Resume building library from huge directory

I have been trying to build my iTunes library but it is taking a very long time due to the fact it needs to convert about half the songs (4000). I have gotten up to about 2000 of 6000 songs so far but would like to use my iPod and come back to resume building the library later. Every time I try to do this it starts over and reconverts the same files making duplicates. How do I resume instead of adding the original folder to the library again?
What am I doing wrong? How can I build my library, use my iPod and not make thousands of duplicates?
Thanks,
MB

This is not a java problem.
It is a VM problem.
So for the VM (vendor and version) that you are using it requires certain things.
It might be that the VM doesn't load 32 at all. Or that you have to do something different when you compile it.
A forum that is specific to your VM might be more productive (this site tends to be strongly solaris/linux/windows.)

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and noticed as I was deleting files more data was being added to the iPhoto Library.
Hard to see how deleting files can add data to the iPhoto Library. Can you explain why you thought this?
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Make a back up now.
Most Simple Back Up:
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Servicegen: unable to load type library from classloader weblogic.utils.cl

Hi,
I am new to weblogic. I am encountering an error on trying to run the 'servicegen' command from my ant build scripts, on weblogic 9.2.
Please find the build.xml snapshot, and the stack trace given below.
Please help me out with this.
Points to be noted are:-
1) The ejb-jar.xml specifies the bean class, which is very much present in the classpath. The ejb-jar.xml is generated by xdoclet. Snapshot is given below:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd">
<ejb-jar >
<description><![CDATA[No Description.]]></description>
<display-name>Generated by XDoclet</display-name>
<enterprise-beans>

<session >
<description><![CDATA[NorthBound Interface]]></description>
<ejb-name>ArcorNBIService</ejb-name>
<home>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceHome</home>
<remote>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIService</remote>
<local-home>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceLocalHome</local-home>
<local>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceLocal</local>
<ejb-class>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceBean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateless</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>
2) When I replace the "ejbJar" attribute in the 'service' command with "javaClassComponents" attribute, I am able to run the servicegen command successfully. Not sure why the ejbJar is creating problems.
3) Build.xml snapshot:-
     <target name="gen-webservice" depends="init">
          <copy todir="${work.dir}" file="${export.dir}/lib/arcor-il-service-ejb.jar"/>
          <autotype javatypes="${javatypes}" targetNamespace="${targetNamespace}" destDir="${work.dir}/classes" keepGenerated="${keepGenerated}" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath"/>
          <autotype javaComponents="com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIService" targetNamespace="com.alcatel.hdm.service.nbi.dto.holders" destDir="${work.dir}/classes" keepGenerated="true" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath"/>
          <servicegen destEar="${earfile}" warName="${warname}" contextURI="${contextURI}" keepGenerated="${keepGenerated}" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath">
               <service ejbJar="${ejbLocation}" targetNamespace="${targetNamespace}" serviceName="${serviceName}" serviceURI="/${serviceName}" generateTypes="false" expandMethods="${expandMethods}" ignoreAuthHeader="false" protocol="https" style="rpc" useSOAP12="${useSOAP12}" typeMappingFile="${work.dir}/classes/types.xml">
                    <security enablePasswordAuth="true"/>
               </service>
          </servicegen>
     </target>
4) Exception stacktrace:-
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.AssertionError: java.io.IOException
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager$DefaultMarshallerFactorySingleton.<clinit>(DescriptorManager.java:42)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getDefaultMF(DescriptorManager.java:116)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getMarshallerFactory(DescriptorManager.java:125)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getDescriptorFactory(DescriptorManager.java:153)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:277)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:248)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:309)
at weblogic.descriptor.EditableDescriptorManager.createDescriptor(EditableDescriptorManager.java:99)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:344)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.CachingDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(CachingDescriptorLoader.java:188)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:328)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.getDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:237)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.getRootDescriptorBean(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:217)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.EjbJarDescriptor.getEjbJarBean(EjbJarDescriptor.java:141)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.EjbJarDescriptor.getEditableEjbJarBean(EjbJarDescriptor.java:182)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.processEjbJarXMLWithSchema(DDUtils.java:519)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:182)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:126)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:154)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:147)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:30)
at weblogic.webservice.dd.EJBJarIntrospector.<init>(EJBJarIntrospector.java:52)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.autotype.EJBAutoTyper.<init>(EJBAutoTyper.java:68)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.runAutoTyper(ServiceGenTask.java:339)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.generateService(ServiceGenTask.java:313)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.execute(ServiceGenTask.java:181)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1216)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:40)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67)
Caused by: java.io.IOException
at weblogic.descriptor.internal.MarshallerFactory.<init>(MarshallerFactory.java:50)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager$DefaultMarshallerFactorySingleton.<clinit>(DescriptorManager.java:40)
... 37 more
Caused by: com.bea.xml.XmlException: unable to load type library from classloader weblogic.utils.classloaders.ClasspathClassLoader@1cc0a7f f
inder: weblogic.utils.classloaders.CodeGenClassFinder@c52200 annotation:
at com.bea.staxb.runtime.internal.BindingContextFactoryImpl.createBindingContext(BindingContextFactoryImpl.java:50)
at weblogic.descriptor.internal.MarshallerFactory.<init>(MarshallerFactory.java:48)
... 38 more
Total time: 5 seconds

Hi,
I am new to weblogic. I am encountering an error on trying to run the 'servicegen' command from my ant build scripts, on weblogic 9.2.
Please find the build.xml snapshot, and the stack trace given below.
Please help me out with this.
Points to be noted are:-
1) The ejb-jar.xml specifies the bean class, which is very much present in the classpath. The ejb-jar.xml is generated by xdoclet. Snapshot is given below:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd">
<ejb-jar >
<description><![CDATA[No Description.]]></description>
<display-name>Generated by XDoclet</display-name>
<enterprise-beans>

<session >
<description><![CDATA[NorthBound Interface]]></description>
<ejb-name>ArcorNBIService</ejb-name>
<home>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceHome</home>
<remote>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIService</remote>
<local-home>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceLocalHome</local-home>
<local>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceLocal</local>
<ejb-class>com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIServiceBean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateless</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>
2) When I replace the "ejbJar" attribute in the 'service' command with "javaClassComponents" attribute, I am able to run the servicegen command successfully. Not sure why the ejbJar is creating problems.
3) Build.xml snapshot:-
     <target name="gen-webservice" depends="init">
          <copy todir="${work.dir}" file="${export.dir}/lib/arcor-il-service-ejb.jar"/>
          <autotype javatypes="${javatypes}" targetNamespace="${targetNamespace}" destDir="${work.dir}/classes" keepGenerated="${keepGenerated}" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath"/>
          <autotype javaComponents="com.alcatel.hdm.arcoril.webservice.ejb.ArcorNBIService" targetNamespace="com.alcatel.hdm.service.nbi.dto.holders" destDir="${work.dir}/classes" keepGenerated="true" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath"/>
          <servicegen destEar="${earfile}" warName="${warname}" contextURI="${contextURI}" keepGenerated="${keepGenerated}" classpathref="webservice.client.classpath">
               <service ejbJar="${ejbLocation}" targetNamespace="${targetNamespace}" serviceName="${serviceName}" serviceURI="/${serviceName}" generateTypes="false" expandMethods="${expandMethods}" ignoreAuthHeader="false" protocol="https" style="rpc" useSOAP12="${useSOAP12}" typeMappingFile="${work.dir}/classes/types.xml">
                    <security enablePasswordAuth="true"/>
               </service>
          </servicegen>
     </target>
4) Exception stacktrace:-
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.AssertionError: java.io.IOException
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager$DefaultMarshallerFactorySingleton.<clinit>(DescriptorManager.java:42)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getDefaultMF(DescriptorManager.java:116)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getMarshallerFactory(DescriptorManager.java:125)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.getDescriptorFactory(DescriptorManager.java:153)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:277)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:248)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager.createDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:309)
at weblogic.descriptor.EditableDescriptorManager.createDescriptor(EditableDescriptorManager.java:99)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:344)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.CachingDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(CachingDescriptorLoader.java:188)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.createDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:328)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.getDescriptor(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:237)
at weblogic.application.descriptor.AbstractDescriptorLoader.getRootDescriptorBean(AbstractDescriptorLoader.java:217)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.EjbJarDescriptor.getEjbJarBean(EjbJarDescriptor.java:141)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.EjbJarDescriptor.getEditableEjbJarBean(EjbJarDescriptor.java:182)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.processEjbJarXMLWithSchema(DDUtils.java:519)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:182)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:126)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:154)
at weblogic.ejb.container.dd.xml.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:147)
at weblogic.ejb.spi.DDUtils.createDescriptorFromJarFile(DDUtils.java:30)
at weblogic.webservice.dd.EJBJarIntrospector.<init>(EJBJarIntrospector.java:52)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.autotype.EJBAutoTyper.<init>(EJBAutoTyper.java:68)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.runAutoTyper(ServiceGenTask.java:339)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.generateService(ServiceGenTask.java:313)
at weblogic.ant.taskdefs.webservices.servicegen.ServiceGenTask.execute(ServiceGenTask.java:181)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1216)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:40)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67)
Caused by: java.io.IOException
at weblogic.descriptor.internal.MarshallerFactory.<init>(MarshallerFactory.java:50)
at weblogic.descriptor.DescriptorManager$DefaultMarshallerFactorySingleton.<clinit>(DescriptorManager.java:40)
... 37 more
Caused by: com.bea.xml.XmlException: unable to load type library from classloader weblogic.utils.classloaders.ClasspathClassLoader@1cc0a7f f
inder: weblogic.utils.classloaders.CodeGenClassFinder@c52200 annotation:
at com.bea.staxb.runtime.internal.BindingContextFactoryImpl.createBindingContext(BindingContextFactoryImpl.java:50)
at weblogic.descriptor.internal.MarshallerFactory.<init>(MarshallerFactory.java:48)
... 38 more
Total time: 5 seconds

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theres are three ways
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I am having a difficult time trying to create a new swatch libray of patterns from multiple png files. The way I am doing this is very slow and repetitive and seems silly for a tool as advanced as the latest CC suite including illustrator.
What it seems I must do is open all the png files in Illustrator, creating multiple workspaces, drag one png file into the swatch window, then save that window as a library, close the existing window to reveal the next png file, open the user library I just created, drag the next image into the currently active swatch window, then drag the previous swatch/s from the user library into the current active swatch window, resave and replace the user defined swatch library (now with two images in there)fromthe updated current active swatch panel/window, close the existing workspace to reveal the next image file, and then repeat the process again, slowly building the user defined swatch library up by adding one image at a time and then adding back into the Swatch panel the previously built up library of swatches again one at at time. (you can select all from the existing user defined library and drag over into swatch panel, but this creates at least one duplicate on each cycle for as soon as you click on the first swatch in the library, it adds itto the current swatch panel and then when you select all swatches to drag across it includes the first swatch and copies it again)
This is a very slow process to build up a swatch library. For some reason you cannot drag swatches directly into the user defined library you have created, only into the active swatch window for each workspace. I searched the web and forums for answers but could find none. There must be an easier way, just can't find it.
Ideally, the best option would be a swatch window option that allows the import directly from a list of selected files in the finder.
Any ideas out there?

Monika,
Thank you for responding, however I am not exactly clear on what you mean by "libraries are plain AI files". For example, I cannot find a file with the same name as my user defined library name that I have created. I can find the preinstalled swatches listed under Adobe Application Support... Library... Swatches, but a user defined folder is not present and the library sets that I have already created are not visible. I have tried searcing my Mac for a (name).ase file and still no luck (at least for the name I was looking for). I can open the user defined library from the Swatch library icon on the bottom left of the Swatch panel, but when I open this I cannot drag and drop add new swatches directly to this library. As stated above, I have to add each pattern, one at at time to the normal swatch panel, then add back the previous ones I have saved from the user defined library to the swatch panel and then save threm all as an updated user defined library. Thus by repeating this process, it builds up the user defined library one at a time.
I am using Illustrator CC if this makes a difference.

How can I safely migrate my photo library from Photos 1.0 back to iPhoto 9.6.1?

When I updated to the 10.10.3 update, it removed iPhoto from my dock, replacing it with the new Photos icon. I assumed wrongly that I could no longer use iPhoto & allowed Photos to migrate my photo library to itself. My photo library is huge, over 25K photos, and I've since realized I'd prefer if I'd kept the library in iPhoto, starting a new library with the Photos app, but I don't know how to put things back safely. Any suggestions?

Thank you. The original warning message about launching iPhoto had put me off, the language suggesting any iPhoto edits not being viewable in Photos a little concerning, but now I understand better.
Also, the Create New Library shortcut very helpful, so thanks again.

How do I restore iTunes library from flash drive backup?

How do I restore iTunes library from flash drive backup?

brigdool wrote:
How do I restore iTunes library from flash drive backup?
HI Brigdool,
It depends how you made the backup.
If you copied your entire iTunes folder onto the flash drive, just copy it back to the appropriate place on the computer.
If you copied individual folders or files, add them back to iTunes by inserting the flash drive in your computer, and then dragging the files into your "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder.
The first method recreates your library as it was, with all playcounts, playlists, etc. The second method builds a new library with the same content.

Is there a way to import your entire music library from an iPod classic into iTunes on my PC? PC was wiped out and my iPod is the only complete library copy I have.

My PC hard drive was wiped out and I am rebuilding my Windows 7 system. The only complete library I have of my music is located on my iPod classic. Is there a way to import the library from my iPod into a new iTunes library on my PC? I was told if I connect my iPod to the PC, ITunes will try to sync with the iPod and wipe out the library on the iPod.

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Transferring my iTunes library from a pc compatible hard drive...?

I want to run my itunes library from my external hard drive because I don't want all my media and itunes stuff taking space in my SSD drive for my retina MBP...
However, the problem is that since this is my first mac, and I had been using itunes from my pc all this time, the drives are in different formats...
So how do i transfer my itunes libary from my pc's external hard drive...to a hard drive that I will use for my mac? I don't want the library taking up any space on my internal SSD ...
Problem is I can't seem to just drag and drop my library from my pc's external drive to my mac drive because they are a different format and thus incompatible :/
So what should I do? What is the easiest way to transfer my libraries and media to my mac's external hard drive between mac and pc?
If there is a way to store my media and itunes library on an cloud storage system like Copy or Google Drive so that I dont have to keep plugging in my external drive that would be ideal also..

First there's the drive problem. It shouldn't be much of a problem. PCs typically use drives formatted to NTFS. Macs can read but not write to NTFS, but all you want to do is read anyway, to copy the files to your Mac formatted drive. Plug both drives into your Mac and copy from the NTFS to the Mac formattted drive. If that isn't working there's a different issue. Check your Mac drive is formatted to Mac because new drives are often formatted for PC use.
Another thing to consider is FAT32 format is a PC format but Macs can read and write to it too. It has certain disadvantages for use with Macs but the main advantage that you could use one drive with both your PC and your Mac. The main disadvantage some find is if they store huge files (video editing files) since FAT 42 has a 4GB limit for any one file.
After this will come the question of what to copy and to where. Do you keep only media on the external drive, or do you keep the whole library there?
As for Cloud storage, I can't really help you. I get the impression it isn't the same as having a local drive since what you would want is streaming, not file transfer.
There are are a host of other issues. I see this 'have a Mac and PC and want to use the same library with both' question here once a week. You either end up with having two independent libraries that you try to keep synchronized with teach other, or you have one library that you have to carry back and forth, or at best on a networked drive but you can only have open by one computer at a time.

Transferring external iTune library from one computer to another

I am having great difficulty in changing my external iTunes library from my old MBP laptop to my new iMac 5k.
My entire iTunes library is stored on an external drive and can be accessed directly with my MBP. When I started up iTunes on my new iMac, it created a new empty library in the MUSIC folder. What I want to do is connect my new iMac to the external library directly. I can see it when I turn on HOME SHARING but only when iTunes is running on my MBP, which is useless since my MBP will now be seldom used. I have of course on the iMac, changed the library location in the advanced preferences to the external location, to no avail. I do not want to keep any media files on the iMac for capacity reasons.
To compound the problem, I cannot seem to sync my new iPhone 6+ to the original external library, only the new empty one!
Surely this ought to be a simple job, transferring an external iTunes library from one computer to another! Am I missing something obvious here?

Wow, what a quick response! Thanks, Limnos. I guess it was bleeding' obvious, and I should have thought of it before. Such a simple solution!
On a related matter, I also have just realised that the iTunes iOS backups are saved on the internal computer drive in a folder called MOBILESYNC rather than on an external drive, thus chewing up a lot of capacity on my SSD. Others reading this response may be interested to know that it is easy to have iTunes save the iOS backups to any external drive using a symbolic link in this directory. Go to
http://support.digidna.net/hc/en-us/articles/203504123-Storing-your-iPhone-Backu ps-on-an-Alternate-Location
for the details.
However, note that iBooks will NOT let you use this work-around, pathetic app that it is.

Can I copy a Photos library from one Mac to another?

I have upgraded an iMac and MacBook Pro to Yosemite 10.10.3, and am switching to the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library. I want to keep full copies of my Photos library on both the iMac and MacBook Pro, with an Optimised version of the library on my iPhone.
My iMac has the master Photos library. It is slowly uploading the 28,000 photos in the library to iCloud Photo Library, and they are slowly appearing on my other devices.
The question is, can I copy the Photos library from the iMac to the MacBook Pro via a USB hard drive, and expect iCloud Photo Library to work out that each photo is duplicated in the two libraries, or will I end up with duplicates in iCloud Photo Library? What would be the effect if I were to change the MacBook Pro to Optimised after copying the Photos library?
If I can do this, it will mean I can see my Photos library on my laptop much sooner, and I might be able to get my MacBook Pro to the office which has much quicker upload speeds. I don't fancy taking my iMac in to the office, and my boss might ask an awkward question or two...
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Yes, and no. Yes, if the plist(s) don't contain any pathname info. Obviously, no, if they do, unless of course the other system has the exact same directory structure and filenames.
I should add a little caveat about preference panes. User prefpanes may store plists in ~/Library/ByHost. And the plist filenames in there usually have a long code and letter sequence which I think is machine specific. So they probably would be problematic moving to another machine.

How to access my library from another country

My kids smashed my computer and my ipod. I have a huge itunes library but haven't bought anything new since they did this in 2011. I am visiting a friend in the UK. I have bought an ipod here and want my stuff back on it. I can access my account but not my library on their MAC computer. Is there anyway of doing this? I read that authorizing a computer will only access you into your account, not the library, but surely I must be able to get into my library without having to buy a new computer back in the States? Is this something I can use the icloud for?

You need to either restore your library from a backup, or travel back to the USA, or buy the content(other than applications) again.
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Changing music library from broken external to a second external

My itunes library is(was?) housed in an Iomega external drive. It's on the fritz...dunno what's up. I back that drive up every couple of weeks to another external drive...a Seagate. Not the library per se, but all the band folders. So, all the songs (except those since my last backup) that are in my screwed-up Iomega are also in my Seagate # 2 external.
If I go into iTunes preferences now, it says my iTunes media folder location is : /Users/xxxxx/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media
If I recall correctly, it said it was in the Iomega when the Iomega was functioning.
I have a feeling this isn't as simple as changing the iTunes media folder location in iTunes preferences to the Seagate drive.
Will iTunes magically recognize all my songs and from that point forward will all new songs go to the Seagate?
In the Seagate, songs are are housed in an "iTunes Media" folder. If I recall correctly, that was the name of the Iomega folder, too.

All preferences does is tell iTunes where to start storing media from that point on. It doesn't actively update your media information in iTunes.
Now you say your library was housed on the iomega. Do you really mean that? A library is everything in the iTunes folder including the all-important iTunes Library.itl file. The .itl file contains all the information about tracks you have entered into the iTunes database, where they are located, your playlists, ratings, play count, etc. If you had that on your internal drive (your "library" wasn't really on the external, only media) it may be possible to re-link the references to the actual files. If your iTunes is no longer using that and all you are seeing right now is a blank iTunes window then you are back to building your library from scratch. Oh, you still have the media and can add that, but all else is lost.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

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