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Re-import after external hard drive crash
chrisc:
Thanks for all the replies
I looked for a "Find and Replace" in search and there were dozens of articles, but all for Windows
Looked at Finder and cannot see a way to rename a drive. In any case, what am I renaming it to? I don't want to mess it up completely.
Have imported the 24 CSV files into Excel and am going through them one line at a time to rebuild the playlists
The original question was never answered - How to import a Playlist? If it cannot be done, please say so. Having to rebuild the house since one brick is missing seems an unduly onerous way of solving a problem
When you buy a new MacBook, there is a "Migration Wizard" which transfers all your existing information and settings to the new computer so you can start off from the same place you left off.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: chrisc on November 17, 2018, 12:34:22 am ---The original question was never answered - How to import a Playlist? If it cannot be done, please say so. Having to rebuild the house since one brick is missing seems an unduly onerous way of solving a problem
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The way you described in your original post.
Unfortunately, it seems that importing playlist using CSV files isn't working at the moment. If you had exported those playlists in MPL format then the import would have worked.
--- Quote from: chrisc on November 17, 2018, 12:34:22 am ---When you buy a new MacBook, there is a "Migration Wizard" which transfers all your existing information and settings to the new computer so you can start off from the same place you left off.
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It's not really fair to compare JRiver to Apple. Think of the difference in revenue and user base!
But MC also does this, when you use the Library Backup and Restore functions correctly.
Did you Google how to rename a drive in OSX? There is heaps of information on how to do it, and the exceptions. Read BOTH of these links.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/renaming-the-hard-drive.1295428/
https://kb.iu.edu/d/abtq
What you should have done, and should do now, is;
Shut down MC.
Rename the replacement drive to the same name as the old drive, as per links above. The name of your old drive will be listed in the MC library as part of the file path.
Restart MC and make sure it doesn't try to start importing anything. It probably won't, since I assume that MC is installed on another disk, and still works fine, but is just pointing to the wrong spot.
Restore a Library Backup from before the HDD crash.
Then you will have your library back intact, with all playlists, as long as there aren't any other issues you haven't mentioned.
PS: "Find & Replace" is part of the "Rename, Move, and Copy files" function inside MC. it is at the bottom of the dialogue. If you can't rename the disk even with the above advice, you should still restore a backup and then use "Find & Replace" to change all references in your library from the old disk name to the new disk name.
If you get stuck on that, search the Wiki for the "Rename, Move, and Copy files" function, and search the Forum for descriptions (Brian's are good) of how to use the "Rename, Move, and Copy files" function "Find & Replace" to fix issues like this.
JimH:
--- Quote from: RoderickGI on November 17, 2018, 01:41:22 am ---It's not really fair to compare JRiver to Apple. Think of the difference in revenue and user base!
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Yeah, I feel sorry for Apple. They think it's all about revenue and user base.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: JimH on November 17, 2018, 06:49:18 am ---Yeah, I feel sorry for Apple. They think it's all about revenue and user base.
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;D True Jim. You know much better! They'll never understand!
chrisc:
Thanks again, I'll know for the future. I use CSV files since its not too much of a fiddle to import into Excel and from there into Word. I have to make lists of the music I am going to play, or these old folk keep interrupting, asking what it is they are listening to, and some argue about it. There is one on tomorrow morning, there are 75 people in the group and its a big event for them, once a month.
I wasn't comparing Apple with JRiver. For the vast profit that Apple make on every device they sell, they should make it easy to operate
4 of the main playlists have been rebuilt. Once I found a quicker way to do it, it only took 4 or 5 hours. I'm sure if I'd been fiddling with renaming drives, etc, something else would have gone wrong
Murphy's Law always surfaces
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