iTunes music folder location

[jjk454ss]

So I have had my iTunes music folder set to my Time Capsule for a long time. Now I just replaced my hard drive and did a clean intall of OS X. Now I was under the impression I just go into iTunes preferences and change the music folder location to the Time Capsule again and everything would be back to how it was. But I change the location, and nothing in iTunes changes, still no music, podcasts, apps, etc.

Am I doing something wrong? What do I need to do to get everything back into iTunes? I don't want to try to reimport everything and have it all on my computer, I just want iTunes to see it where its already at.

 

[sammich]

Open iTunes while holding down the Option key, then choose your library on your TC that way.

 

[jjk454ss]

Thanks for the quick reply. It looks like there is no library file on the TC though. It has music, ringtones, podcasts, but no library file. I have my old hdd in an enclosure now, would the library file have been on my Mac HD instead of the TC, and if I point it to that on the external would it work? Or would it try to use that external drive from now on?

 

[jjk454ss]

So my music folder is on my TC, without this library file how do I get everything back into iTunes. I am afraid to sync my iPhone now for fear of losing everything off it.