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Stop iTunes from saving to default Library location
Authored by: lunarobverse on Jul 20, '04 10:40:36AM

I started doing this as well (keeping my iTunes library on an external drive) and for some reason, sometimes, when I start iTunes, it can't find some of the songs.

It looks like it's being caused by a timeout as the external FireWire drive spins up.

This creates a problem that I have only been able to resolve manually. I have to go through my library (around 3000 songs) and find the ones with the little exclamation marks on them, then re-point the entries to the files.

For now, I try to make sure the drive is spinning before launching iTunes but it's a pain in the fundament. If anyone has any suggestions for a) making sure it doesn't "lose" the files, and/or b) an easier fix if it does, I'd be most appreciative!



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hmmm, I don't have this problem
Authored by: baronworm on Jul 20, '04 04:13:12PM

I have observed that itunes (I'm running version 4.6, I'm not sure if this is true of older versions) will automatically "reattach" a track that it had previously marked as missing, if that track suddenly reappears in its original location.

For example, if I have try to play a track that itunes can't find because it's on an external firewire drive that hasn't powered up yet, I can do the following:

(1) click "cancel" when itunes asks if I want to try and find the missing track
(2) power up the external drive that holds the missing track
(3) double-click this track in itunes (which now has a "!")
(4) itunes finds the track, and the "!" is gone

HTH
rob



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Stop iTunes from saving to default Library location
Authored by: jamiefiedler on Jul 20, '04 05:03:28PM

if you don't mind waiting a few minutes for itunes to recatalog your library, simply reimport your library from preferences -> advanced -> itunes music folder location -> change... and reselect the same folder you used before.

you do not need to delete your library first, nor do you need to worry about duplicates, as this will only add/repair items not currently shown as normal (no ! or ?)



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Stop iTunes from saving to default Library location
Authored by: jspivack on Jul 20, '04 05:16:13PM

try writing a quick script:
- try open <external drive name>
-on error, dialog "drive not spun up"
-wait 10
-launch iTunes

or something like that, and rename it iTunes and use it instead of the iTunes app itself.



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