How To Switch Between Itunes Libraries On Mac

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Here it is, I couldn't do the indenting, but if you copied this into AppleScript it would of course indent it for you:


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The only thing extra you need to set up for this is creating two folders in the Music folder of your client computer. (Actually you can put these folders anywhere on the client but in my code it is the Music folder.) The folders are named 'iTunes Data Local' and 'iTunes Data Server' in my code. Take the two library files ('iTunes 4 Music Library' and 'iTunes Music Library.xml') that you currently have in the client iTunes folder and put them in the 'iTunes Data Local' folder. Now mount the server and go to the equivalent place on the server where its two library files are. Make aliases to those files and put those aliases on your client where the originals were.

Aug 15, 2018  How To Use and Sync Multiple iTunes Libraries on the Same Computer. The simplest way to create a library in iTunes would be to: Step #1. If you are a Mac user, press and hold down ‘Option’ while opening iTunes. If you are a Windows user, press and hold down ‘Shift’ while opening iTunes. Oct 08, 2019  PowerTunes allows iTunes users to create multiple libraries, organize their music among multiple music folders, and share music and libraries between multiple users on a machine. In addition to simply creating and keeping track of your libraries, PowerTunes also offers many additional features to help organize your music. Jun 25, 2019  In existing versions of macOS, it’s possible to store and access a bunch of different iTunes libraries. Switching between them is as easy as holding down the Option key when you open iTunes. One reason people revert to iTunes 10.7 is because it is a superior way to manage a very large music library. However, these same people probably use modern apple devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc). If you only have one computer, it is possible to create two iTunes libraries. Then switch between iTunes 12.

Sep 22, 2008  I keep my main iTunes library on my PC, and have the entire iTunes folder shared. On my MBP I have an Automator script setup that mounts the PC's iTunes folder, runs rsync to pull any new music from my PC, and then dismounts. In the rsync command, I exclude Library.xml, as this will get rebuilt by iTunes when I open it on the Mac side. Jan 23, 2013  Is there a way to switch libraries in iTunes without exiting iTunes? I've set up a second library with my comedy records/CDs and would like to be able to switch back and forth between the original iTunes music library and the humor one.

The program will be swapping the original client settings and the aliases to the server ones, and that is basically how it works.

It should be obvious which parts you need to customize but if not then let me know.

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try

do shell script 'top -l1 grep -w iTunes'

--Check to see if iTunes is already running on the laptop, in which case do nothing.

onerror

tell application 'Finder'

set useServer to true

try

set localFolder to folder 'iTunes' of folder 'Music' of home

endtry

try

set serverFolder to folder 'iTunes' of folder 'Music' of disk 'Server HD'

--Try to make a reference to the server hard drive

onerror

--Making the reference failed, and that means the laptop is not connected to the server yet.

display dialog 'Not connected to music server. Connect?' buttons {'Use Local', 'OK'} default button 'OK'

if button returned ofthe result is notequal to 'OK' then

set useServer to false

else

try

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mount volume 'afp://yourlogin@yourserver.local/server_harddrive_name'

--this mounts the server drive, I don't put in the password here for security reasons, but you can put it in like this:

-- afp://yourlogin:password@yourserver.local/server_harddrive_name

onerror

display dialog 'Could not connect to server.'

quit

endtry

endif

endtry

if useServer then

-- Depending on what is being used, local or server

set folderBeingUsed to (folder 'iTunes Data Server' of folder 'Music' of home)

set otherFolder to (folder 'iTunes Data Local' of folder 'Music' of home)

else

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set otherFolder to (folder 'iTunes Data Server' of folder 'Music' of home)

set folderBeingUsed to (folder 'iTunes Data Local' of folder 'Music' of home)

Mac sierra photos updating library. endif

if (count of items of folderBeingUsed) isless than 1 then

try

--If the folder I am getting settings from is empty, that means the settings are already in the right place, so just run the program

open application 'iTunes'

endtry

else

--This swaps the settings that are currently there with the other ones.

set theFiles to {file 'iTunes 4 Music Library' of folder 'iTunes' of folder 'Music' of home, file 'iTunes Music Library.xml' of folder 'iTunes' of folder 'Music' of home}

move theFiles to otherFolder

set theFiles to {file 'iTunes 4 Music Library' of folderBeingUsed, file 'iTunes Music Library.xml' of folderBeingUsed}

move theFiles to folder 'iTunes' of folder 'Music' of home

try

open application 'iTunes'

endtry

endif

endtell

endtry

endif

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How To Switch Between Itunes Libraries On Mac Pro

We take a lot of photos with our iPhones and even DSLRs and other cameras. Photos are great for capturing memories with others, or when you just want to get a snapshot of something beautiful. Photos on Mac can help you keep all of your photos in one place, and even help you organize them.

How to add pictures and videos to albums

If you have a lot of photos and videos, one of the simplest and easiest ways to start organizing everything is to make use of albums, especially when you give them good names. And if you use iCloud Photo Library, all of your albums in Photos for Mac get synced to your iOS devices too.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.

  2. Click on Photos in the sidebar, under the Library section.

  3. Pick out the photos you want to add to an album, either new or existing.

    • Hold down the command key on your Mac and click to select multiple photos.
  4. Right-click on your chosen photos and videos.
  5. Move the cursor to Add to.

  6. You can choose an existing album, or create new album.

    • If making a new album, give it a good, easy-to-remember name.

Optionally, you can make a new album at any time by clicking the + button that appears in the sidebar next to My Albums. Drag-and-drop the albums in whatever order you want to rearrange them in the sidebar.

How to organize albums and folders

When you have a lot of albums, it may be better to clean it all up by organizing albums into folders, which are like collections of albums. It's easy to do.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.

  2. Either right-click on My Albums in the sidebar, or hover above and then click on the + button that appears next to My Albums.

  3. Click New Folder.

  4. Give your folder a name.

  5. Drag the albums that you want into that folder.

How to use Smart Albums

Smart Albums are like regular albums, but smarter, obviously. They're great for helping you quickly organize images without the need of manually adding each one to an album because it's all automated.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.

  2. Right-click on My Albums or click the + button that appears next to My Albums.

  3. Select New Smart Album.
  4. Give your Smart Album a name.

  5. Choose the parameters for your Smart Album.

  6. Click OK to confirm.

Smart Albums have a large number of different parameters, such as photos, faces, aperture, ISO, Live Photo, RAW, Portrait, and more. With all of these options, you can create many different Smart Albums to suit whatever it is you need.

If you're not satisfied with the Smart Album, you can always tweak the settings by clicking on the gear icon that's next to the Smart Album's title, then re-select the parameters you want to use.

Unfortunately, Smart Albums do not sync to your other devices through iCloud Photo Library, as they're only available on your Mac.

How to navigate Photos for Mac faster with the sidebar

The Sidebar in Photos is a great way to quickly jump between various areas in Photos quickly and easily. Plus, it helps you find albums that may otherwise be hidden, so this was a design choice made by Apple.

However, if you are running macOS Sierra and older, you can actually hide or unhide the sidebar as you wish.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.
  2. Click on View in the menu bar.
  3. Select Show Sidebar in the menu.
  4. The sidebar will appear on the left side of the screen.

  5. Follow the steps above to hide it (make sure Show Sidebar is unchecked).

How to navigate moments, collections, and year views in macOS Mojave and earlier

One of the coolest things about Photos is that it intelligently groups all of your photos and videos into moments, collections, and years.

This means that your photos appear in a timeline and are grouped by things like location, or even event. It's a great way to take a look back at your memories and relive those specific moments in time.

The Moments, Collections, and Year views are only available in macOS Mojave and older.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.
  2. Make sure that you're in the Photos view from the sidebar.

  3. Click on Photos, Moments, Collections, or Years buttons at the top of the window.

  4. Click on a section of a Year to move to that Collection, or a section of a Collection to drill down into that Moment, or an item in a Moment to view that image or video in closer detail.

  5. You can also use your keyboard's arrow keys to move between photos and videos in a Moment.

  6. A single click on an item selects it, while a double click takes you to view it.

In the Year and Collections views, thumbnails can be small. You can click-and-hold and then drag the cursor in any direction over the thumbnails to get a larger preview. Letting go will take you directly to the image that the cursor was last on.

How to navigate through Years, Months, and Days in macOS Catalina

To replace the previous Moments/Collections/Years view, Catalina changed it to Years, Months, and Days for simplicity.

  1. Launch Photos on your Mac.

  2. Make sure you're in the Photos section in the sidebar.

    Source: iMore

  3. Click the Years, Months, or Days buttons at the top of the window. The default view is All Photos.

  4. Clicking on Years lets you see each year as a block. Double-clicking the year takes you into Months.

  5. When you double-click on a Month, you'll drill down into the Days view.

How to create a new library with Photos for Mac

You can create a new library for your photos at any time with Photos for Mac. To do so, make sure that you quit Photos and reopen it with the following method to get the Library options.

  1. Hold down the Option key on your keyboard.
  2. Double-click on Photos on your Mac.
  3. Click on the Create New button in the Choose Library window.
  4. Name your Library.

  5. Click OK.

You've now created a brand new Photos Library. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to migrate over photos and video, so you will need to export the content you want, and then import it back into the new library.

How to switch between Libraries in Photos for Mac

When you create a new library, you may still want to go back to a previous library for something. Fortunately, it's easy to switch between multiple libraries.

  1. Make sure that Photos is not open (quit if it is).
  2. Hold down the Option key on your keyboard.
  3. Double-click on Photos.

  4. Click on the name of the library you want to open.

Voilá! Just make sure to repeat this process each time you want to switch to a different Photo library.

How to move your Photos library to an external hard drive

If you're low on storage space on your Mac, you can just move your Photos Library to an external hard drive. Keep in mind though, that you will need to have this external drive plugged in to access your Photos Library, even if you have iCloud Photo Library enabled. And you aren't able to create a second Photos Library that has iCloud Photo Library enabled on your Mac, so be wary.

2019-11-10  Having your Mac's Photos library corrupted can be devastating. What do you do if the repair tool fails? Follow these steps to recover your original photos — and to have a good shot at fixing. Fix one 2.0 2020-3-18  The repair tool analyzes the the library's database and repairs any inconsistencies it detects. Depending on the size of your library, this might take some time. When the process is completed, Photos opens the library. If you repair a library that's automatically updated with iCloud Photos, the entire contents of the library re-updates with. 2020-3-27  If your Photos library is automatically updated with iCloud Photos, the entire contents of the library will re-updates with iCloud when the repair process completes. Bonus Tip: Create a new Photos Library. The other alternative way to repair corrupted Photos Library is.

  1. Launch a Finder window on your Mac.
  2. Click on the Mac hard drive (Macintosh HD) in the sidebar.
  3. Double-click on the Users folder.
  4. Double-click on your username.
  5. Double-click on your Pictures folder.

  6. Click on the Photos Library file and then drag it to your external hard drive in the sidebar.

This process may take a while, depending on how big your Photos library is.

A note on reference libraries

The Photos app technically supports the management of images that aren't locally stored within its library — that is, you can keep a set of images in a folder called 'October Trip' and manage them within Photos without having to make a separate copy of them. You can do this by navigating to Photos > Preferences from the menu bar, selecting the General tab, and unchecking the 'Copy items to the Photos library' box under Importing.

That said, reference libraries won't play nicely with iCloud Photo Library users; you may run into problems when syncing, or not be able to sync at all. So if you plan on using a reference library, you'll have to opt out of iCloud Photo Library.

I also didn't have any luck getting referenced files to sync properly with Photos — I'd delete a photo, but the reference file would stay in its original location, even after deleting it from the 'Recently Deleted' folder. Not sure if that's a bug or just not how Photos wants us managing referenced photos, but worth noting.

Questions?

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October 2019: Updated for macOS Catalina.

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