Start a new library

Basically I'd like to start a new library for 2012 and make it the default. The one that syncs with iTunes. What would be the easiest process to do this? I have quite a few pictures, in the 20K range....

There is no default Library. When you open Aperture via the application "Aperture" it automatically opens the Library that was open when it was last closed. So the easy part of your question is answered: just create a new Library, and close Aperture. Next time you open Aperture, your new Library will be opened.
Syncing with iTunes should follow ... but I don't know the details.
You should upgrade your OS to the most recent version, which for 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is 10.6.8. Also upgrade Aperture to 3.2.2 if you have not.
Most importantly -- -- you greatly reduce Aperture's utility when you create separate Libraries. Why are you creating a new Library for the new year? (20K Images is probably closer to average than to "a lot" -- but it doesn't matter: part of the genius of Aperture is how it uses your available hardware. A Library with a quarter million Images runs almost as well as a Library with just 10,000.)

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I have switched computers - old one stolen - and lost access to my 800 or so song library. I started a new library. Is there any way I can retrieve my old library and add it to the new one?

I am not very tech oriented - I love my Ipod - had a library of 800- 900 songs - my computer was stolen, I have since bought a new one - started a new library because I could not figure out how to access my old library. Is there any way I can somehow find that original library and add it to my new library??

If these are photos that were synced to your phone, the only way to extract them from your phone is third-party software, like this:
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php

Iphoto crashes so tried the Alt start with new library and that worked. So now what? How to I get back to my pictures.

Iphoto crashes so tried the Alt start with new library and that worked. So now what? How to I get back to my pictures.

That shows you that iPhoto is working correctly and whatever issue you are having is based in your original library.
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

Somehow my itunes started a new library and I lost my old library. Itunes will not allow me to sync new music to my ipod without deleting stored music from ipod. How can I start using this new library and sync the new music without losing existing music.

Somehow my Itunes started a new music library and I lost the old library. Itunes will not allow me to sync new music from my computer to my Ipod because it is now in a different library. Itunes wants to delete all my Ipod music before sync any new music. How do I work around this. I think this happened during Itunes Upates.

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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After lots of tries, and going nowhere, I bit the bait and started a new library

Hi,
After going nowhere with my old B4.1 library, and spending too much time on it, I decided to start fresh, and just export the XMP files, as suggested by several people here.
After a failed attempt at exporting all of the 24,000 pictures XMPs (left the computer doing it at the night but when I came LR had crashed), I decided to export only the last year of photos (where adjustments were mostly made with LR). It took a while, failed to do that for 2 pictures (over 5,500 or so), but it finished.
So, yesterday I moved around the pictures in my HD (a reorder was needed anyway), and start the import... finished today, it gave some problems ("different files had different errors" but the errors were nowhere to be seen, I believe some of them are related to PSD without the compatibility flag, but without the exact error that LR is seeing, it's really hard to know, or worse, to fix it - another thing that IMHO needs to be solved) with some files, but almost all of the photos were in.
I had also been thinking about using DNG for a long while (I always use raw in my camera, a 20D and previously a Digital Rebel)... and this morning I decided to convert all of my library to DNG. It's been working for a big while (Activity Monitor displays 4 hours and a half of CPU time for LR), after a crash when doing the first 1,500 or so. Anyway, it has still maybe 65% of my library to go, so it's going to take easily all day. Fortunately this operation uses several threads/processors, not like the exporting of XMP, that seems to use only one, which is... well... 1/4 of the processing power of my mac :-) (hint hint Adobe!)
Anyway, let's hope tomorrow I can finally start working and seeing the new things that the release version of LR has. Have read some reviews and parts of the manual, and it really looks promising.
Thanks Sean and Geoff for the help with my corrupted library, I still haven't got answer from Adobe customer service (no surprise here, I'm still waiting for response or at least aknowledge from a case I opened almost 15 days ago...), but maybe it's better starting with a new library than reimporting an old one in who knows what conditions...
Regards,
Rodrigo

Well... too late :-)... as I said, it only crashed me once, and I really don't know why. I see that another thread is running, "Acumulating metadata" that I would like to stop, but it doesn't seem to stop. So far everything has been running smoothly, so I expect the 65% that still needs processing will end correctly.
If I get some problem I'll with smaller batches... but I sure hope this ends by itself. I still get the creeps of thinking of going picture by picture as I did some days ago trying to fix my library import issues...

My computor crashed. All my songs in my itunes library were lost. After I restarted my computor, I started a new library with new itune songs. When I tried to download them on my iphone, itunes wanted to get rid of my old songs on my iphone. What can I do

My computor crashed. I lost my music from my itune library. After I restarted my computor to work again, I started a new itune library with new songs. When I tried to download my new songs to my iphone, itunes said it had to erase all my old songs in order to install the new songs. Is there a way to install new songs without getting rid of my old songs?

That is the way the iphone works.
You need to copy everything from your backup copy of your computer.

My old computer with my iTunes library on along with my iPod was destroyed in a fire. I have since got a new laptop and iPod plus started a new library with a new email address. How do I get the purchased tracks from my old library onto my new one?

Obviously I spent a lot of money on my old computer and on tracks for the iTunes library plus iPod and I don't wish to have to buy all those tracks again - though I had no choice but to buy a new laptop and iPod.

It looks as though i would be in situation where i have both accounts on the same computer but need a seperate ipod for each but i cant afford to but another ipod so i am letting things be as they are. I now back-up all my stuff in my current itunes library to an external driver so if the laptop breaks down i at least have saved the music to install on a new laptop or netbook. I would sign up for the icloud to save my music on that but as i understand it the cloud will only hold itune purchased tracks and those imported from cds and not any mp3 tracks purchased from another online retailer.
Thanks for helping me come to a long overdue descision on my original query.

How to start a new library?

My IPOD was first connected to a computer that got ruined and cannot be used. How do I get my IPOD to move to another library on another computer?

My IPOD was first connected to a computer that got
ruined and cannot be used. How do I get my IPOD to
move to another library on another computer?
Download the iPod software on your other computer and then connect the iPod.

Can i start a new itunes library on a mac?

i understand that holding shift woks for windows but not mac. my specific problem is that i have 300 songs on the computer but 700 on the ipod. i just bought an album on the computer that i cant transfer to the ipod. if i can start a new library and sinc all 700 songs to it i can just move the album.

Yes, you can sync content to an iPod from a source other than the iTunes Store. iTunes won't import such content from the iPod.
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Creating a new library with 'Shift/Start iTunes' doesn't work

I'm trying to start a new library, but pressing Shift when I start itunes doesn't work. It takes me to my existing library.
I've uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled, and completely deleted any other libraries.
Any ideas how I can start a new library any other way?

Thanks, that didn't work the first time but did work the second.
Perhaps I wasn't holding the shift key long enough - you presumably must keep holding it until the 'choose library' dialog actually pops up. I was releasing it after I'd clicked the 'start itunes' button.

Will Not Start New Library.

LightRoom just will not start a new library.
Now matter what. It will not start a new library.
John

John,
You haven't given us near enough information to be able to answer your question.
What OS are you on? Exactly what are you trying to do? How are you trying to do it? (In great detail.)
And finally, tell us exactly what happens. Quote any error messages in full.
Hal

Multiple libraries,new library started and photostream question.

I have multiple iphoto libraries, runs smoother that way for me, I divide it by the year. Starting a new library, and enabling photostream, (switching from previous library) old photostream files divided by month are appearing in the new library. This goes back to 2012. How is this possible, it was my understanding photostream went back 30 days. I'm worried that if I clear them off they'll be lost, I've checked the odd photo in my massive libraries and they seem to have copied to other libraries. Any explanations? Also does anyone suggest how to manage a lot of photos/video better?
My wife will kill me if I lose any baby photos. Any tips are very much appreciated.

I would Move all of the iTunes content from one computer to the other one to combine the two libraries. If all of the content was purchased with the same account, you should be able to do this.
Here is an article that explains several different ways to move the content.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

IPhoto library is missing, no disk to mount a new library on

I recently moved all of my iPhoto library to an external hard drive, which was then reformatted incorrectly. All of my files are now gone, and when I try to start a new library in iPhoto, I get an error saying "Please make sure the disk containing your library is mounted and restore iPhoto." How do I create a new library and mount it on my internal hard drive so I can upload photos directly to my computer? As of right now, I can't access the application, as it quits after this error message appears.
I currently have iPhoto '06 and i'm runnning Mac OS X 10.4.11, if that helps at all.

To allow you to quickly recover from this type of library damage in the future see the tip at the end of my signature below:
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

New Library, Existing files, & iTunes Match

I had a hard drive die but I have all of my music files backed up to a NAS. I use iTunes Match. My problem is now that I have a new installation of iTunes on the new hard drive, I don't have a library file anymore. I have an old backup of that file, but unfortunately, the hard drive was dead for a quite a while before I knew it, so it's pretty dated. On the new installation of iTunes, my cloud library shows up once I turn on Match, but it of course doesn't know that I have all (or most) of the music on the NAS, so it wants to play all of the music from the cloud instead of the local drive.
Is there any way to make the library file on the computer know the physical files are already present? Can I start a new library, add these files to it, and then turn on match? Is my only recourse to re-download my entire 20,000 song library?
I'm trying to make my cloud library, with all of my play history, remain intact and for that computer to point to the files on the NAS so it plays them locally instead of from the cloud.

What is the iCloud Status of the tracks?
In iTunes switch to Song view and pull down View > View Options then select "iCloud Status" and close the small window. Post the status here.

Having created a new library, I can't find the old one in iTunes

I've got a new iPhone 3GS and an old iPod.
I wanted to create a new library for my podcasts only, and move them to the iPhone - while keeping all my music on the iPod.
I used shift-Start iTunes and then started a new library. I Added the Podcasts Folder to the new library. However, only about half of them seemed to copy over. ... and now I can't get back to the original library. Anyone know how I get back to square one so that I can update my old iPod?
Thanks for any help.
Andrew

Ah, many thanks, I think I understand now! I thought the 'library' would be where the files were actually stored, like in a book library, but seems that it's really more like an index.
I deleted the whole darn 'iPhone' folder/library, and it asked me to choose another one, and I found the old iTunes one.
I'm marking this thread as 'answered', thanks again, but it was really just a stepping stone to a greater problem, so I'll now open up another thread on that

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