The facts are these:
- My iTunes library became corrupted a few months ago. Files began disappearing from an external in such a way that I couldn't understand, even with the help of this board. The tracks were gone from the Finder AND from iTunes. After much futzing with time machine backups I gave up trying. So...
- Using iTunes Match I downloaded everything from the Cloud onto our new MBPr internal. A nightmare since lots of titles were lost or mixed up. I've spent hours fixing things and am not done but have come a long way.
- I now have a music library on the MBPr made up of tracks from the Cloud plus more that have been added since.
- I have podcasts, movies and tv shows on the original external disk since they weren't in the cloud. If any are corrupted or missing I'm not aware of it. I don't care if I lose the podcasts.
- The uncorrupted portion of my original music library still resides on the original external. They are all dups of what's on the MBPr.
The goal is to have one library that is the new permanent home of the entire iTunes library, operated from the original computer. I do NOT want to mess this up! I don't want masses of duplicates nor do I want to lose the track and album information that I manually fixed on the MBPr. What's the best method? My current thought is to:
1 - Delete the partially corrupted music library from the external.
2 - Plug the external into the new MBPr.
3 - Move the new music files from the MBPr to the external. (I know there are pages that describe how this is done)
4 - Import the TV&Video files into the new library. Now I should have an iTunes library residing on the MBPr with the media files on the external.
5 - Wipe out all remaining iTunes file from the original computer. Heck, I'll wipe out iTunes and re-download it.
6 - Migrate the new library from the MBPr to the original computer, leaving the media files on the external. (I'm sure there are pages that describe how to do this)
Is there an easier way? A better way? An easier, better way?
Thank you!
- My iTunes library became corrupted a few months ago. Files began disappearing from an external in such a way that I couldn't understand, even with the help of this board. The tracks were gone from the Finder AND from iTunes. After much futzing with time machine backups I gave up trying. So...
- Using iTunes Match I downloaded everything from the Cloud onto our new MBPr internal. A nightmare since lots of titles were lost or mixed up. I've spent hours fixing things and am not done but have come a long way.
- I now have a music library on the MBPr made up of tracks from the Cloud plus more that have been added since.
- I have podcasts, movies and tv shows on the original external disk since they weren't in the cloud. If any are corrupted or missing I'm not aware of it. I don't care if I lose the podcasts.
- The uncorrupted portion of my original music library still resides on the original external. They are all dups of what's on the MBPr.
The goal is to have one library that is the new permanent home of the entire iTunes library, operated from the original computer. I do NOT want to mess this up! I don't want masses of duplicates nor do I want to lose the track and album information that I manually fixed on the MBPr. What's the best method? My current thought is to:
1 - Delete the partially corrupted music library from the external.
2 - Plug the external into the new MBPr.
3 - Move the new music files from the MBPr to the external. (I know there are pages that describe how this is done)
4 - Import the TV&Video files into the new library. Now I should have an iTunes library residing on the MBPr with the media files on the external.
5 - Wipe out all remaining iTunes file from the original computer. Heck, I'll wipe out iTunes and re-download it.
6 - Migrate the new library from the MBPr to the original computer, leaving the media files on the external. (I'm sure there are pages that describe how to do this)
Is there an easier way? A better way? An easier, better way?
Thank you!