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Move an iTunes library to just about anywhere
Authored by: asmeurer on Feb 17, '09 08:20:07AM

I got a new hard drive and copied my old iTunes data over from the old one, but it wasn't recognized. I tried copying and replacing the data, but iTunes would just revert it. I ended up temporarily renaming my new hard drive the same as the old one so that the paths of the files would be the same, then "touching" all the files in iTunes. This can be achieved by playing each file or, as I did, opening get info on the first item in the Library and holding down Command-N until the last file is reached (this takes some time, you might want to use sticky keys and a weight on your 'n' key like I did). Once the files have been touched in this way, rename the drive (or any part of the path, really) while iTunes is still open, so that it recognizes it.
This is a simple solution if you can temporarily make your new path identical in name to the old one.



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Move an iTunes library to just about anywhere
Authored by: asmeurer on Feb 17, '09 09:19:04PM

On second though, maybe this didn't work so well. At any rate, I think the commenters below are correct, there is no need to do a search replace in the xml file. Just move the library in the preferences and do a consolidate.



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