How do I get iTunes to recognize my Library, my songs, and my playlists?
I moved my iTunes folder to an external hard drive (or had iTunes move it, I forget exactly how it was done, with a friends help), then erased the iTunes folder on my internal drive. Everything worked fine until I forgot, and started iTunes without having turned on the external drive. I can still tell iTunes to look for the folder on the external drive (it seems to see it according to what I do in preferences), but It still will not show my songs or playlists. Anyone able to help?
I was able to get iTunes to recognize the library and the individual tracks, by copying the iTunes folder from the external drive back to the internal drive. Preferences didn't seem to do it for me. I still wonder how to get the library to work from my external drive, though. I'd like help with that!
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