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    Windows to OSX Conversion

    My iTunes was created on a Windows machines, as such in the iTunes Library.xml all the files are referenced as file://localhost/M:/****** all these files are on a NAS which I can access on my MacBook Pro, so I assumed if I changed the path to be file://localhost/Volumes/Music/****** it would work, but alas the files are not found in iTunes.

    Any ideas what I need to do to get this working?
    Last edited by SimonMac; 30 March 2012, 12:17.
    Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
    I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

    I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

    #2
    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    My iTunes was created on a Windows machines, as such in the iTunes Library.xml all the files are referenced as file://localhost/M:/****** all these files are on a NAS which I can access on my MacBook Pro, so I assumed if I changed the path to be file://localhost/Volumes/Music/****** it would work, but alas the files are not found in iTunes.

    Any ideas what I need to do to get this working?
    Can you export the library from your pc and import it to your mac.
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #3
      Originally posted by eek View Post
      Can you export the library from your pc and import it to your mac.
      I have the library sync'd via drop box, so it can be accessible to both machines, any songs I purchases directly from iTunes are stored within /Dropbox/iTunes/iTunes Music/Downloads/ which is the same on both Operating Systems, however I have about 10,790 songs on a NAS which I have ripped from various CD's which I can only access on the Windows machines as they are stored file://localhost/M:/ I was hoping that I could hack the library to point to file://localhost/Volumes/Music which means I don't have to move any files or manually locate the files on the new system.
      Last edited by SimonMac; 30 March 2012, 12:38.
      Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
      I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

      I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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        #4
        Try file:///Volumes/blah - ie. with three slashes and no "localhost"; the file:// bit means the file system, and / is the path to the root of the local machine. (I haven't tested this, but it's a thought... I'll have a look at my iTunes library when I get home.)

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          #5
          When I browse file://localhost/Volumes/Muisc/ through a browser on the Mac it works, so I think thats fine, its just getting iTunes to recognise it
          Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
          I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

          I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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            #6
            Originally posted by eek View Post
            Can you export the library from your pc and import it to your mac.
            This might have worked, delete the *.itl file, save the *.xml else where, make the changes to the path then import the library back into the new *.itl file
            Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
            I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

            I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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