changing file paths in itunes. bulk.

[FUZKIN]

Hello fellow mac'ers. I have a problem with itunes. I have pulled my library over from my PC and I now have the library on my mac, but I have all the little ! by each song saying that there isnt a song in the file path where itunes thinks it should be.

I know I can get around this by clicking the song and selecting where it is, but you can only seem to do this for one song at a time, and for over 2000 songs this could get a little time consuming.

Any ideas much appreciated.

Thanks

Ben

 

[JohnAdcox]

Funny... I logged on to find an answer to the exact same problem! Mine involved an external HD crash, but the resulting problem is the same!

 

[thederby]

you can edit the "itunes music library.xml" file and do a find/replace for the path then import the xml file.

 

[TheSpecialist]

Go to your music tab in iTunes > Delete everything from iTunes, NOT FROM YOUR COMPUTER > Quit iTunes > Start iTunes > Locate all the music files > Drag and drop the folder which containts the files into the music tab of iTunes.

Done

 

[ericinboston]

changing file paths in itunes. bulk.

TheSpecialist...that will certainly work...BUT...if he has static Playlists, he will have to re-create all of them! SmartPlaylists will still be ok.

I would just open the XML file in a text editor and do a search/replace for the new path.

That's what I did when I moved to a new pc.

-Eric

 

[K4VKS]

I'm having the same prob also. ^^could u please elaborate on this xml method.

thanks

 

[JohnAdcox]

Thanks for the help.

I wound up opening the file as you suggested, and seeing the original path. Seems I'd buried the iTunes folder a couple of layers deeper than I remembered. I created new folders and recreated the original path, and now it's working like a champ.

I am so grateful for the hints and suggestions. Without them, I'd still be clicking one by one.

John