Question about moving library file/playlists

I've just switched to a new computer, and while I was able to move my music and video, my playlists were gone(the music and video were on an external HD, but the library file with the playlists was on the old computer's HD). I've found the library file on the old computer, and I plan on plugging the external HD into the old comp and copying the libary file to it as a means to getting it onto the new comp.
Just one question: The previous comp was badly corrupted by viruses. I'm worried that if I copy the library file to the new comp, the new comp will become infected as well. Is this a risk? What can I do to prevent it?
Also, if I get the library file onto the new comp....then what?

Format the drive using your PC. Connect it to your Mac. Transfer the files. Connect to your PC. All is well.

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ANOTHER question about moving referenced files.....

After reading through most of the posts I could find, I am still not finding the answer to my question. I assume it's simple, but I'm a (second-guessing?) LR2 convert, and while I love Aperture's UI, I'm really struggling with file management.
Here's how I like to work. Insert card into reader, and copy the folder (100CANON) to my desktop. Open Aperture, import all the photos from their current location. I like to edit, keyword, rename, etc at this point.
Let's say I had 10 photos in that folder, 5 of my dog, 5 of my car. Here's where my confusion begins:
I want to select the 5 dog photos, and move their physical location to my Pictures/Dogs folder on my hard drive, as well as to my Dogs project in Aperture. I try 'Relocate Master', which moves the file to the desired path on my hard drive. Unfortunately, the thumbnail still resides in the 100CANON project.
So therein lies my question, if I want these dog photos in the Dogs project I now have to drag the thumbnails from the 100CANON project to the Dogs project.
That seems like extra steps, and I can see that causing a lot of confusion, especially when trying to sort a folder with images that need to go in several different projects. I can't help but think I'm missing something obvious - why can't I go into my 100CANON project and drag the thumbnails to the appropriate project, and have the finder path update as well?
Save the "you should let Aperture manage your files" discussion, I'm not interested in that. I need to use referenced masters.

JF wrote:
what do -you- do with your photos when you import them?
I take the CF card and Finder-copy the contents to a hard drive where they will ideally live forever. Then I eject the CF card (very important error-avoidance step). If the folder contents are not a single shoot at this point from the Finder I review the folder to see if I want the images to comprise more than one project; if so, each project is split into a separate folder with its own name.
Next I back up the folder of images which is labeled something like "101113Buckleymstrs." 101113 is 2010/Nov/13, Buckley is the job/project/event and mstrs indicates those images are the Masters. The backup folder is named "101113Buckley_mstrsbkup."
Note that at this point and forever I can Finder-search for the date or for the job/project/event or for mstrs or for bkup to find images. No Aperture involved yet. Also note that the year/month/day format at the start of the file name properly alphabetizes the folders by date on the hard drives. Most of the files on my hard drives are done that way.
Next I start to import into Aperture by reference into a new Project named "101113_Buckley" using the exact nomenclature used for "101113Buckleymstrs" except without "_mstrs" appended. If Aperture irrevocably lost the link to the masters I could Finder-search on the "101113_Buckley" and find them. At this step before import I review the pix Aperture is set to import and uncheck any obvious duds before clicking to import. The duds remain in the masters and backup folders but I do not care because hard drive capacity is cheap while my time and improved error avoidance have significant value.
I always shoot RAW+JPEG and sometimes I make two Aperture Project imports, one of the RAWs and another of the JPEGs: "101113Buckley_mstrsRAW" and "101113Buckley_mstrsJPEG."
For specific issues like "dogs" I use keywords to create Albums. Or if Buckley is a construction project, for instance, over time multiple Aperture Projects related to the Buckley construction will be created, all of which will point to a Buckley Construction Album. Other albums might be "Buckley Site Work," "Buckley Foundation," etc. Albums are very powerful and take up essentially zero space because they are comprised only of pointers.
I assume you're letting Aperture manage them? I think the issue is that I'm not ready to let Aperture take control of my library.
I manage every image very intentionally, using the tools Aperture makes available.
Do you have random folders strung out all over your Pictures folder with the various imports you've done over the years?
Folders are not random. They are sequential (which is how photos by definition always occur) and they are named identically to the corresponding Aperture Projects as noted above.
It boils down to this for me. I have preferred being able to navigate a file structure within LR to find that one image I'm after. Yes, I realize I could search for it by keyword, whatever, but sometimes I might not even remember how I categorized it. I used to do commercial interior shoots, and had them labeled by address. It's nice to traverse a folder hierarchy if you need to, and it seems like if I turn over control to Aperture I'd be giving that up.
I understand the need some folks have for what I call "film-think" or "folder-think." If you must use folders IMO best is to do it with the Masters before going into Aperture. Within Aperture IMO folder-think is debilitating to optimal use of the images database tools.
I analogize each Aperture Project to a roll of film that occurred at a point in time (an hour or a day or whatever). It gets dated and named in the hard drive archives and in Aperture. Aperture's pointers and key words allow us to create an infinite variety of Albums without relocating the hundreds of original Projects/Rolls of film.
HTH
-Allen

Basic question about importing wma files

Hi, I have a basic question about importing wma files. I ripped some cd's on a Mindows computer using Media Player, but now want to copy them to my Mac and use them in iTunes on my Mac. when I use Import in iTunes, nothing happens and I cant even seem to copy them one by one using the Music folder.
Can someone help me?
thanks
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

iTunes for Mac doesn't support .wma files.
If you can use a PC to convert them, you can use one of many freeware applications. Google for 'wma to mp3'.
For the Mac there's the shareware program EasyWMA that can convert them.
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

Questions about my library just moved to NAS. Download errors. Would USB be better?

Thanks for reading. My situation is that my itunes library is running about 500gb and I needed to get it off my imac. I bought a 2TB NAS and copied the entire library folder to that drive and changed itunes to go there.
What I'm finding is that downloading daily podcasts is a chore. It's real slow. I had to turn off simultaneous downloads and allow only a single download at a time. Otherwise it would certainly beach ball.
Also, buying anything from itunes seems to result in a "network reset" error and I have to sit there and click "resume" 2 or 3 times.
I'm wondering if I've done something wrong?
Would it be better if I spring for a 2.0 USB drive and keep it connected to my imac that way rather than going through the servers where the NAS is connected in the house?
I also use this library to feed the apple TV that we use a lot.
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I have a post on reorganizing things before attempting to move them from one computer to another which runs as follows:
Make a split library portable
Here are the typical layouts for the iTunes folders:
In the layout above right, with the media folder (everything in the red box) inside the library folder, the library is considered to be portable. A portable library can be moved from one path to another without breaking the links from the library to the media, and being self-contained it is much easier to backup and restore. (You do backup, don't you?).
You can rearrange things to make a split library portable by taking a number of small steps which don't break the library.
Before you start any media files that are outside of the media folder will need to be consolidated. If the library is in the old style layout then it should be upgraded to iTunes Media Organization (Library > Organize Library > Rearrange files in the folder <Media Folder>) to ensure that iPod Games, Mobile Applications etc. are brought inside the media folder, otherwise the links to these won't survive changes in the path of the library.
The basic non-fatal manipulations are:
You can create or connect to an alternate set of library files by holding down Shift (Win) or Option (Mac) when starting iTunes. (Note iTunes will continue to use this library until you use the same method again.)
You can move the library files to a new location and connect to it there as long as the media stays put.
You can move the library files and the media together if the media folder is a direct subfolder of the library folder.
If you have already moved/copied the media content from a subfolder of the library folder to a different location then you only need to copy the library files for it to appear as if you have moved the entire library in the way allowed above. I.e. just copy the library files into the parent folder of the media folder.
You can rename the media folder to iTunes Media (if it isn't already) if the media folder is inside the library folder.
iTunes uses the name of the folder holding the library files as the window title. Having made a library "portable" you may need to take a final step of renaming the library folder to iTunes or, if the library files have ended up at the root of a drive, moving all of the library files and content folders into a new folder called iTunes.
IMPORTANT: After each change you need to open, test and close the relevant library before attempting another change. If a change broke the library, undo it or revert to using the previous set of library files.
In essence all you need to do to join up a split library and make it portable is copy the library files into the parent folder of the media folder on the external/secondary drive and use the hold-down-shift/option-when-starting-iTunes method to connect to it. Other manipulations may be required to normalize the library so that the library and media folders have standard names.
In your case I'm suggesting that you can use 2. to relocate your library files to a faster internal drive while leaving the media on the NAS (splitting the library), and that you would then use 4. to join your split library back together again before attempting to move it to a different drive.
After using 2. you would need to make sure that under iTunes Preferences > Advanced the media folder was pointed to iTunes Media on the NAS. There is also an issue with such split libraries that iTunes can sometimes reset the media folder if the NAS/external appears to be offline when iTUnes starts up.
tt2

Moved Library File (*.itl) without damage HuH?

This is an odd question. It's odd because everyting is working well, and given the stupid thing I did, they shouldn't.
In the course of moving some files around recently, I moved the folder that holds the database (iTunes Library.itl) for my I-Tunes library. I didn't move the library itself - just the folder with the database file in it.
Moving the folder was an accident. I didn't intend to do so, but I did.
What's puzzling to me is that this mistake did not cause me any problems.
It seems to me that what should have happend is that the next time I started I-Tunes, it should have been unable to find the database, and it should have prompted to me either find it or ask for the creation of a new one.
But, that didn't happen. It opened like normal. All my music was still listed in the library. All the playlists were intact.
How come? How did I-Tunes know where to find the database. Does it do a search when it can't find one?
One last hint: I think I-Tunes might have been open when I mistakenly moved the folder with the database. Does that enable it to notice that the file is being moved and to update its pointer to the location?
I guess I shouldn't look a gift-horse in the mouth. I avoided a problem, but the fact that there's no problem challenges my confidence that I understand how this works. That's why I'm asking the question.
Does anybody have any insight that would shed light on this?
John

If you moved the folder when the library was open then the one file that won't have actually moved would have been the .itl file. Other files in that folder will be regenerated if missing.
For details of what will and won't break when you move things around see this post of mine.
A recent change (not sure when) means that if your library file isn't where it is expected to be then iTunes will just create a new blank library in that location. Previously this would only happen if that location was also the default <Users's Music>\iTunes folder, otherwise you would get the Choose or Create library prompt.
tt2

Migrating Library files (playlists) from Windows to new mac?

Hi There;
I have New Mac Mini and WinXP SP2 laptop
both sharing a buffalo "network Drive"
with all the Media files - music and photos.
I want to migrate my iTunes library including
-- my rating, playlist, etc ... --to the new Mac Mini.
In the laptop, my iTunes Music folder is set to:
P:\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
so when I check the "iTunes Music Library.xml" on my
laptop the location reference (path) point to any
song point to P:\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\... . . . .
I could import the music files on the mini, that is not
a problem, but I don't want to loose the playlist and other
info about the songs.
Moving/Coping the library file "*.xml" I don't think would work since the reference to the network drive on the
new Mini, start with "smb:/... ... " so iTunes
will not find any song.
Any ideas on how to do it?
Does a manual "search and replace" all the "P:\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\" referece work?
Thanks.
JCC

Hi There;
Thanks but when there is a problem, when you import you don't get the
rating for the songs.
IF I just move the whole iTunes folder,
When you check the iTunes Music Library.xml
you find that in the Mini box, the location key points to:
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/FAM-DIR-1/My%20Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Armik/Rubia/ 01%20Rubia.mp3</string>
In the windows box:
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/P:/My%20Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Armik/Rubia/01%20Track%2001 .mp3/</string>
So it will not find the media file.
Any other ideas?
What is the function of the iTunes Library.itl file?
Thanks for any help.
JCC

Moving Library and Playlists to Mac

I have iTunes on my PC and want to move it all over to my Mac. How do I do this? I read the info about using my iPod to move the library from one computer to another, but it does not mention about moving the playlists. Do those get "lost" ?
Thanks

Please read this post, it should help:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=386048&messageID=1238756

Few Questions About Backing Up Files

Okay, I'm pretty new to this, and have checked the support pages, but I do have some questions about backing up my files.
I'm running out of room on my computer's hard drive, and am wondering if burning the library to CDs will allow me to quickly restore my library on my computer when I sync my iPod.
I know that when an iPod syncs with a comp, it will lose any songs that aren't on the library list. (If I deleted some songs to free up room, I'd lose those songs on my iPod when I synced it up.) Is there a way to prevent that from happening? Some way to save a headache continuously restoring my iPod's library every time I want to add a new song or recharge it?
I'm on Windows XP, if that matters.

Best and easiest solution is to buy an external hard drive. Then simply drag and drop your iTunes folder from your internal onto the external and copy the entire library.
Patrick

Question about moving itunes to wd external drive?

i found the page where it says u can move itunes music to external drive but will that include my tv shows also and if so can i delete it from my laptop after i move it to other drive?

\Music\iTunes\ folder is the main iTunes library location. It contains the library files, music files and everything else.
I have all of my music files already stored on an external HD. But for some reason when i moved it all
What exactly does "moved it all" mean? What did you move?
in other words in the old drive I still have the following files:
itunes library genius
-itunes library extras
-itunes library
These three are all the same type of files. I don't know what type of files they are
The iTunes library.itl file is the iTunes database file. Without that, iTunes is empty.
Since i already have all of my music files on my ext. HD can I delete these files without messing anything up?
Only if you want iTunes to be completely empty and you want to start from scratch.
Moving the music file syourself is not the correct way to do it. iTunes will lose everything.
If you want to move everything, copy the entire \Music\iTunes\ folder to a new location.
Hold Shift and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and select the iTunes library.itl file in the iTunes folder you moved.

Question about moving itunes to an external hard drive

I have all of my music files already stored on an external HD. But for some reason when i moved it all only the music got moved. in other words in the old drive I still have the following files:
-itunes library genius
-itunes library extras
-itunes library
These three are all the same type of files. I don't know what type of files they are , but the have a music clef on top of a CD with the letters LIB. Then I also have the "itunes music library xml" file.
I also have quite a few of the yellow document folders:
-previous itunes libraries
-itunes musicOLD
-itunes music
-ipod games
-album artwork
Since i already have all of my music files on my ext. HD can I delete these files without messing anything up? Or should I move them at the same time I move the other files?
Thanks so much for your help. I am a total newb at this.

\Music\iTunes\ folder is the main iTunes library location. It contains the library files, music files and everything else.
I have all of my music files already stored on an external HD. But for some reason when i moved it all
What exactly does "moved it all" mean? What did you move?
in other words in the old drive I still have the following files:
itunes library genius
-itunes library extras
-itunes library
These three are all the same type of files. I don't know what type of files they are
The iTunes library.itl file is the iTunes database file. Without that, iTunes is empty.
Since i already have all of my music files on my ext. HD can I delete these files without messing anything up?
Only if you want iTunes to be completely empty and you want to start from scratch.
Moving the music file syourself is not the correct way to do it. iTunes will lose everything.
If you want to move everything, copy the entire \Music\iTunes\ folder to a new location.
Hold Shift and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and select the iTunes library.itl file in the iTunes folder you moved.

Some questions about importing HTML files

Hi, folks
Let's suppose we want to import a pack of HTML files formatted in HTML5 wit's it's CSS into a double-oriented folio. A couple or three questions about that, please:
1. Is there a limit for a reasonable quantity of HTML files I can import into a folio? I mean.. 100 would be way too much, for instance?
2. These HTML files could be navigated and referenced from inside TOC-pages made in InDesign,right? (navto://..., I gues?)
2. Will it be possible, by means of HTML adaptative design techniques, to treat both orientations (vertical and horizontal) as different viewports or screen sizes so that the design adapts for instance the column width with its CSS?
3. That said, will the InDesign final app. respect that adaptative CSS rules?
I am asking this because we are looking for a way to inject big quantities of content with a very similar design into our application in a really fast and automatizable way and I have the suspicion* that importing HTML5 preformated CSS files could be the a very good and simple alternative to importing XML into InDesign templates as we start out content as tagged almost-html files.
Thanks a lot
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I assume you are asking about using HTML articles.
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2. Yes. Just use navto://articlename
3. Yes. I've used min-width of 768 and max width of 1024 to control it.
4. InDesign does not enter into any of this with the exception of using the folio builder panel. Everything else is done in Dreamweaver or whatever program you decide to use for the article.
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MOVING LIBRARY AND PLAYLIST TO A NEW PC

I had my music library i an external hard disk, where i have even a backup copy of it.
Now I changed my pc and I would like to use the same library and playlist on the new pc, can somebody tell me how to do it?
I have already got the songs on the new itunes, but not the playlist.
Thank you very much

Apart from copying the actual music files themselves across on to your new computer, the files you need to copy across in order to maintain your playlists are called "iTunes Library" and "iTunes Music Library.xml".
Not sure where the relevant files are stored under Windows, but on a Mac, the files are located at:
Username >
Music >
iTunes >
Just do a search for the file called "iTunes Music Library.xml", see where it is on your current machine, and then copy that file and all the other files in that folder across to the same place on your new machine.

Question about moving a site

This isn't a Dreamweaver question, but you guys have been
great help in the past. Perhaps you can help me here.
I have a customer, WC, who had a site through one of these
'template' companies. I have redesigned his site. His domain name
is registered through Network Solutions. If I leave the domain
registration with Network Solutions but CHANGE his hosting company,
will anything (settings, Cnames, MX records, etc) need to change on
their Microsoft Exchange server? They no longer have a network
admin, and I'm not familiar with Exchange. I don't want to risk
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Thanks!
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> Thanks Murray... I had talked to GoDaddy about moving
both my hosting
> account
> AND the domain, and they indicated that it could cause
problems for a day
> or
> so.
This will only be true if you are not using an exchange
server. When I do
this for non-exchange server domains, I always have the
clients set up a new
email account that grabs incoming email from the new
mailserver, while they
also continue to get it from the old one. In the 72 - 96
hours it takes to
be really sure all DN servers have propagated, they will
receive email from
both locations. After that time, they can then cancel their
original
hosting account, and remove the associated email account.
> Will I have to set up all of their email addresses again
after moving the
> hosting account?
No - not if they are using an exchange server.
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TS3212 ITunes worked fine on my Windows 7 machine. Had to rebuild the machine but all the data remains. Downloaded a new version of iTunes and cannot figure out how to load all of my music currently on my hard drive. Tried moving Library file. Did not

ITunes worked fine on my Windows 7 machine. Had to rebuild the machine but all the data remains. Downloaded a new version of iTunes and cannot figure out how to load all of my music currently on my hard drive. Tried moving "iTunes Library" file. Did not work. Never had trouble like this before.

Many thanks for your post. I've been trying for days to get this sorted and was getting well fed up with I-Tunes. Really thought i'd never get it working again. Tried un-installing it, loading older versions and they still wouldn't work.
Came across your suggestion by chance and top man - it worked..!!!!
How you even knew what to do is beyond me - but thanks so much. I really was pulling my hair out.
You need to put your post over the Web as there seem to be loads of people having the same trouble.
Thanks again.

Unknown error about itunes library file cannot be saved (-50).

I recently downloaded and installed itunes 7.3
Now there's a problem.
Everytime i open itunes, the error message saying "The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50)."
After which, some songs which i upload onto itunes after installing itunes 7.3 will be gone everytime i open itunes and i'll have to upload them again.
Is there something I can do about it?
Thanks!

This thread seems to have the most information:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4897181

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