I've read many and posted a couple times about this issue, but new information has come to light, so I figured I'd give it one more shot.
Somewhere along the line from migrating from 2007 MacBook to my newer 2010 iMac, I've lost the ability to see my iTunes files in other apps in the media browser. This is very specific to the user that my main library (237gb). I've got a separate library on a different user account, no issues there. It happens in all of the iLife apps(like trying to add music to a slideshow), iWork apps (clicking on media), Mail (attaching a .mp3). Oddly enough, Audacity has no issue seeing the iTunes files. I've tried several solutions, including re-installing the Media Browser, and trashing the .xml file (Apple's own solution found here). Nothing worked. I had hoped the release of Lion might fix the problem, and I upgraded "the Apple way." The problem persisted.
I had thought perhaps the issue lied from carring over old code, apps, or whatever from the migration. I had hoped doing a clean install of Lion might do the trick. I finally got an external to move the library too, and do a very manual migration. Copied all documents and media to the external, boot from the Lion Boot CD I created before upgrading the 1st time, reformat drive, install Lion. It went off without a hitch. I made sure to copy all of the database files (.xml, .itl), and while all of my settings, playlists, and play counts were preserved (something that is important to me), the same problem reared it's head.
Another idea came was to start a new user account, and just use the media files, and not the database files. After simply dragging the media folder into iTunes and copying the files (the drobo has plenty of space), it worked perfectly. Except I had lost all of my play counts, settings, and playlists.
So the question is, is there a solution to fix the old user account, or is there a way to rebuild what I've lost in the new user account? I'm using completely updates software in Lion, iLife, iTunes, iWork, etc. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Somewhere along the line from migrating from 2007 MacBook to my newer 2010 iMac, I've lost the ability to see my iTunes files in other apps in the media browser. This is very specific to the user that my main library (237gb). I've got a separate library on a different user account, no issues there. It happens in all of the iLife apps(like trying to add music to a slideshow), iWork apps (clicking on media), Mail (attaching a .mp3). Oddly enough, Audacity has no issue seeing the iTunes files. I've tried several solutions, including re-installing the Media Browser, and trashing the .xml file (Apple's own solution found here). Nothing worked. I had hoped the release of Lion might fix the problem, and I upgraded "the Apple way." The problem persisted.
I had thought perhaps the issue lied from carring over old code, apps, or whatever from the migration. I had hoped doing a clean install of Lion might do the trick. I finally got an external to move the library too, and do a very manual migration. Copied all documents and media to the external, boot from the Lion Boot CD I created before upgrading the 1st time, reformat drive, install Lion. It went off without a hitch. I made sure to copy all of the database files (.xml, .itl), and while all of my settings, playlists, and play counts were preserved (something that is important to me), the same problem reared it's head.
Another idea came was to start a new user account, and just use the media files, and not the database files. After simply dragging the media folder into iTunes and copying the files (the drobo has plenty of space), it worked perfectly. Except I had lost all of my play counts, settings, and playlists.
So the question is, is there a solution to fix the old user account, or is there a way to rebuild what I've lost in the new user account? I'm using completely updates software in Lion, iLife, iTunes, iWork, etc. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.