Adding music folder from hard disk to itunes causes the original music  to vanish

what is causing itunes to delete original music folder from hard disk when selecting add folder to itunes

iTunes doesn't have any automatic way of re-creating your directory structure in terms of folders and playlists in iTunes.   You will have to drag each music folder to a playlist and then arrange these in folders inside of iTunes (which I warn you can can slow down iTunes a lot).   I guess the once chance of speeding this up will be if somebody has written an Applescript to do it, but I don't remeber seeing any anywhere.

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  • How transfer exact arborescence from my music folder on Hard Disk to iTunes ?

    Hello All i'm French
    How transfer exact tree from my music folder on Hard Disk to iTunes ?
    I'm Dj, i use my Mac for that. I'm new on Mac.
    On my Pc, i have create many Folders and sub Folders for my music (sample : House/march2010/House Club)
    This tree is very important for me and i need to conserve this on Hard drive Mac in the same place.
    I Want copy the same tree on Itunes but if i create that myself, it's to long !!
    Help me please !
    (arborescence in french, tree in english)

    iTunes doesn't have any automatic way of re-creating your directory structure in terms of folders and playlists in iTunes.   You will have to drag each music folder to a playlist and then arrange these in folders inside of iTunes (which I warn you can can slow down iTunes a lot).   I guess the once chance of speeding this up will be if somebody has written an Applescript to do it, but I don't remeber seeing any anywhere.

  • HT3842 Does iTunes store the original music file and copy it into a separate folder? If i delete the original file from finder will it remove it from my iTunes library?

    Hi, on my last PC when transferring music to my new MacBook Pro i noticed i had about 6 duplicated of each song in every album i took hours in removing them.
    I Just wondered Does iTunes store the original music file and then copy it into a separate folder?
    If i delete the original file from finder will it remove it from my iTunes library or vice versa. I didnt want to lose any music like i have some how managed to on my old computer.
    Or should i keep both files of it in the Music folder and also iTunes library folder?
    Which is best ?

    DrewPowell wrote:
    I Just wondered Does iTunes store the original music file and then copy it into a separate folder?
    It does both at the same time.
    When you add files to iTunes, it copies them into /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/ folder. The original file remains where it was.
    You can drag a file to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/Automatically add to iTunes/ folder.
    This will add to iTunes and move it to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/.
    I keep a shortcut of this folder on my desktop then simply drag files to the shortcut to add to iTunes.
    Then there are no "extra" files around.

  • How I can upload all my music CDs from my laptop's itunes to the iCloud? I want to free up space on my laptop.

    How I can upload all my music CDs from my laptop's itunes to the iCloud? I want to free up space on my laptop and thought the iCloud was a storage site.

    It's a syncing service, not a storage site.  You can access your CD music from iCloud you have to subscribe to iTiunes Match: http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/.

  • How do i delete the icloud music icons from my iphone 5, i know the actual music is not on the phone but the icons clutter the music app

    How do i delete the icloud music icons from my iphone 5, i know the actual music is not on the phone but the icons clutter the music app

    Settings > Music > Show All Music (turn this option off).

  • Moving iTunes music folder from hard drive to external drive

    I see a couple of topics related to iTunes folder locations and losing track of where the file are. What's the right way to migrate from having the iTunes music files on my hard drive (C:) to using an external drive...without having to re-map everything manually? I'm running out of space on the C: drive!

    There's actually hundreds of those topics. It gets asked daily.
    Did you still have a specific question after reading several of them?
    Here is a very thorough and wordy article on it
    http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive

  • Cannot add music from hard disk to itunes

    Help me i cant add music from my seagate freeagent go to my itunes. i tried to drag it in but it doesnt appear in the library

    if those files are MP3s, try running them by _*MP3 Validator*_ before adding.
    could also be due to permissions problems.
    check if you have read & write permissions for your music folder. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
    the important part is to *apply to enclosed items* !
    JGG

  • Problem storing music on external hard drive and iTunes recognising the music.

    Hi hope someone is able to help.
    I've set up iTunes on my parents windows Laptop to store all the music on an external hardrive. In preferences and in advanced I altered where the music was located. But unfortunately when they removed the external and went to use it a few days later, iTunes did not recognise where the music was stored.
    There is no music in the iTunes folder on the laptop only on the external.
    I deleted all the music that could not be located...all had exclamation mark.
    Added folder to library, which was from the external hardrive.
    Music re added and they were able to put music on their ipod. However the same has happened again when they removed and reinserted their external. Should I just cut my losses and reput all the music back on the Laptop (makes it very slow, quite alot of it) or am I missing checking or deselecting something in itunes, with it being on an external hard drive.
    Hope to hear back from someone to help.

    If you've split the media folder out to an external drive and then start iTunes while the drive is disconnected iTunes gets out of sorts. It will reset the media folder to the default internal path. Depending on what other devices have been connected the external drive letter may also change from time to time which also confuses iTunes. What works best is to create your iTunes library at the root of the external drive, with the media folder inside. In this confuration if the drive isn't connected or has changed letter, iTunes will stop with an error. You can either cancel, connec the drive, and restart, or in the case of a changed drive letter, simply browse to X:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl to open it, where X:: is the current letter for the external drive.
    See make a split library portable for details of how to rearrange your library if you've got it working. Alternatively press and hold down shift as you start iTunes, keep holding until asked to choose or create a library, then click create and make the library at X:\iTunes. Move all the media inside X:\iTunes\iTunes Media, then use File Add Folder to Library to import it.
    tt2

  • How to transfer music library from hard drive to itunes account

    I've purchased a new computer and am trying to install my music library onto the new account. however, despite trying to copy files or copy folders from "my music", I am only able to get 95 songs; there should be significantly more.
    When I copy a file it is not transfering to the library.
    Can you offer assistance?
    Thank you,

    Moving iTunes Music from one computer to another or an external drive - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/8.2/en/15475.html and HT1449 - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449

  • I copied our entire music folder from old PC on tovnew iMac, all our muisc is there, but not our individual libraries have gone. and holding down the alt key when opening iTunes, brings up no options to choose or create  libarys, can i recover our liba

    Hi
    I copied our entire music folder from our old pc on to the new imac, and all the apps, music etc is there, but no individual libarys, we had 5 very different ones, when pressing and holding the alt key on opeing itunes, nothing happens it just opens into itunes, no option to choose or create a libary, what am i doing wrong?

    Did you copy the entire iTunes folder, not just media?  This includes the critical library.itl file.
    Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/13025536 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/17457605
    Now you say you had 5 libraries.  If you really mean that then you would have to have copied 5 different iTunes folders in their entirety, not just one folder.  Anyway, something makes me feel you did not copy a whole iTunes folder and all its subfolders and files, you only copied the music.
    On the starting with the option (alt) key held down I really don't know what to advise.  It works for me hundreds of times and just about everybody else here.  The only thing I can suggest is to hold the key down longer or perhaps start iTunes and then 1 second later hold down the key for a few seconds.

  • Use previous "Delete from hard disk" checked state?

    Is there any way for the program to use the previous "Also delete selected item(s) from the hard disk" checked state in the file deletion confirmation dialog?  It gets tedious to check it every time I want to delete a file and if I forget to do it I will have an extra file sitting on my hard disk not in my catalog.

    A quick shortcut that I use is to hit the spacebar (checks/unchecks the "delete from
    hard disk" option), then hit the enter key to complete the process.
    Michael

  • Can I copy music iTunes Music Folder from my external Hard drive to new PC?

    not sure if this is possible but I copied my folders (documents/music/itunes/itunes music folder) from my local hard drive from laptop to my external (for backing up purposes) and now i have a new computer. can i just simply copy/paste this folder to my new computer and open itunes and it will be there. i know it's probably too easy but was hoping someone could help me out???? thanks.

    You can by dragging them from itunes to your external drive this will copy them to it. Then do the opposite for from you drive to the new computer. Just make sure if you don't intend to keep the drive connected to your new computer. That you put copies of the songs in a folder on it before putting them on itunes or you have problems playing your songs.

  • After replacing my hard drive, my iTunes won't transfer music to and from my iPhone 5?

    Hi,
    I recently got my hard drive replaced after it died on me. I went to transfer songs onto my computer but it said I needed to update both my iTunes and my iPhone first. So I have and it says that it synced up all ok, but none of the songs got transferred. Simply dragging music over from my iPhone to iTunes didn't work so I manually tried to sync the music, but it came up with the message that in order to do this I'd have to erase all my music from my iPhone to sync with iTunes, when I would rather it be the other way around.
    From reading forums, I understand that you are only allowed to sync the iPhone with one computer only and I have come to the conclusion that my iPhone still thinks it's paired with the iTunes that's on the broken hard drive and therefore thinks I'm trying to sync with another computer. However, I'm still using the same apple ID so I don't understand how that can be possible, so I am quite confused really.
    All I want is to have all my old songs back in my iTunes. The only other thing I can think of is the Yosemite upgrade. I am not convinced on the upgrade since there are mixed posts about it and the only good comments are about its looks when I'm more concerned about its practicality. Could this be the problem with my iTunes? Any help would be very much appreciated.
    Thanks in advance.

    Unfortunately, what you have described is normal with iTunes and iOS devices when changing Macs or (and as you discovered) hard drives. I think you get around this problem though if you rebuild your Mac from a Time Machine backup.
    Question: how much of your music is ripped from CDs or downloaded or purchased from iTunes?
    I would imagine you are going to have to erase your phone, but there are 2 possible options as I would see it:
    Copy the music from an old Time Machine backup. Even if Time Machine is based on your old system, as long as it’s not encrypted, an Administrator account should still be able to access the TM folder (perhaps with some tweaks to folder permissions).
    Get hold of a dedicated piece of software for copying music off your iPhone. Google will present you a few options, although be careful: music on your phone is not stored in a filename friendly way, so you will no way of easily identifying the song or getting iTunes to recognise it either. You probably want software that builds filenames and copies the metadata with it, although these aren’t generally free.
    Don’t forget that any purchased songs you can re-download off iTunes.

  • How should I copy my iTunes Music folder from my iMac to my Macbook Pro

    I have copied the iTunes music folder from my iMac to my Macbook Pro using firewire and target disk mode. After all the files (for files read each individual song) have been copied I find that not all songs can be played. For those which will not play I get he error message "The song "bla bla" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" When I answer "locate" on this popup I'm taken to a view of finder. If I double click on the song there, the song will play on iTunes. Seems to be something to do with the structure of the folders but in get info I cannot see a difference between songs encountering this problem and those which don't.

    Instead of copying only the _iTunes music folder_, copy the entire *iTunes folder.*
    That's all you need to do.

  • Moving itunes library in Mountain lion from hard disk

    My iTunes library is on a external hard disk with the rest of my old computer's stuff  , I want to transfer all my music in my new iMac , I want to make sure what I am about to do is correct...
    iTunes is turned OFF on the new iMac , the external hard disk is plugged in the computer and the finder window is opened where I located the  iTunes blue file, 
    In the new computer finder ,I located the blue file "iTunes media" in  users/music/itunes/itunes media
    Do I simply drag the first file in the other one ??

    I just transferred my iTunes media to an external drive, but it sounds like you want to go the other direction.  I would suggest you follow Apple's recommend procedure rather than just dragging the folder:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
    or,
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
    Good luck!

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