Exclamation marks on iTunes tracks

[Totty1987]

I've just plugged in my external hard drive to play some music in iTunes and many of the tracks have the exclamation symbol next to them. Is there a quick way for me to rectify this issue as 300+ tracks now have this symbol.

Thanx in advance 🙁

 

[Panch0]

Exit iTunes.
Make Sure the external drive is showing up as a volume in Finder
ReOpen iTunes.

The exclamation points indicate a problem - usually that the file is not found.

If reopening iTunes doesn't resolve, right-click one of the effected songs and select Get Info. Check the path listed there, and make sure it is still valid - it's possible that the external drive got a different volume name (maybe adding a 1 to the end of the name), making the path invalid.