Move Library from Windows to iTunes
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The challenge is you need to update the location of the music files, but iTunes ignores the XML as long as the 'Library' file is around. Idea: kill the Library file and force iTunes to load from the XML. Note: you can't delete the Library because iTunes will ignore the XML and re-initialize. You must 'corrupt' the Library to force a rebuild.
- copy the 'iTunes' folder, default in your document folder, 'Music' to /Users/yourname/Music; keep the original copy till you're done--it's easy to mess up!
- open 'iTunes Library.itl', delete everything (use emacs or some other raw text editor, TextEdit will not work)
- open the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file and make the change; iTunes uses URLs, useful to verify location using Firefox
- open iTunes, it should say something about importing from XML and a damaged file (yay!)
If you have problems, keep deleting the ITL and messing with the XML. iTunes is very picky and will blow away entries it doesn't like.
