How can i get itunes to find my music on my external drive?

How can I get Itunes to find my music on my external drive?

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How can i get itunes to find my music files?

i am reloading my hard drive after it crashed. everything is there, but itunes cannot find my files. how do i match my music files up with itunes? I keep getting the message " original file cant be found"

If that doesn't work for you then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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How can i get Itunes to route my music to an external hard drive once my Internal drive is full?

My Internal hard drive is getting full and im starting to worry about how i will store tracks in the future. I have my itunes set to auto organize the files into the Music folder when dragged into Itunes. I am a DJ, so i do get music quiet frequently that i need to add to Itunes for My DJ Software, Serato, To read. Is there anyway i can have Itunes begin rerouting the new songs onto an external HD? and can i play songs from two different hard drives with itunes open? Example, Song A is on internal.. once i finish listening to it or having serato acess it, If i then want to play Song B, which is on an external HD, will Itunes need to "Relocate the file" or will it remember its stored on the connected External HD?
Thank you

If that doesn't work for you then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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How can i stop itunes from finding duplicate tracks from my external hard drive?

All my music is stored on C: drive and backed up on an external hard drive. when I install I iTunes it detects all tracks from both sources giving me 20000 duplicates. I have tried uninstalling iTunes and then installing without the external drive plugged but iTunes still shows both copies, only the f: drive version has the ! next to it. How can I get iTunes to only search in one place?

Uninstalling and then reinstalling iTunes doesn't reset the library. To that simply delete the iTunes Library.itl file in the iTunes folder. For completeness delete the other files in that folder and the subfolder Album Artwork.
Don't let iTunes scan the computer, or if you do disconnect all of the additional sources of media. Better not to scan and then use File > Add Folder to Library so you are in control.
See Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy for a suggested method of keeping the original and backup of your library in sync.
tt2

I recently got a new computer and reinstalled iTunes. I restored my files from a Norton backup. How do I get iTunes to find my music files?

How do I get iTunes to search my hard drive for my music files?

Find the location of iTunes Media folder from Advanced tab in iTunes' Preferences on your computer. Then copy the music from the Norton backup to the iTunes Media folder on the computer.
Thanks!
Harry
Norton Support

How can I get iTunes to find dislocated files on my portable hard drive?

I have had to move my music files onto a portable hard drive to save space but now when I plug my portable hard drive in and try to play tunes the exclamation mark comes up. iTunes can identify individual mp3's when I want to play them, through a manual file search, but is it possible for iTunes to find all the music files at once either when I ask it to or even better identify them automatically for me?

It looks like too many changes already had taken place in the 'iTunes Library' file, to start from the original situation.
You can of course restore all the links manually, but you're probably still busy doing that next week.
Try to rebuild the library, using the instructions in this article:
How to recreate your iTunes Library
You could loose some information.
BTW. If your library mainly contains MP3's and AAC's and Apple Lossless, you won't loose any track related information (artwork, name, artist, album etc.)
That information is stored inside the song file.
Other information is stored inside the library files.
More info in: What are the iTunes library files?
You already made changes. Some links probably point to the external disk and some point to the internal. So I'm not sure re-creating the library will give satisfactory results. I hope it does of course.
If it's all a mess now, you could consider to start from scratch.
By doing this, you will loose all playlists, ratings, podcast subscriptions etc. but not track related info as mentioned above.
To do this, trash the 'iTunes Library' file and run iTunes. you will start with an empty library. Drag and drop the 'iTunes Music' folder on it.
All music will be added to the library.
Consider this as a last resort. Try re-creating first.
M
17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

How can I get iTunes to locate my music?

Alright, a couple days ago I found myself with a problem. iTunes could not locate my music. I went on the internet looking up solutions and loe and behold... they didn't work. Then, just today, I found one that put myself in another mess. It had me go get my iTunes Music Library and post it on my desktop, then delete my iTunes Library itself. Then I was to import the iTunes Music Library back into iTunes. Makes sense right? Didn't work either. When I tried to upload it back on, it just said "Unable to upload because some files cannot be found." Now not only do I not have the files themselves in iTunes (I still have this iTunes Music Library to keep record of what they were), but my computer cannot find where they are.
Keep in mind my raw music files are not the same as my library, I had edited, deleted, etc several songs to my liking.
I even tried pasting all of the raw music into iTunes (hopefully it would remember where they were) and deleting them, but then when I tried importing the iTunes Music Library again, it STILL could not find them.
Can anyone think of any solutions to my dilemma? Any help will be appreciated!

Typical reasons for missing files are, you've deleted the files, they are on a disconnected external drive, or the drive has a changed drive letter, you've moved the folder where the files live in some other fashion, a third party app has rearranged the files, or iTunes has got confused about the layout they are supposed to be in.
Generally you need to work out what has happend, reverse the action and everything will be alright again. If it is something you can't/don't want to undo, e.g. a drive letter change, then as long as you can track down the current location of the folder containing the media then my script FindTracks should be able to reconnect it to iTunes.
tt2

How can I get iTunes to put my music in a certain file?

Ok, I didn't really know how to word the title. lol.
So my problem is, before when I added songs to iTunes, weither it be from importing songs from a CD, buying from iTunes, or just downloading a song from the net. It would automatically make a new folder in "My Music" folder.
For example.
Say I download Avril Lavignes "Complicated" and save it to my desktop, when I play it in iTunes and under album I put "Complicated - Single" iTunes would make a folder in My Music called Avril Lavigne>Complicated - Single>Complicated.mp3
but I recently got my old hard drive put into my new computer. and when I restarted my computer ..iTunes was gone so I had to redownload it ...and now when I add a new song to my playlist, it doesn't add it to My Music folder, it just keeps it to where I downloaded it.
So how can I make it go back to putting any song I put in itunes go to my folder?

Check your settings in iTunes preferences. Make sure iTunes is set to copy files to iTunes library location and to manage library automatically.

How can I get just my non-cloud music from my external backup?

I have my music collection (the entire iTunes folder) stored on an external drive. I did a fresh install of OS X Lion and I like that all of my music lives in the cloud, but I know there are files currently on my external drive that I would like to have added to my current iTunes Library. What is the easiest way for me to identify and retrieve those files without having to copy over the entire iTunes Media folder?

Why not just look at the folders and files on the external HDD and use the "add to iTunes" command in the file menu?

ITunes wont find my music on my external drive (when it used to!)

I recently filled my PC's interntal harddrive with music to the point where it was so slow I had to to buy an external drive to keep it on. I tranferred all my music on to the hard drive and have had no problems with it until today.
Today, I started iTunes BEFORE I turned on my external drive meaning that iTunes could not find any of the music in my library.
This was OK at first, as I could just search within my My Music Folder to locate the odd tunes I wanted to export to my iPod.
However, now whenever I select a song from my library (even with the external drive powered up) I have to go and search for each individual file. I get the little exclamation mark next to the track and the following message:
"The song 'XXXXXX' could not be used because the orginal file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
I then have to search My Music folder to find the tune. This is OK once or twice but I dont want to have to do this for 40Gb. HAs anyone else had this problem?
Is there a faster/better way to find my music and get iTunes to locate it without me having to import all the folders again?
BTW my I've just noticed that my I haven't changed my original iTunes folder location from my internal C drive to my external E drive. Will this make any differences?
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Hi I did try that as, in the past, that used to work. My harddrive was already powered up so I closed iTunes and then reopened it. But, I had no joy. I noticed that my default path for the itunes folder was for my old C drive so I have changed that to my E drive now. Thanks.
However, I fear I may have made matters worse. I followed advice from elsewhere and have been tampering gulps My new situation is as follows:
I have moved the default iTunes folder to my external (G) drive. I have placed all my music into my iTunes folder on my (G) drive <External HDrive (G:)/My Music/iTunes/>. If I browse these folders I can see all my music files.
I then selected all the music in iTunes with an exclamation mark and cleared it (not to the Recycle Bin!). I was told by a friend that if I then went into iTunes/Edit/Preferences/General and then ticked "Keep iTunes folder organised" iTunes would then find all my music in the iTunes folder.
However, this has not happened
So, as it stands, I have 40gb of music in my iTunes folder and I would like to see it in iTunes but can't find a way to do this without importing every single folder via the File/Add folder to library option.
If anyone cal tell me how to get my music back into iTunes I will be most appreciative. Thanks
BTW - I am not going to do anything else to those folders until I hear from anyone else just in case I make an even bigger mess of things.

ITunes cannot find my music on my external drive

I followed the instructions I found here to move my iTunes music folder and consolidate my library to my external hard drive, but accidentally trashed the Library file with the music from my internal hard drive when I was trashing the existing iTunes files on my internal drive. All my music and library files are on the external drive, but when I tried copying the Library and Library.xml files back to my internal drive's Music folder, iTunes doesn't recognize them and none of my music appears.
How do I fix this? Help!

I actually have the same issue... only i did not follow the instructions, i copied the entire itunes folder from my home drive to my external drive then I deleted the home drive itunes folder. I then uodgraded to leopard and although my external drive has itunes folder with all the playlists itunes does not display my music, videos, etc

How can I get iTunes to find my iPod classic?

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What have you tried so far in terms of troubleshooting this issue?
Are you plugging the iPod into a high powered USB 2.0 port on the back of your PC? Have you tried a different USB cable? Does the iPod still charge while connected?
What happens if you try to reset the device with it still connected to the PC?
How to reset iPod
Has this iPod ever worked on this PC or is this the first time you have time you have tried connecting it?
Have you carefully worked through each and every single suggestion in this Apple support document?
iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
B-rock

How can you get a imac to boot from install disc(external drive)

It tries for a while then says you have inserted a disc mas osx does not recognize.

sirmark1:
Thanks for the clarification. It helps to get a better grasp of the situation.
If you have not already done so, try this:
• With computer shut off insert disk in external optical drive.
• Start up computer and immediately after chime hold down Option key.
• If CD shows up select it and click the straight arrow.
However, the version of Mail you get from Jaguar will be the earliest version of Mail, whereas the version of Mail in Panther is 1.3.1. You can download 10.3.9 Combo Update and either install the update, or try to extract Mail from the Combo update using Pacifist
Hope one of those work for you.
cornelius

I have a new mac and my old mac had my photos on it how can I get my photos onto iPhoto without using a external drive or flash drive?

My dad put a new mac in and the old Mac had my photos on it, and I checked iPhoto after it the new computer was plugged in and there was no photos in it, and my dad said that they should be in there but they aren't, so is there a way to get my photos onto the new Mac without the old one and without an external or flash drive? Because a lot of my photos I don't have on my camera because the memory card was full and the pictures that I had already had been on the old mac....
Thanks!

Have your dad post de what happened - you need to be at least 13 o se these forums and we need to be able to understand what you are asking
the basic answer to moving photos is Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) or use an external hard drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward. but you say you do not have the old computer
Unless you have a backup or there is more information the answer is there s no way now
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How can I get iTunes to display the tracks from a CD in their original (album) order?

To be absolutely honest, I don't really understand what this box is for, so I shall just use it to repeat and expand on my question. (I have already sent a "Feedback" comment on the same topic).
How can I get iTunes to display the tracks from a CD in their original (album) order?
It seems to me that there is something very basic wrong with the way iTunes handles CD Tracks.
Professionally produced CD tracks are seldom if ever in a randomised order. Why then does iTunes seem unable to display the tracks in the order they appear on the original CD source - whether from a personally owned CD or from a download from the iTunes Store?
Some music demands a specific, non-alphabetic sequence in order to make sense. Why does it seem that iTunes only offers Alphabetic, or reverse alphabetic order - both of which make a nonsense of the original, often intended order of tracks?
Why not replace the so-called "cover-art" in the bottom left hand corner if the iTunes window - which, while it may look attractive to some, gives the barest of information concerning the original disc, with a list of the original CD tracks in their original order, so that the user can easily reestablish the order in which they should be played.
As I would expect legibility might be a problem with doing this, why could not the original contents, (in their original order), at least, be displayed when the "cover art" is double clicked-on - the result of which at present gives me an enlarged version of the "Cover Art". While on the subject of the contents of the source disc, what about all the album notes which someone takes trouble to write in order to increase the appreciation of the music on the CD and the listener's general background knowledge of the artists involved. Such notes, it seems to me, have considerable intrinsic value in their own account. I would, I think, normally be prepared to buy such "Sleeve notes" - so long as a "taster" was supplied (as it is for the music) - for something like the cost of a single 'Tune" on iTunes.
These two aspects let Apple iTunes down enormously, in my opinion. I think that by chopping even quite protracted sequences of music up into bits does no one any favours - except perhaps Apple's already quite substantial bank balance. People have to be aware that two and a half, to three and a half minutes is a very short time to develop a piece of worthwhile music, and that there are many, many composers, not all of whom are alive today who have written music that huge masses of mankind value for the enrichment of their lives and the human condition in general.
Please make the viewing of iTunes tracks in their correct order by default possible. By all means have the alphabetical variations available as offering a different approach to the music, but not the sole approach to it - PLEASE.
Frustratedly yours
Alan Whitaker
PS I work at my old 24" iMac Intel Core 2 machine which runs OS "Tiger" - because it is more beautiful to look at, the screen is more pleasant to work on, and because, in some ways it is more capable (it will run FreeHand MX without needing a "patch"), than my more recent 21.5" which runs "Snow Leopard". (I don't find it that much slower, either).

Dear Mike
Thanks for the support. I am utterly amazed that after all the hype about how good iTunes is that it cannot play a downloaded CD in the correct order, and that what that order should be is not available directly from within one's own iTunes installation. (I know that one can go back to the iTunes Store to check what the order should be, but having downloaded the tracks surely iTunes is clever enough to retrieve this important information.
My iTunes to differ from yours in that I have also noticed that it seems unable to download copies of my "talking books" in the correct order either. But in my case it downloads them - from a CD - in order, but with the first track downloaded first - so that it appears at the bottom of the column of tracks so that it would get played last! (At least this is, while being inexplicable, a relatively "logical" bit of blundering and because of this is relatively easy to put right!).
I like many genres of music, some of which are not really programmed except perhaps by the artist performing them. I know that Frank Sinatra was very careful to programme his album songs to obtain a particular effect and in relation to the keys of the music. iTunes presumes to know better.
Film scores may be totally randomly put together, in some cases, but in others the order is vital to one's appreciation of the music as a whole and how it relates to the plot of the film.
In symphonic music most works are divided into sections and are conceived by the composer that way. Some individual sections may gain a life of their own if played separately, but they are never complete in the sense that the composer envisaged them without being placed in their proper context.
Opera and probably most choral music too, is similar except that the words may well become meaningless if the order is changed at the whim of a piece of ill-written computer code, while ballet music has to be heard totally within its sequential context or it becomes meaningless.
Finally, I would venture that iTunes, by jumbling up the order of the tracks as recorded on a CD, does an immense disservice, not only to the music on a particular CD, but to music in general, by expressing everything in terms of "Songs" - which it seems to interpret as stand-alone items of between 2 and 4 minutes whatever the genre. Even the way the iTunes publicity speaks of how many "songs" it can store instead of how many minutes or hours of recorded sound. This has to be another brick in the wall of "dumming-down" of people's expectations, and the shortening of their attention spans.
I don't know about anyone else, but I feel betrayed by Apple over this. Perhaps the look, feel and general presentation of an item are not the most desirable features of a consumer product. Maybe it should be judged more on it fitness for the purpose for which it was sold. There is one other possibility - that Apple are trying to redefine "Music" - and that everything that lasts longer than about 3.5 minutes or is in the form of what could for want of a better term be called symphonic in the broadest sense is something else - not "Music" within Apple's new definition, at all!
Well that's off my chest! now I can get down to creating some sort of order in my iTunes Libraries, knowing that I have to reconsult all the sources in order to confirm the source playing order.
Anyway thanks again. At least I know that it is not just me
alanfromthatcham

How can i get itunes to find my music on my external drive?

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