Well here's what was going on. I was setting up my sound system, macbook pro, vestac vci 300 controller, sound card and algoriddim DJ. I was analyzing BPMs for tracks which didn't have the tag on, then proceeded to check if any had DRM that would restrict me from mixing on dj. So i was testing various configurations on outputs, cueing etc, then when i used the drm unlocker for my files, it told me that there were 200 such files that weren't found. That's when i checked and saw that my purchased files alongside some other consolidated tracks mentioned invalid locations.
That's when things got as dark as zombie movies, jaw dropping to the floor and brain activity to a halt. On top of it, i had a rather small ssd on my macbook so my library is all on an external portable firewire, and sometimes since i often go mobile, and having a macbook air for traveling lightly, i sometimes merge stuff, and when i forget to plug the external to the macbook, i then take the tracks left on the internal back to the external, sort of a periodic cleaning operation. This might have messed the xml up, and at some point deleted a bunch of files from past purchased and ripped tracks. The fact that i had several audio applications opened, that i was configuring tracks system sounds and itunes with other applications might have exacerbated the issue. However, i was forward thinking in backing the stuff up, and most of it is recovered with the exception of those 3, which in fact are from an ensemble of 100 or so tracks which have totally dissapeared from my harddis. So the mystery is still prevalent. I made a disk utility check to see the external's integrity, no problems. Whatever it is, i believe its time to make a full cleanup of itunes, just isolate podcasts and other stuff, move all my tagged tracks to a temporary folder, get rid of duplicates, and repopulate itunes for a fresh xml. At any rate, this is odd and the nightmarish perspective of loosing my music library is motivation enough to triple back it all. My sunday has a perplexing albeit reassured end. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
