Lacie external drive won't open copied iTunes or iPhoto libraries?
I have copied my iPhoto and iTunes libraries onto my external Lacie hard drive and they won't open. All other copied files are fine including iMovies. iPhoto and iTunes have worked in the past. I am at a loss as to what has gone wrong.Any help would be much appreciated.
David
So your sure the app is pointed to the correct Library? Did you go through the step above?
Have a look in Home/Pictures... is there a iPhoto Library Folder in there? If there is, look in that folder and see if there's a file called library.iPhoto?
(For iTunes, do the same in Home/Music...
Assuming that the app is pointing to the correct Library on the External HD:
Try rebuilding the Library: hold down the apple and option keys, then launch iPhoto. Use the dialogue box to rebuild the Library. Choose all four options.
If that doesn't work, you may have a corrupted Library. Is the External formatted for Mac. Many disks come formatted for WIndows by default. Check this at Disk Utility. Select the disk in the Left Hand Pane and on the right hand side you'll see the format of the disk on the drop down menu.
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Lacie External Drive Won't Open iTunes Or iPhoto Libraries?
I have copied my iPhoto and iTunes libraries onto my external Lacie hard drive and they won't open. All other copied files are fine including iMovies. iPhoto and iTunes have worked in the past. I am at a loss as to what has gone wrong.Any help would be much appreciated.
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So your sure the app is pointed to the correct Library? Did you go through the step above?
Have a look in Home/Pictures... is there a iPhoto Library Folder in there? If there is, look in that folder and see if there's a file called library.iPhoto?
(For iTunes, do the same in Home/Music...
Assuming that the app is pointing to the correct Library on the External HD:
Try rebuilding the Library: hold down the apple and option keys, then launch iPhoto. Use the dialogue box to rebuild the Library. Choose all four options.
If that doesn't work, you may have a corrupted Library. Is the External formatted for Mac. Many disks come formatted for WIndows by default. Check this at Disk Utility. Select the disk in the Left Hand Pane and on the right hand side you'll see the format of the disk on the drop down menu.
Regards
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1. what do I do with original iTunes folder?
2. how do I get iTunes to read/ingest playlist and songs?Exactly what steps did you follow?
1. what do I do with original iTunes folder?
It's on your old computer.
What do you want to do with it?
2. how do I get iTunes to read/ingest playlist and songs?
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What can it be? what can I do??
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I have recently switched from a PC to a MacBook Pro.
I have a large number of documents and photographs on a multiterrabite external drive, backed up on a second multiterrabite external drive.
Both external drives are formatted for MacIntosh. This has been verified by agents at an Apple store and also at Best Buy in two different cities.
This is the problem:
The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
Thanks!
Roderick Guerry
[email protected]Roderick Guerry wrote:
The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
No, this is a philosophical difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple believes that it's dangerous to cut a file in case the user never pastes it; in that case the file is lost. Microsoft seems to not have this problem (if I remember Windows correctly) because they don't delete the originating file if it's cut but never pasted.
Even though Macs have a lot of keyboard shortcuts, philosophically Macs have traditionally been mouse-first. This applies to file copy operations. In your case, what a Mac user would do is open the source window, open the destination window (on your second drive), and then Command-drag the selected files from the source to destination window. This is because a normal drag would leave the originals behind, while adding the Command modifier key tells OS X that this is a Move, not a Copy, so don't leave the originals behind.
(In addition there are different rules for drag-copying within the same volume or between different volumes. If you drag between two folders on the same volume, the files are moved. If you drag between different volumes, the files are copied unless you hold down Command to delete the copies on the source volume.)
Roderick Guerry wrote:
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
Two problems in this case. First, batch file renaming is not built into OS X unless you build something with Automator. However, there are many utilities that can do batch file renaming which you can find at macupdate.com or on the App Store. Since I work with media I often batch rename using one of the media managers I have lying around like Media Pro or Adobe Bridge (comes with Photoshop).
iPhoto is a database front end designed to shield the file system from the consumer and let them concentrate on creativity and sharing. As such it is often a poor choice for managing files directly. When you "transferred the photographs" chances are you moved the originals, not the ones iPhoto edited which are stored in a hidden folder.
Roderick Guerry wrote:
I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
There will not be a way to do it exactly like Windows. As described above, there are ways to do it "the Mac way." If it is possible to remove judgment on which way is "better" you might find the Mac way to be acceptable, but of course sometimes we simply prefer what we're used to. -
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