Frustrating iTunes folder/library issue
In my PM G5, I had my iTunes Music folder stored on a second internal hard drive. When I switched to a new iMac recently, I used Migration Assistant to bring over all my user folder data, but obviously my iTunes Music folder wasn't part of that since it wasn't in my user folder. So, I copied the folder from a second partition on my Time Machine to my user folder/Music/iTunes, reset iTunes to look at the default location, and everything seemed to be working fine. Then I noticed that iTunes was still looking to the backup partition as the location for all my files.
So I'm trying to figure out how to tell iTunes to stop looking there and instead look where it's adding new files (the default location). I tried a Consolidate Library, but that duplicated everything in my folder, but not with iTunes itself (no dupe entries). I reverted to my backed up iTunes folder and am trying to figure out the best way to go from here. I thought there might be something helpful on Doug's AppleScripts site, but came up empty. Any ideas?
I had this same issue with my PPC Mini running OSX10.5 which is still on iTunes 10.7.
My hard drive on my iMac crashed and I lost my library files. After the hard drive was fixed, I updated all my software including iTunes. I then proceeded to recreated playlists for many nights on the faster computer in iTunes 11 using an external drive to hold my songs. I thought I could replace the library files on my Mini. Wrong.. I got the error: "iTunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer verion of iTunes". I didn't think it through because I didn't realize at the time that I was only running 10.7 on the Mini and that I could not upgrade, because iTunes 11 doesn't support PPC anymore.
I ended up exporting the Library, File > Library > Export Library on iTunes 11, then on the computer running iTunes 10.7 I imported the playlist, File > Library > Import Playlist. Even though it says playlist it worked. I did the same for all the playlist, I exported the Playlists and imported them into the older iTunes. I used these instructions as a starting point: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
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x:\iTunes\iTunes Music
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Open iTunes and go to Edit>>Preferences>>Advanced>>General
Set the location of your iTunes Music folder to the location on the external drive.
Then use File>>Add Folder to Library... to add the music folder to iTunes.
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Where has my itunes folder gone??
Hi there,
I recently opened a new itunes folder for my sister's music and now I don't know what has happened to my own folder and all my music. Can someone please tell how I am able to access my itunes folder/library?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
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If this does indeed work, you'll need to perform this procedure every time you want to switch between your iTunes library and your sister's. You may instead want to give your sister her own user account in Windows. That way she'll have access to her own iTunes library whenever she logs in and you'll get access to yours.
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For the time being I have to keep a list of everything I am adding and verify whether it shows up in the library. If it doesn't I have to run a search to see what exact directory path iTunes put it in, go there and open the file - frustrating and time consuming. Even more frustrating to me however is that I really don;t know if I have recovered all the added mp3s from before I recognized the problem.
Any ideas? I was wondering if there maybe was a way to have iTunes refresh its library from the folder?Back up all data immediately as your boot drive may be failing.
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iTunes used to open with no issues, then suddenly did this upon launch. So I found every file associated with apple and whiped the computer clean; reinstalled then tried to open iTunes, with fingers crossed............no luck. I am stumped and frustrated. Don't know what to do next. Can anyone help me?
Look in your Home > Music folder. There should be an iTunes folder there and it should have a number of files and folders including one called library.itl You want to guide iTunes to that file. If you don't see that file or folder then in your next post you will have to be very specific as to what you do see or how you have your iTunes set up because that's where it should be according to default settings.
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When i double click itunes it doesn't open it just comes up with an error saying " The itunes library.itl file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the 'itunes' folder in the 'music' folder. How can i fix this problem?
Anyone can help to advice how to solve this issue ?
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An iTunes library issue that needs the brightest of minds..
I've searched through all of the threads pertaining to this issue and i've yet to find a solid, good answer. Basically, I have a macbook pro retina machine with 250 GB. I have over 100 movies purchased in iTunes as well as multiple TV shows that if I were to attempt to download onto my local disk the shear size would make my HDD .
I have a 1TB external drive and am just wanting to make hard copies of all of my videos and music on my external. Is there a specific way to use my external disk to not only backup my computer via time machine, but to also use it to backup all of my videos and music. I don't mind watching all of my content via the iCloud but I'm having difficulties creating a library on my external and then using that to download all of my movies. As I can't download all of them on my local disk and then transfer a copy, I need to figure out a way to set up my library on the external disk and then download everything to the external. Do you guys know of any way to do this?
Just to clarify my questions to you powers at be:
1. I need to set up a library on my external drive that I can download all of my media to.
2. I want to still be able to use itunes on my macbook and just watch all of my media/music on the icloud
3. Can I still use the same drive that has all of my backed up media as a backup through time machine as well?
I've scoured all of the forums and really all I could find was how to set up libraries on an external disk. None of them ever mention whether or not I can basically use my itunes library locally however I want, knowing that everything I've ever bought is backed up on my external. Any help would be amazing. I appreciate it guys!Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to select a library, then guide it to the 'iTunes Library.itl' file in the moved iTunes folder.
Yes, that's probably what you've seen before but it is how you put your library on an external drive and use it from there.
Note, having your iTunes library on the external drive and having that as your backup drive means you don't really have a true backup. You do for minor issues but one of the most common reasons the have a backup is if a drive is stolen or fails. In yur case if your external is stolen both your original and backup will be gone. You really need a second external drive. -
My laptop was updating itunes and turned off and every since when i try to load itunes it brings up a window that says
The itunes library.itl fie cannot be found or created. The default location for this fie is in the itunes folder in the Music folder.
an I cant figure out what to do to get itunes to load so I can't use itunes at all which ***** since it also means I right now I can't add music to my ipod or apps or anything. So hopefully someone can tell me what happened and how to fix it or solve itHi pgarard1,
If you are having issues with launching iTunes after an update, you may want to take a look at the troubleshooting in the following article:
iTunes for Windows: Doesn't open after upgrading in Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2363
Regards,
- Brenden -
I am trying to delete songs from itune 11 library and i want it to delete the song from my hard drive as well. All my songs are in the music folder but not in the itunes folder. itunes did not prompt me to move file to trash nor is there an option to remove file to trash bin. How can i delete songs from both the itunes and hard drive at the same time?
aespinoza2210 wrote:
could it be in the itunes folder or does it have to be in the itunes media folder, which is within the itunes folder??
A Espinoza,
The iTunes Media folder is set in Preferences > Advanced, and is the key to most iTunes folder organizational activities. So I doubt that the automatic deletion will work for files that are somewhere else within the folder structure.
However, I have not experimented with that issue in quite a while, so you are welcome to give it a try in iTunes 11. -
itunes library.itl file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder in the "Music" folder, I keep getting this message everytime I try to install Itunes after having to remove windows 8.1 and go back to windows 8. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and it keeps telling me the same thing. What do I do?
Hi Renee31,
If you are having issues with the library.itl file in iTunes, you may find the following articles helpful:
iTunes: What are the iTunes library files?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1660
Apple Support: Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Regards,
- Brenden -
iTunes will not open. I get a message that says, "The iTunes Library.itl file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder in the music folder". How can I fix this?
Hi pgarard1,
If you are having issues with launching iTunes after an update, you may want to take a look at the troubleshooting in the following article:
iTunes for Windows: Doesn't open after upgrading in Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2363
Regards,
- Brenden -
I keep getting the following message The iTunes library cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the iTunes folder in the music folder. All of my playlists have disappeared and I am trying to recover them however I now can't even open iTunes!
Hi crazymaiden,
I have two articles for you here that should be able to help you troubleshoot this issue with your ability to launch iTunes:
Troubleshooting iTunes installation on Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2311
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden
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