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blgentry:
chrisc:

Do you really mean the Library?  The internal Database files?  Or do you mean the music files?  Or both?

Giving us the error messages you see might help.  You might also describe what you have done so far.

Brian.

chrisc:
Well, I suppose its the library

I needed to make a new library and was prompted to create an empty folder.  This by mistake went on the external drive. When MC opens up, I see this message



and then this one



The music I need to play is on the computer's HDD.   The Mac sees the external drive as \Volumes\Media.  I see the Main Library is in the Documents folder on the actual computer.  The external HDD with the music on is in another country

blgentry:
To resolve the issue of your library being on an external drive, you need the library data.  You can get that data from the external drive by plugging it in and then opening MC.  I'm sure you knew that.  :)   You can then run a procedure to move it from external to an internal drive.

But maybe there's an easier way.  MC makes library backups, of any library that is open, every couple of days.  If you had that library open for a while, a backup was probably made.  So, you can use that backup to restore into a brand new library, on your internal drive.  An outline of the process is:

1.  Go find where backups are stored:  Tools > Options > File Location > Program Files > Library Backups .  Navigate to this folder in Finder and you should see a bunch of backup files with the Library name in their file name.  Assuming you have a good backup of your external library, move to the next step.
2.  Create a brand new empty library:  File > Library > Library manager > Add Library .  Make sure to make a new folder on your internal drive to hold this new library.  Give it a descriptive name.
3.  Once that new library is created, MC will switch to it and it should be totally empty.  Let's restore your external library into it:  File > Library > Restore Library > (pick the backup file for your external library)

Once this completes, you should see all of your files.   But I honestly didn't understand the rest of what you said with the files being in another country.  If your computer can see the files, then MC should be able to and you'll be fine.  If the files are not accessible to your Mac, then MC can't see them.

I hope this helps get you going.

Brian.

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