Re: [Apple iPod] Re: New laptop doesn't have playlists

Yes, I think it must have been allowed to sleep. How do I make sure it doesn't do that??

I think I fixed getting the bad message about the file not found.

Its doing the photos now, but only on 2,000 and its been 45 minutes already. It takes a very long time.

I had 1 folder named - "itunes folder" and thats the one I put on the external and dragged over into the new laptop. Let me go look at the contents....

Ok...its got

Album Artwork
iTunes Music
iTunes Library
iTunes Music Library

Isn't that right? Shouldn't that be everything? If not, let me know and I'll go drag and drop what I missed.

Thanks Otto!
Crickett

Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:
I'm betting that you copied the iTunes Music folder and not the
iTunes folder. The first contains all your music; the second contains
not only the first but also the iTunes Library file, which contains
the "meta data", including playlists. Remember that iTunes is a
library app and needs to have a file that tells it about the actual
data (music files in this case).

The folder structure should be easily apparent using Win Explorer (if
it's still called that in Vista).

Copy over the iTunes Library file and you should be OK.

An iPod syncs at about 30 GB/hour so It shouldn't take all night to
fill even 80 GB.

Was the laptop allowed to sleep? Was it on battery?

Otto

On 27/12/2007, Evelyn Jackson <nursecricketts@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I get screwed up in what is labeled what specific name.
>
> I copied my itunes folder over to an external hard drive.
> I plugged that into the new laptop.
> I opened itunes (which had nothing in it) on the new laptop
> I dragged the itunes folder from the external drive into itunes. It transferred all my music and podcasts, but I noticed none of my playlists were there.
>
> That seems to be the least of my troubles now, because I synced the ipod (video 5th gen)
> to itunes on the new laptop.
> I also keep all my photos on it, which are over 10,000, so it took quite a long time. I went to bed.
> I got up this morning, the laptop had shut off (said closed down improperly), the ipod still connected (stating "do not disconnect"). I turned back on the laptop, tried to sync, and I get a message that states "CAN NOT SYNC IPOD - REQUIRED FILE NOT FOUND" - this happened when it was trying to "optimze photos".
>
> Yikes!!! Now what do I do??? Please....any help appreciated!!

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