Re: [Itms-backup-beta-testing] Question about iTunes

[Mario D. <mar...@ma...>]

On Monday, July 19, 2004, at 01:56  PM, Bruce Gerson wrote:

> Are you saying that having an alias doesn't matter and it's still 
> written to ~/Music/iTunes or that it will follow the alias?

I just tested this by moving my folder at ~/Music/iTunes to another 
location, replacing it with an alias. (The "iTunes" file at ~/Music is 
now an alias.) This is something like how yours is set up, no?

If I delete the XML file, it is created after I quit iTunes. iTunes 
creates it at ~/Music/iTunes. (That's what I mean it doesn't matter: it 
follows the alias.)

Now, my normal setup is actually a little different than yours. A 
standard setup has the music library folder here:

     ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music

I've moved my music library folder -- telling iTunes in its Preferences 
-- to another volume. It is located here on my machine:

     /Aer/iTunes Users/mariox19/iTunes

As long as I tell iTunes in its Preferences, I don't need an alias 
located at "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music" pointing to this location. 
iTunes finds it on its own.

Now, if I put the iTunes database file on the other volume -- at the 
same level as "/Aer/iTunes Users/mariox19/iTunes" -- iTunes won't find 
it. It seems the database must exist in the folder:

     ~/Music/iTunes/

Mac OS will find it, though, even if any part of that path is an alias 
-- as long as the file itself is not an alias. (Try it!)

In any case, the XML file will be created if necessary at the path:

     ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml

Either the "Music" or the "iTunes" folder could be aliases.

So, I'm thinking, maybe it's a good idea to have iTmsBackup assume the 
XML file exists, prompting the user to launch and quit iTunes in the 
rare instance that it doesn't.

It's a departure from the application as it is now, so I want to think 
this over carefully.

Mario

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