

Ensure you have a Media directory in ~/Music/Music (i.e.

If you want re-consolidate your music and music videos under the new Music library then: This will load the catalog and set the media location to the existing iTunes media location. If you had an existing iTunes library then on starting the new Music app, you will be prompted to migrate your library Music. NOTE: the plist file is a binary files, but you can see contents using the plutil command.


This was nice as you could move the library by just copying/moving the entire directory structure and all was well. If you have set iTunes to manage your library then all your media files will be sitting under this directory structure, including: Music, Movies, TV & Podcasts "iTunes l" - the new library index file."iTunes Music Library.xml" - the old library index file."iTunes Music" or "iTunes Media" - folder (depending on how old your library is) where your various media files were kept.With iTunes all your media was contained within: This note provides guideance as to where the various media files are stored and what you can do to make things managable. This is likely to be problematic, for many Mac users, as media content is one of the most valuable things on a well used Mac. The impact is that upgrading to Catalina changes quite a lot of macOS media handling. In Catalina the iTunes media swiss army knife has been replaced with three seperate applications and some functions that are now "hidden" in sharing. Status: Dec 2020 - Confirmed that Big Sur uses the same Media file locationsĪpple decided to abandon iTunes with its Catalina macOS release.
