woo hoo!
My library is back from the wilderness. The opt-launch thing was as
simple as not holding the key down for long enough (so it stopped
working the more impatient I got!)
At a loss to find a working library file in the music folder on my
external drive, I had a look at my home>music folder on the old mac
and found an iTunes folder containing a library file and some odd bits
of music (not the ones I'd been trying to play). Copied this over to
new home folder and pointed iT at it with the newly mastered opt-
launch and I'm back in business.
So the library finds the music even though they're not even on the
same drive, let alone in the same folder.
Many thanks Ronni and Peter
Alastair
On 25/03/2010, at 8:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 24/03/2010, at 4:52 PM, mince and pud wrote:
Hello Ronni
Yes I copied over all the old itunes stuff - it never bothered the
old setup
Both 9.0.3 - but now under leopard, formerly tiger
may indeed have opened iT before connecting drive - I forget
choosing the library after option-launch (or in preferences) is
what I meant by
"But when I tell the new itunes where it is it just ignores me"
I point it at my iT folder, a progress bar says 'updating library',
but nothing changes, even after relaunch. (it IS the folder I
should be choosing? The actual 'library' files are greyed-out in iT
prefs so I guess I'm not after those)
Still puzzled - many thanks as ever
alastair
Ronni's advice about holding down the Option key while starting
iTunes is very important. The dialog which appears prompts you to
locate your iTunes library. It is sufficient simply to point to the
iTunes folder on your external hard drive. iTunes will find the
library file by itself.
Yes, you can change the location in your Preferences, but you have
at least to quit iTunes and run it again for the change to be
recognised, and the results can be inconsistent. The option key
trick always works.
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Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948
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