Failure to Consolidate

Here's the feedback I've sent to Apple:
"1. I just switched back from referenced to managed images. Of about 5,000 images, 45 failed to Consolidate. Ap reported it couldn't consolidate images not found. The images are in exactly the same folder structure as all the others, and in the same individual folders as others that worked just fine. Show in Finder finds them. Manage Referenced Images also reports, of some of these 45, that it can't reconnect them. Even if it can (or says it has done so), Consolidate still reports the image as offline or not found.
2. This may be a variation on the same problem I was having when my images were referenced. I duplicated my folder-tree of images from my laptop (I've been traveling) to my desktop, and copied the Ap library as well. Most images responded to Manage Referenced Images. Some -- psd files made on the laptop originally with Open in External Editor -- did not. That's one reason I gave up and went back to managed images. Now that doesn't work.
I would *very* much appreciate advice on how to get the rest of my library back in good order."
Has anybody else run into this problem? As I said, I'd appreciate a solution, even better if accompanied by an explanation -- the problem images (1% of the total) seem completely random.

Well, I solved my problem, by hand. I imported the unConsolidated images again. Then I lifted all the metadata from the supposedly unfindable Referenced image (if the images are "unfindable" how in the world could Aperture lift all adjustments etc from them???) and stamp the corresponding, re-imported, Managed image. That had to be done individually for each image of course. Then delete all the referenced images.
Am I missing something? Has this happened to other people with Consolidate? I don't want to generalize too much and I'm sure I could have made some mistake I can't think of -- but this experience says to me that while Aperture has nice features, "robust" is not a word I'd use for this software. That's very worrisome, especially now that I've given Aperture control over my all my images and their backup by shifting from Referenced to Managed images.

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Copying music failed , the file name was invalid or too long"
I already moved the Itunes to my new pc, but my new Itunes cannot "Relocating my file"
Please help me

To find out which file it was, look at where you were
copying them too and see which was the last file
copied - and then go back to your source, and go to
the next one - it should be that one.
I just wanted to add that I had the same issue (failure to finish copying and "invalid or too long" error msg) and at first didn't see how looking for the last file copied would work since iTunes is copying into folders.
Duh.
Reverse sort by date modified (newest folder at the top of the list) then drill down to the folder containing the files being copied. Voila. There was the (missing) culprit, and I knew which file to rename in the source folder.
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I'm looking to migrate my iTunes library to another hard disk on my laptop. I have followed steps on Apple's website where I reset the library location to the new drive and am now using the consolidate library function.
I'll highlight 20GB of files and select consolidate library however it trucks along for a while until it seemingly finds a file it doesn't like and iTunes hangs for 20 minutes then gives me an error message "Copying files failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.". While it's hung the copying progress bar shows the file it was supposed to be copying so I can identify the problematic song and skip that artist however I then find it hits same issue with another file along the way.
I've got about 170GB of media so it's not really practical to go through this process of bypassing files it doesn't like so I wondered if anyone has any idea why these files are causing problems for iTunes?
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I assume you ran chkdsk with the "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" option? One failure would be annoying to transfer would be annoying. Repeated failures suggest there may be an underlying problem with one of the disks. I'd be keen to get another drive and start backing up to it.
iTunes will work OK with the files in the split locations, but you have to manually check what can be safely deleted from drive C. Normally I'd recommend that you move the entire iTunes folder as a unit and then hold down shift as you launch iTunes to choose the library in the new location. Given that you are part way through consolidating this isn't so simple now, but see my post make a split library portable for more information.
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Duplicate files created after library consolidate library

I have been trying to clean up everything. I have several iTunes libraries. The one I have selected in preferences is on an external HD, it was up and running. I went to library>consolidate library. When I went to look at the actual files in my selected ext. HD iTunes folder, nearly EVER song (several 1000's) had a duplicate, tune.mp3 and now tune 1.mp3. ***??? Where did they come from? Did iTunes gather all of the files up from other itunes folders & copy them???
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Hi,
Then you may need to monitor the behavior to see if you can find out the cause.
First you can enable Audit on that folder to get the account who create the /1 file. You need to set Audit in 2 settings:
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for "Audit object access."
2. Configure an audit entry on the specific folder(s) that you wish to audit. Right-click on the folder-->Properties-->Advanced. From the Auditing tab, click Add, then enter the users/groups whom you wish to audit and what actions you wish to audit
- auditing Full Control will create an audit entry every time anyone opens/changes/closes/deletes a file, or you can just audit for Delete operations.
Also you can try Process Monitor to see if you can capture the exact process when the file is created. However as the issue occurs randomly it may take your time to get an accurate trace.
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"Unable to Consolidate Library, not enough disk space on C:\"

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Assuming there are enough space available on the filestore folder? Did you check system log during failure? If possible enable CMS trace, that may help you for further investaigation.

I am using Windows 8.1 i have an External Hard Disk and one drive is now inaccessible due to sudden power failure few days ago. Now it shows "Data error (Cyclic redundancy check)". I want all my important files and Pics. How ?

Hi,
I am using Windows 8.1
I have an External Hard Disk i have partitioned it to 4 parts.
One drive is now inaccessible due to sudden power failure while listening Music from that drive few days ago.
Now it shows "Data error (Cyclic redundancy check)".
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Import everything into one library and then dedupe it.
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Hello cmc313,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes 10 for Mac: Consolidate your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph990
You can consolidate all the files in your library in the iTunes folder so that, for example, it’s easier to move your library to a new computer.
Best of luck,
Mario

Multiple iMac LogicBoard failures

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That a UPS unit would have prevented your logic board failures. Properly designed power supplies do not need a UPS unit in this country. In some third world countries where the power is unreliable on a daily basis with large power swings, they are a must have.
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Multiple Hard Drive Failures on my Macbook Pro - Entourage reminders?

Over the past 2 months I've had three hard drives fail on three different macbook pro computers.
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columbus new boy wrote:
How crap is that?
It's not crap at all.
It's not that simple. For example, I've 3500 songs on my MacBook but don't want them all on my phone, so I have to manually select each song again???
There has to be a solution.
Why not simply make a playlist with the songs you want on the iPhone?
and maintain a current backup of your computer.

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Actually, a little off on the situation as I originally described.
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