i posted this in the apple forum, but they get so many posts that if you don't get an answer immediately, you are usually pushed down to page 37 in a hour or so. and god knows why, years later, apple still hasn't fixed this (not like anyone is using external storage these days)
. this trick is used to prevent itunes from resetting your library back to the default spot if you start itunes and forget to turn on your NAS first (instead of, umm... just giving us a warning?). the idea is to have an alias of your itunes folder in the default spot that points to your real itunes folder on your NAS. so that's what i have: i have an alias itunes folder (titled itunes) in the default location of users/music on my 2011 mac mini running latest itunes/lion. it points to my real itunes folder kept on my nas. itunes itself is pointed to the default location of users/music/itunes/media (i am recalling all this off the top of my head, so forgive me if i have a folder name wrong here, the point is everything is in/pointing to it's default locations. when my mac starts, i get the "can't find - please select" library warning. 2 strange things - if i select library and click on the same alias itunes folder that itunes is already pointing to, it works fine. after going through this and everything is working fine if i quit itunes and restart it, it still works fine. but when i completely shut down the mini, it goes through an itunes "saving library" thing and then when i restart it, the same problem happens? anyone know? thanx in advance.
