Hi -
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 07:45:38PM -0800, Craig Amundsen wrote:
> >>> t.location.set(f)
Yeah, you can't do this. If you look in the dictionary (for example,
opening it in Script Editor), you'll see:
location (alias, r/o) : the location of the file represented by this track
The location property is read only.
I was afraid of that. Thanks for letting me know.
The only way I can think to move files across disks in iTunes and have
the references stay intact is to use the "Consolidate Library"
command. To do that, reset the iTunes Music Library location
(Preferences > Advanced > General) to where you want the files to go,
then choose "Consolidate Library" from the Advanced menu, and all your
music will move there.
I've tried that. I'm trying to move my library from one external Firewire
drive to an external RAID1 setup. Doing the consolidate moved about 10% of
the files and then crapped out with an error that said something about being
able to read/write a drive. Repeated attempts to consolidate the library now
die with the read/write error immediately. I don't think it's a problem with
either drive since I can read and write from both of them. It may be that
RAID is too slow to keep up with whatever iTunes is trying to do. I was
hoping I could do a manual copy and then update all the locations via
appscript. This having the advantage of allowing me to preserve metadata. I
guess it's time to forget about the metadata since I'm not going to do the
one-at-a-time location update from within iTunes.
- Craig
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