Moved iTunes "library", but the files are still on the old drive
I have a 4 year old Windows Home Server that housed my actual media files/albums etc. Need to move THOSE files from that hard drive to a new NAS drive (synology). I google search an alway get the same instructions which show me how to move the iTunes Library and use that library (Shift/iTunes/choose). But that isn't coping the actual albums from the WHS to the Synology NAS drive. Got a folder Music, itunes has created a sub folder called iTunes, the .itl folder is in there etc. BUT I'm going to bring this old drive down. I could drag drop, but that isn't going to pick up any DRMs, nor is it going to get iTunes to point to it. What am I missing??
HELP - I have the NEWEST release of iTunes. which doesn't seem to have a move function or a consolidate function if thats the ticket.
See make a split library portable for some general background.
Press ALT or CTRL+B to reveal the hidden menu bar. The consolidate function is where it always was.
With a NAS drive you'll get a performance hit by having the library files on the NAS, but you may want your library in portable shape to move easily from one system or drive to another. Having moved it you can then copy the library files to local storage for performance. Copy back to the NAS and access there once before attempting another move.
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