![]() If not my fileExists(testPath) then set testPath to mediaPath & "Music/" & newPath & " 2" & ext If not my fileExists(testPath) then set testPath to mediaPath & "Music/" & newPath & " 1" & ext If not my fileExists(testPath) then set testPath to mediaPath & "Music/" & newPath & ext If not my fileExists(testPath) then set testPath to mediaPath & newPath & " 2" & ext If not my fileExists(testPath) then set testPath to mediaPath & newPath & " 1" & ext Set testPath to mediaPath & newPath & ext Set newPath to theArtist & "/" & theAlbum & "/" & theFile The core block you can play around with is this one: See also FixLinks - an AppleScript to repair broken links in Music - Apple Community. The true path to the file whose details you gave in 2.The location of a sample missing track shown under Song Info > File > Location that begins file://.The location of the media folder under iTunes|Music > Preferences > Advanced.If you want me to try to provide specific advice please post back the following details: Although it says something like "use the same location" I think it expects to find the tracks in the same artist & album layout they were in previously, with one systematic change to the path. It may then offer to attempt to automatically fix other broken links. In some cases the library may be able to repair itself if you go through the same steps with Get Info, or when playing a track, but this time click Locate and browse to the lost track. If everything is where it is supposed to be try Repair security permissions for iTunes for Mac - Apple Community. I can explain further if that is the case. If the difference between the two paths is an additional Music folder in one path then this is a layout issue. If a section of your library has simply been moved, a folder renamed, or a drive label has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions. Hopefully you can locate the track in question. Look on the file tab for the location the library thinks the file should be. Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Cmd-I to get Song Info, then click No when asked to try to locate the track. It is also possible that iTunes or Music have changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place, or that you've been too aggressive when deleting duplicates at some point. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, one of its parent folders, the drive it lives on has had a name change, or you've moved a non-portable library to a different path (see Make a split library portable for details). The "missing file" issue with exclamation marks happens if the file is no longer where iTunes or Music expects to find it. Am I missing something obvious? Any help would be truly appreciated. ![]() Logic tells me I can't be the first person to experience this while restoring iTunes media from an external drive. Plus, that would mess up any playlists not set up as a smart playlist and some of those are vital to me. Is there a solution? It would take tens of hours to open up every album under every artist (I do a radio show.I have vast quantities of music files) and then I would have to delete every file with a "!" next to it. However, if I go to file explorer in my external drive and click on "Music" all my artists and corresponding songs pop up and any song I click on opens fine and plays in iTunes and is added to my "iTunes" library right next to the same song which can't be located (as denoted by "!"). However, when I click on a song to open it, it says "Unable to locate" and all the songs are denoted with an "!". ![]() All my library and playlists were restored. I opened up my iTunes associated with my external drive and opened up all library and playlists media. Luckily, I have it all on an external drive. I needed to get all my iTunes music files and iTunes library and playlists media restored. I received a replacement Windows 11 Dell Inspiron. I can't locate my iTunes music files after restoring my iTunes library and playlists media from an external drive Hello all,
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