iTunes on Synology NAS - MBA always asking for location

[BrianInLA]

Hi everyone -

I have a Macbook Air with my iTunes library stores on a Synology NAS. Whenever I open iTunes I get a pop-up asking me to choose where my iTunes library is stored. I then have to navigate Finder to my NAS and pick the appropriate file.

Any way to make this action the default or automatic?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Badrottie]

I think you need iTunes preference setting to tell where the library is.

Advanced tab and look for "iTunes Media folder location" click the change button then you can point it to your drive.

Good luck.

 

[jdelgado]

Hi everyone -

I have a Macbook Air with my iTunes library stores on a Synology NAS. Whenever I open iTunes I get a pop-up asking me to choose where my iTunes library is stored. I then have to navigate Finder to my NAS and pick the appropriate file.

Any way to make this action the default or automatic?

Thanks in advance.

Do you have the NAS volume where iTunes is mounted before you launch iTunes?
If you want it automatic, you can have the volume mount automatically at login.

 

[BrianInLA]

I think you need iTunes preference setting to tell where the library is. Advanced tab and look for "iTunes Media folder location" click the change button then you can point it to your drive.

Good luck.

Thanks for the reply - looks like the location is there - but I think the problem is that if I click on iTunes it makes me select the location. So it's always going to look like it's pointed to the right location once I get into iTunes.

http://imgur.com/jUFn7nn

Do you have the NAS volume where iTunes is mounted before you launch iTunes?
If you want it automatic, you can have the volume mount automatically at login.

Hmmmm I might not understand this. Sorry. Can you elaborate?

 

[jdelgado]

Hmmmm I might not understand this. Sorry. Can you elaborate?

I mean that the NAS must show up in your Mac as a volume; icon is similar as a hard disk (if you have appropriate preferences in Finder). Specifically, you need to have available/mounted the volume where your iTunes library resides.

 

[rgarjr]

Where do you have the 2 iTunes library (iTunes library.xml and iTunes library.itl) file stored at? I believe they need to be stored locally and then all your music content on the NAS.

 

[BrianInLA]

I mean that the NAS must show up in your Mac as a volume; icon is similar as a hard disk (if you have appropriate preferences in Finder). Specifically, you need to have available/mounted the volume where your iTunes library resides.

Gotcha - Synology mounts seamlessly every time I am at home. Shows up in Finder without a hitch.

Where do you have the 2 iTunes library (iTunes library.xml and iTunes library.itl) file stored at? I believe they need to be stored locally and then all your music content on the NAS.

Hmmmm, well I actually have all those files stored on the Synology - both the .xml and the .itl files, in addition to the actual music. Apparently this is the problem?

 

[rhett7660]

Gotcha - Synology mounts seamlessly every time I am at home. Shows up in Finder without a hitch.

But does it mount prior to you starting iTunes?

 

[BrianInLA]

But does it mount prior to you starting iTunes?

Yep - I can click see it in Finder and navigate around the Synology all the time. Just when I start iTunes do I need to point to the specific file.

 

[rhett7660]

Yep - I can click see it in Finder and navigate around the Synology all the time. Just when I start iTunes do I need to point to the specific file.

Not really asking if you can see the Synology once it is mounted, more along the lines of:

Start computer
Mount Synology
Start iTunes
iTunes finds folder

If you start iTunes before you mount the network drive located on your Synology it won't know where to find the folders and media files.

Also check your iTunes and make sure under "Preference>>Advanced>>iTunes Media Folder Location" the location is set to your Synology folder.

 

[Badrottie]

Do you have the NAS volume where iTunes is mounted before you launch iTunes?
If you want it automatic, you can have the volume mount automatically at login.

yes thats correct so that iTunes can find them. If not, it will go to internal SSD/HDD.