Re: [Apple iPod] original file could not be found

We know that iTunes knows whether the iPod was last sync'd on the
machine to which it is connected.
So what I'd bet is the iPod library has information not only about the
files stored on it, but where they came from -- which is not where they
are now. Why would it care? Because one thing it's doing is checking to
see whether the files have changed, which podcasts you've listened to, etc.
So what I'd try is reset/reformat/reload the iPod and your problems
should go away.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jvw47" <jvw47@mac.com>
> To: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 03/28/2008 at 1825 -0400
> Subject: [Apple iPod] original file could not be found
>
>
>
> I did a search on this problem but couldn't find anything that would
> help. So,
> I'm here
> seeking your help and advice.
>
> I've had no problems with iTunes since I started using it soon after it came
> out. Until now.
>
> I moved my library to an external drive by dragging it, as Kirk suggested,
> rather than by
> consolidating it, as Apple suggests. I reset the library's location in the
> Advanced tab,
> checked "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music
> folder when
> adding to library."
>
> Everything looked and played as it should. Not exclamations, no
> "...could not be
> found"s.
>
> The exclamations and "...could not be found"s came up, I think, after I
> attached
> my iPod to
> sync. I'm suspecting that attaching the iPod has something to do with the
> problem of
> locating my files, but I'm not sure. Might be just coincidental. Not sure.
>
> In iTunes, if I do a Get Info on a song the data is displayed but can't be
> changed. If I go to
> the folder on the external that contains the files and double-click on a
> song,
> then it plays
> and I can make changes with Get Info if I need to.
>
> I can't see what the problem could be. Everything looks as it should.
> Not sure
> how the iPod
> could be causing the problem, if it is. My last resort is to double-click on
> each file on the
> external. Laborious and time-consuming. HAS to be a better way.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!
>
> Jay
> iTunes version 7.6.1, G5 iMac PPC, OS X 10.5.2
>
>

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