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Moving from external drive to NAS
HaWi:
Barry, I, too, used to crave for an AI-like interface that would allow me to do everything the easiest way because I am also a low lever user with no IT background. However, I believe that everything can be learned if the desire is big enough; so with the help of many very knowledgable people here on the forum I was able to acquire some basic skills. I have to also admit that even though I'm old I do like to learn knew things.
In a world with limited resources, as most small companies find themselves in, prioritizing is a survival skill, and I have decided for myself that I prefer functionality over ease of use, at least in this case.
I am happy you got it to work.
Hans
blgentry:
Congrats to Barry!
Brian.
jmrdc:
--- Quote from: blgentry on December 12, 2021, 03:54:07 pm ---It sounds like you are about 90% done already. This is good. :)
Your NAS should show up as a path under /Volumes. If your share on your NAS is called "Music", then you should see /Volumes/Music/ and under that should be all the shared files on your NAS. To verify this you can use the Terminal and cd into /Volumes and have a look. Or more likely you will use Finder. In Finder use the Go menu and use "Go to folder". Type /Volumes and you'll see if it's mounted there or not. It should be.
Once you have found the proper path, then you need to tell MC that you have moved your files there. This is done with the Rename, Move, and Copy Files tool. RM&C is very powerful and can look a little intimidating. Take a few minutes, do some experiments, and you'll become comfortable with it fairly quickly I think.
The mode you want to use is "update database only". In this mode the operations you do only update MC's internal database. They don't move or copy any files. Just change the locations where MC thinks each file is. A vague outline of this is:
0. Make an MC database backup.
1. Select some files (maybe an album or two)
2. Open RM&C with Tools > Library Tools > Rename, MOve, and Copy files
A. Mode: Update database
B. Directories: uncheck
C. Files: uncheck
D. Find & Replace: Checked
Find what: /Volumes/OldExternalHD/Music
Replace with: /Volumes/NASMUSICFOLDER/
You'll need to choose the Find and Replace carefully and use the paths on your system for your old external drive and where the NAS music files are mounted in /Volumes.
Notice that the RM&C window shows a preview of what it's going to do before it does it. Adjust your Find and Replace parameters until you get what you want. Then try it on your test group of files. If it works, GREAT! You can do the rest. If not, restore your backup and try again.
Good luck!
Brian.
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I've tried this method moving from a two-bay NAS to a five-bay NAS and having no luck. Did everything as prescribed, using a small test group, pointing to a new directory, et al. It still won't play music like I was used to doing so easily. Read both wikis, to no avail.
Thanks in advance,
edit:
I know it's me :(
Running iMac and MC builds, Synology - latest builds, etc, et al
JimH:
Make sure that case matches exactly in the directory names.
jmrdc:
So, I should rename my new NAS as the "old" NAS? Happy to do so, just asking
Also using a PSAudio PWD...which is great, but finicky
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