Itunes and NAS..."cannot find library"?
I have a Mac Pro and a Macbook Pro, each connecting over the network at home to my NAS. My NAS is not running any iTunes server; instead, I have an iTunes folder (called "music") on the NAS that is shared to the network, and I've set up my iTunes clients to point to that folder as the location for their iTunes library and iTunes media.
This all works great...when it works. However, I'll often start iTunes and get the message, "Your iTunes Library cannot be found--please specify the location of your iTunes library." I then get a dialog box, where I go to my NAS, select the proper shared folder, click the Library file, and everything works again. I never have to specify the media location; just the library. Then I'll play around with iTunes for a while, listen to music, close iTunes...and the next time I start it up I get the same message. This happens no matter whether I run iTunes on my Mac Pro or my Macbook Pro.
I have the "music" folder set as one of my login items on each computer, and it mounts without a problem. However, what seems to be causing the problem (as far as I can tell) is that the computers don't have a persistent connection with the NAS. In other words, I'll go into Finder, click on the NAS name in the sidebar, I'll see "Connecting....", and then after a short delay it will connect. But then when I start iTunes, it'll still say "Your iTunes Library cannot be found, etc etc...."
Anyone have any ideas on how to force iTunes to go look in the proper shared folder on the NAS for its Library file?
Hi MGdog,
Welcome to the support community!
This article may help with the first prompt you receive when signing into your BlackBerry ID. "Unable to log in to BlackBerry ID in BlackBerry Link if a proxy connection is required" http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB34026
Regarding the second error that the BlackBerry ID isn't associated with your BlackBerry 10 smartphone, this article should provide more information as well as a workaround. ""This BlackBerry ID isn't associated with a device running BlackBerry 10 OS" appears when signing in to BlackBerry ID within BlackBerry Link" http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB34693
Regarding your music library, is BlackBerry Link able to find any music files stored locally on your computer?
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