For 6 years I have run iTunes from an Old MacBookPro with the media on an external wireless drive - USB connected to a Time Capsule. The CD/DVD burner is failing so I decided to move iTunes to the New MBP, figuring that since the media was on a shared drive it should be a piece of cake. HA!
Everything was fine until I opened iTunes on New MBP. What I think happened is that the software started deleting media from the external because it isn't in the New iTunes app. When I opened the media folder in the finder I see entire artists and albums are gone! I do use Time Machine on Old and New MBPs. On occasion I detach the USB from the Time Capsule and attach it to a laptop so it backs up with TimeCapsule.
The music is still in the Cloud and I can play it from my iPhone or AppleTV.
Can I simply have the Cloud/Match download my music back to the media folder on the USB drive? It would seem best since while I run Time Capsule I have no idea how I would go about getting the media and app files to link together in the same place. It would be hard if not impossible. Also, since a Match update ran yesterday I assume everything matchable is there and I'm just stuck with un-Matched items, many of which I wouldn't notice missing.
Help please!
Everything was fine until I opened iTunes on New MBP. What I think happened is that the software started deleting media from the external because it isn't in the New iTunes app. When I opened the media folder in the finder I see entire artists and albums are gone! I do use Time Machine on Old and New MBPs. On occasion I detach the USB from the Time Capsule and attach it to a laptop so it backs up with TimeCapsule.
The music is still in the Cloud and I can play it from my iPhone or AppleTV.
Can I simply have the Cloud/Match download my music back to the media folder on the USB drive? It would seem best since while I run Time Capsule I have no idea how I would go about getting the media and app files to link together in the same place. It would be hard if not impossible. Also, since a Match update ran yesterday I assume everything matchable is there and I'm just stuck with un-Matched items, many of which I wouldn't notice missing.
Help please!