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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 22 for Mac => Topic started by: dmitch77 on June 14, 2017, 01:08:41 pm
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After migrating my MC library to a new Mac, I'm stuck with references to old libraries that lived on the old Mac, but which I did not copy to the new one. The references apparently got copied over when doing a "backup" and "restore from" the library I actually want to use. These old library references have paths that don't even exist on the new Mac. I can't find a way to get rid of the references to the old libraries in MC on the new Mac.
If I click on one of the old, nonexistent libraries (under "Playing from..."), I only get three options: Load, Rename, and Clone. No Delete button.
If I go to File > Library Manager, there is a "Delete Library..." button, which looks promising. However the list of libraries to delete shows the old/missing libraries greyed out; there is no way to click on one of them to delete it.
Does anyone know a way around this? MC 22.0.88 on MacOS 10.12.5. Thanks.
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I had something similar happen a long time ago. On MC20 or MC21; I can't remember. I know I had to fight with it to remove these libraries. I can't remember if restarting MC and/or rebooting the Mac helped. You might try that.
I'm relatively certain that if you remove the User Settings.ini file, it will remove references to ALL libraries. I might have edited that file manually actually. I DO NOT RECOMMEND that you do that.
If I were you, I would probably do a backup of my library. Then delete that file: ~/Library/Application Support/JRiver/Media Center 22/Settings/User Settings.ini . Then fire MC22 back up again. Then import my library with File > Library > Restore Library .
I'm not 100% sure of the sequence here as I haven't done it in a while. But the backup of your library (File > Library > Backup Library) should be good insurance.
Maybe someone else has something more certain and/or more wise to say.
Brian.
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If I were you, I would probably do a backup of my library. Then delete that file: ~/Library/Application Support/JRiver/Media Center 22/Settings/User Settings.ini. Then fire MC22 back up again. Then import my library with File > Library > Restore Library .
Good idea. Alas, it had no effect. The phantom libraries re-appeared after restoring from the library backup.
I'm hoping for any other suggestions....?
Thanks.
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I'm not sure. Try closing and re-opening MC a few times and see if you can get delete to work on the phantom libraries.
I kinda sorta remember adding in a new empty library, and *then* being able to delete the other libraries that were greyed out before. But, like I said, this was a really long time ago, so I'm not sure.
Good luck.
Brian.
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A year and a half later, up to MC 24.0.25, and the problem is still there. Never have found a way to get rid of the references to these old libraries. Anyone have any ideas?
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File > Library Manager.
You can't delete the main (original) library.
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File > Library Manager.
You can't delete the main (original) library.
If I click on one of the old, nonexistent libraries (under "Playing from..."), I only get three options: Load, Rename, and Clone. No Delete button.
I'm not trying to delete the main library. I'm trying to delete references to old libraries that don't exist.
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I forgot to mention: under Library Manager, hitting the "Delete Library..." button brings up a list of libraries to delete, but the missing ones are disabled (greyed out) so I can't select them. See attached screen shot.
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Go to Library Manager.
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Go to Library Manager.
I did. Did you read my last post, and look at the screenshot of the Library Manager there?