Hi ET, Try opening iTunes, then up to the File menu, down to Library, then choose either Organize or Consolidate Library. Either or both to see if iTunes begins to recognize your library on the Mac first. A side question, do you subscribe to either Apple Music or iTunes Match and thus have a Cloud based library?
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 6, 2017, at 16:57, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Turns out not to be the Apple TV. iTunes 12.7 is not seeing my content, none of it. Its all there but its not associating the content with my library. I tested buy moving some home videos then copying back to the Automatically Add folder. That works. >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/6/2017 2:47 PM, David Griffith wrote: > I have no experience of using the Apple TV but I do experience from time to > time a curious lag in iTunes syching and communicating across devices. For > example my Windows machine and my Mac. > Generally this gets resolves after time but it may take a day for the > machines to catch upwith each other. I have speculated that this slow > response may be a symptom of the Apple Servers struggling. > Maybe 24 hours will sort it. > David Griffitgh > My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog > http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ > My Blind hammer Blog > https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts > *From: *E.T. <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> > *Sent: *06 November 2017 16:12 > *To: *macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *Re: Apple TV and iTunes Library > Holding the option key while opening iTunes was my first step. Also > went into preferences to select the new location. The library is > available on the Mac but the ATV does not see it. Unplugged the box, > still not working. > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > On 11/6/2017 3:14 AM, Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > > My own solution was a little different. Rather than merely changing iTunes > > to the new location from the old, I pressed the CMD key when launching > > iTunes. This forced iTunes to ask me for a library location. I pointed > > the location path to my external USB drive and I made sure it took which it > > did. One important note to bear in mind. When setting up your location > > you want to work it so that the path is exactly like what you see below. > > > > External Drive (equals the actual name of your external drive) sub folder > > path if any and finally, the actual folder named “iTunes” To give you the > > path example I myself am using: > > > > External Data/External Music/iTunes > > > > HTh. > > > > > > Sent from the only computer with built-in screen reader access for the > > blind: > > > > Sincerely, > > > > The constantly barefooted Ray > > > >> On Nov 5, 2017, at 11:59 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Hello E.T., > >> > >> I’m not certain but, if memory serves, the last time I relocated my iTunes > >> media I: > >> > >> 1. > >> Made certain that I could play all of the media in iTunes by selecting a > >> few items and playing them back on my computer. > >> > >> 2. > >> Reboot my computer and Start iTunes. > >> > >> 3. > >> Power off my Apple TV by unplugging it for a minute or so, then rebooting > >> Apple TV. > >> > >> After that, all worked as expected. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > >> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 9:53 PM > >> To: MacVisionaries > >> Subject: Apple TV and iTunes Library > >> > >> Over the weekend I moved my iTunes Library to a larger external drive. > >> I pointed iTunes to the new location. Started up the ATV and I get "no > >> content in this library". Wifi connection is good, home sharing is on. I > >> can see the content on the Mac. What am I missing? > >> > >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the > >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > >> > >> -- > >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac > >> Visionaries list. > >> > >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > >> > >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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