In macOS Catalina or later, your previous iTunes media library is now available in the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Podcasts app, and Apple Books app. And when you back up your Mac, your media library is automatically included in that backup. When you set up a new Mac, you can also restore your Mac from a backup.
Mac Old Hdd Library Folder
Consolidate your iTunes library Open iTunes.
From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, choose File > Library > Organize Library.
Select Consolidate files.
Click OK.
When you consolidate, copies of any files that were outside of your iTunes Media folder are added to your iTunes Media folder. To save space on your hard drive, you might want to delete the original files after you make sure that the copies are in your iTunes Media Folder.
You can restore your iTunes library from your external drive to your computer. If you're restoring an iTunes Library from a different computer, make sure that your new computer has the latest version of iTunes.
If you get a new computer, you can transfer your iTunes library by connecting computers or by using iPod or a portable drive. See the Apple Support article Back up and restore your iTunes library on your PC.
Your Library Folder: there is a special folder in your home folder called Library. By default, this folder is hidden, but it contains many files that you should copy. For example, all of your email is in this folder, as is the information in the Contacts app. First, you need to tell your Mac to display this folder. Go go to your home folder; you should see folders like Documents, Pictures, Movies, etc. Choose View > Show View Options, or press Command-J, then, at the bottom of the window, check Show Library Folder. It will now be permanently visible.
Here are some of the folders that you want to copy from the old Library folder to the new one; though if you sync a lot of data with iCloud, then many of the folders below will already be populated with your up-to-date data:
As you work on your new Mac, you may find that certain files are missing. For this reason you should absolutely not delete your old backup, and especially the /Library folder. You may need to go back into that folder and copy some other files to the new Mac.
but this morning my 27" imac hard drive (running sierra) failed to startup and disk warrior is reporting disk malfunction, so it's definitely goosed. i can access the drive via target disk mode so i've managed to get the documents folder off the drive. but when i drag the calendars folder to a new mac and open the calendar app there's no data.
I would then drag the old Calendars folder to your new Macs desktop, then open /Library/Calendars folder on your new Max and drag the contents of your old Calendars folder into it. In other words dont replace the whole folder on your new Mac, just replace its contents! And Calendars should not be open and running when youre doing all the above! (Ive been able to restore my Calendars data by doing this, albeit on a healthy HD from a Time Machine backup on an external drive.)
Use a hard drive enclosure to boot up your old drive and go into the Address Book (under Applications). Click File -> Export -> Address Book Archive and select the destination to be a folder your new hard drive.
Navigate to /Library/Application Support/ on your Time Machine backup and copy the AddressBook folder. Then, navigate to /Library/Application Support/ on your new hard drive, and overwrite the AddressBook folder with the version from the Time Machine backup.
Note: OS X might tell you that the folder is in use by some process on your machine. If so, log out, log back in (and make sure not to open any program aside from Finder), and re-try the same procedure above.
Navigate to /Music/ on your Time Machine backup and copy the iTunes folder. Then, navigate to /Music/ on your new hard drive, and overwrite the iTunes folder with the version from the Time Machine backup.
If you do not have reinstallation discs readily available for some of your programs, try dragging them from the old Applications folder to the new one. Depending on the program, they may or may not work properly, but it's worth a shot if you've lost the reinstall disc(s). Note that this also may not copy over any installation keys the program needs to run, so it's a low-risk, low-expectations kind of procedure.
Now you will see a new folder with a lot of years. Click on a year, then a month, and you will see all the pictures from your iPhoto library from that month. You can then open the photos one by one, copy them, or do what you like with each picture.
my folders came up numbered 0-9 and A-F. the pictures in the folders were not from my iphoto account. does my computer need to be connected to the cloud? The pictures were in iphoto on an older computer. I stiil have that computer can I access them there using this method?
I recently started putting decades of pictures into Albums in Photos on iMac mid 2007 running El Capitan. I was forced to upgrade from iPhoto (which I loved) with the new! Operating system. When I got back yo the photos that were transferred from iPhoto many of them are cut off (heads cut off). They must be enormous files (taken with a real camera). If I can get back to the iPhoto library as you describe here. How can I move them to Photos without them being cut down?
Starting with Lightroom Classic 11, Lightroom Classic stores some additional information in a new file, with an extension of .lrcat-data, along with the catalog file. This file is located in the same folder as your catalog file. This file contains important information about your photos and edits and should be included in any backup regimes you may have.
To export a folder as a catalog, in the Folders panel of the Library module, right-click (Windows)/Control-click (macOS) the folder you want to export. From the context menu, select Export this Folder as a Catalog.
When you move images in Finder (macOS) or Explorer (Windows), your catalog could lose track of them. To avoid missing photos, always move them from within Lightroom Classic than in the operating system. To know more, see Move photos to a different folder and Locate missing photos.
If you're anything like me, does searching through the Finder leave you a bit overwhelmed? I wish I were a bit more organized, but as you can see, my desktop is a file and folder graveyard, and tags are just not for me. If you're trying to clean up your Mac, using the Finder to locate large and forgotten files works, but it's not the simplest of ways.
So, as I mentioned earlier, your Mac has 3 Library folders, 2 of these are visible, and one is hidden from plain sight. The ones you can see contain all the files accessible to all Mac users. The hidden Library folder contains all the files that your macOS needs to run.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and later include a built-in function for creating compressed archives of files or folders. These archives are generally far smaller than the original files they contain, provided the original is not already in a compressed format. To use this function, see the following AppleCare Knowledge Base document corresponding to the version of Mac OS X you are using:
If you have performed an Archive and Install of Mac OS X, a Previous Systems folder was created containing your prior Mac OS X System folder. Once you are satisfied that your Mac is functioning properly after an Archive and Install, you can delete the Previous Systems folder as follows:
Recent versions of iTunes create a backup of your current iTunes Library file whenever the iTunes application is updated. After you are satisfied that an iTunes update is performing nominally, trash old iTunes Library files with your Home > Music > Previous iTunes Library folder, then empty the Trash.
Apple iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) automatically back up specific files and settings to your Mac whenever they are connected to your computer. The backups are saved in your Home > Library > Application Support > MobileSync > Backup folder. While you should retain your most recent backups from these devices, older backups can be deleted in the Devices pane of iTunes preferences. For details, see the following AppleCare Knowledge Base documents:
If you plan to uninstall iDVD or GarageBand by moving these applications' icons from the Macintosh HD > Applications folder to the Trash, be sure to also trash the corresponding iDVD or GarageBand folders within the Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support folder. These folders contain iDVD themes and GarageBand loops and instruments, respectively, that consume several gigabytes of disk space.
To change the location of your iTunes Music folder, carefully follow the instructions in the AppleCare Knowledge Base document "iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Music folder." Additional information can be found in iTunes Help.
Laptop users may want to consider having two iTunes libraries: a small library of current favorites on their computer, while their complete library resides on an external hard drive. Utilities like iTunes Library Manager enable you to easily have multiple iTunes libraries you can use with your account.
To move the iPhoto Library folder to a new location, employ the instructions in the AppleCare Knowledge Base document from this list corresponding to the version of iPhoto you are using. Additional information can be found in iPhoto Help.
Laptop users may want to consider having two iPhoto libraries: a small library of current, favorite photographs on their computer, while their complete library, or archives of older photos are saved on an external hard drive. Utilities such as iPhoto Buddy and iPhoto Library Manager enable you to have multiple iPhoto libraries that you can use with your account.
The UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X make it possible to move either your Home folder or the entire Users folder to a different disk or partition. While this seemed to work well for some users in the early days of Mac OS X, it has become problematic with respect to Mac OS X Updates. 2ff7e9595c
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