it. iTunes asks to be shown the path to every single track. > > I'm happy that I made a copy of my music recently with the exact same > directory (hierarchy or folders) but I cannot find any function in iTunes > where I can tell the app to look for the rest of the music it used to play > and thus rebuild its catalogue. So your itunes catalog is now on a different drive? Have you tried renaming the new drive to be the same as the old one? If that doesn't work, just delete all your iTunes items, and say no when asled iof you want them moved to the trash. When this is done, set iTunes to NOT copy the items to the itunes folder, then drag the media folders form the backup compy you have them on to your iTunes library window. This will re-import everything, in place; essentially rebuilding the metadata catalog, without moving the media files. If it cannot find it's things now, you can disconnect the external drive with the media ot be sure, then delete the library. I think this will lose some organizational data (playlists, perhaps ratings and # of times played.) Some things remain with the media files (album art, etc) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
