Stop iTunes from saving to default Library location

Jul 20, '04 09:13:00AM

Contributed by: jsgessner

I have my iTunes library on a remote machine (a SnapServer SAN device, actually). This is all well and good, but if iTunes loses its connectivity to the device, then it silently starts saving files to ~/Music -> iTunes Music -- without telling me that anything has changed. This means I then have to change the library location preferences, and then re-import the files once the device is back online.

What I have done to solve this is to make the default iTunes music folder read only. iTunes fails when trying to copy there now, but I still need to reset the preference. I just don't need to re-import, although it wants to re-index. I wish Apple would be smarter about the prefs for iTunes, or at least warn you before changing your library location.

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