[wtmcgee]

i'm having a problem with my iTunes library, and i was hoping someone could help. i have all of my songs in their default location (~/music/itunes/itunes music/) but, when iTunes loads up, all of my songs have a ! to them - denoting the song is no longer where it's supposed to be. upon clicking on each song, it says it's no longer in the library, and it asks me if i'd like to find it. i can easily find the song by browsing my library and re-assigning each song to it's location.

however, i have around 6,000 mp3s. i don't want to re-assign all of them, and i don't want to lose the playcounts/ratings/playlists/etc. is there any way to get iTunes to "re-assign" the location of my songs? (note - i have the following settings set: default iTunes folder location, "keep iTunes music folder organized", and "Copy files to iTunes library when adding to library")

any ideas?

[wtmcgee]

how about this -

is there a way to find out WHERE the broken link is pointing to? that way, i could tell iTunes to point to the new location, move my mp3s there, then work with that.

if i can just find out where iTunes THINKS my mp3s are, then i can get everything fixed up. is there an applescript for this?

[zachs]

If all of your MP3s are in one folder, then just select all the songs in iTunes, and hit delete. If it asks you whether you want to move them to the Trash, click No.

Then, drag the folder with the MP3s in it into the iTunes window, and it will import them. Make sure you do NOT have it set to copy songs before you do this.

[wtmcgee]

i don't want to lose my ratings and play count, though.

[zachs]

Originally posted by wtmcgee:
i don't want to lose my ratings and play count, though.

Those are stored within the MP3 files, I believe, so they *should* be preserved.

[wtmcgee]

no, they're part of the iTunes library file.

playlists, ratings, and play counts are all part of this file.