| Problems trying to use an iTunes folder (library) from Mac OS 10.5.8 (Leopard) in OS 10.10.5 (Yosemite) [message #305089] |
Tue, 17 November 2015 15:49  |
mkehoe
Messages: 25
Registered: October 2013
Karma:
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*Problems trying to use an iTunes folder (library) from Mac OS 10.5.8
(Leopard) in OS 10.10.5 (Yosemite)*
G4 power Mac MDD 1.25 Ghz dual finally gave up due to a failing graphics
card.
My current challenge: my large iTunes folder and media are on a 750G drive
that was internal in the G4. When connecting it to the new Mac Mini (late
2014) that I just bought, I can't get the iTunes application to connect to
the version of iTunes on the iTunes drive I was using in the G4, which was
running Leopard (OS 10.5.8) and the iTunes version that worked with that OS.
I spent an hour at Apple's Genius Bar with three people weighing in. The
final consensus was that I may need to upgrade the iTunes folder on the
external drive to Lion or later BEFORE I can get the Yosemite (OS 10.10.5)
iTunes version to work. The theory is that the power Mac iTunes structure
may not leap ahead to the Intel OS easily.
Last night I spent an hour on the phone with Apple Care, and still no
solution working directly with the Mac Mini and the drive which contains my
iTunes media from the G4 environment.
I have an iMac from 2009 still running Snow Leopard. Does it seem like a
good idea to try to connect this external drive to the iMac and see if it
can read the iTunes structure? Should I consider an incremental upgrade to
the iMac I order to save my playlist structure from the OS 10.5.8? The
library is almost 700G, so I want to make sure I don't lose all the work
put into compiling the playlists. I backed up the drive last night.
Any ideas? Most of the Apple folks don't have the experience of moving
from this older OS to the 10.10.5 system.
Thanks for any ideas,
Mira
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