The dark mutterings of a former mild-mannered reporter for a large metropolitan daily newspaper, now living in obscurity in central Indiana.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
It's always something...
In the interest of freeing up space on my C: drive and regaining some of the speed my Core2Duo processor used to have, I copied my 60GB iTunes Music folder to my newer, larger internal hard drive that call itself H:
Then I went into iTunes and clicked Edit>Preferences>Advanced and browsed to the new folder's location on H: drive and OK'd my way back out. I closed iTunes and re-launched it to confirm that it still saw my music.
After a day or so, I figured everything was working fine, so I could chance getting the original iTunes Music folder off of my C: drive to reap the benefits of this change. Ever cautious, I decided against throwing the now-duplicated iTunes Music folder into the trash and, instead, moved it to the H: drive and renamed it Backup iTunes.
Now, when I launch iTunes, it can't see the relocated music. I've repeatedly gone to Edit>Preferences>Advanced and reset to the new location. I also tried resetting to the new location of the backup folder I moved, all with the same result: a blank iTunes music list.
It appears that iTunes was still looking at the original iTunes Music folder on C: drive, even though I told it to work from the new folder on H: drive. But, being a trusting soul, I figured the re-direction was working.
WTF?
I'm loathe to move the ITunes Music folder back to its original location on C: drive and give up the hard drive space and speed.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to get iTunes to redirect?
You might try uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it with the new directory path. I think the reason it's getting fussy is because if you were on a shared network, you could file-share with anyone on that network just by changing your directory. Probably something related to the RIAA's assault on piracy.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI uninstalled iTunes, then re-installed it and it still ignored my efforts to point it to the new location of the music on H: drive.
So I finally surrendered, copied the 60+ gigs of music back to the C: drive and, of course, iTunes sees it and is happy once more.
And I still have an overcrowded C: drive. Looks like I have to move or delete something else.