Upgrade your iTunes library in macOS Catalina
When you open the Apple Music app or Apple TV app for the first time in macOS Catalina, your iTunes library is upgraded so you can use it with the new apps. If you have multiple iTunes libraries, you need to upgrade each library before you can use and switch between them in macOS Catalina.
- Sep 23, 2007 i have seemed to have lost my iTunes Library file. Now iTunes can't find any of the music because the Library file is missing. How do i create a new Library file from all my Music??
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Sep 11, 2017 Navigate to the iTunes Library.xml file you moved earlier, and click Choose (Mac) or Open (Windows). ITunes will now examine the XML file, finding all your tracks and playlists, and add them to your library. This will create a new iTunes Library.itl file. If you have a lot of content in your iTunes library, this will take a while. Jan 15, 2020 Doing so will start iTunes, but not change the library file that it opens. Either place the file that you want iTunes to open at the correct path, or hold down shift (option on a Mac) when starting iTunes and choose an alternate library file. See HT201596: Open a different iTunes Library file or create a new one for more details. In general you want your active library file to be in the main iTunes folder. Dec 29, 2006 I know I can create a new iTunes library by holding down the option key when iTunes is launching. I did that, but I don't know what happened to the old one. Is it still available? Can I archive a library and still have access to it later on? 15' G4 Powerbook, 20' G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.5).
Switch to another iTunes library
- Hold down the Option key, then open the Music app or Apple TV app.
- In the window that appears, click Choose Library.
- Select a library, then click Choose.
Learn more about what happens when you upgrade another iTunes library.
Photos in your System Photo Library are available in apps like iMovie, Pages, and Keynote. You can also sync them to iOS devices and view them on Apple TV. And if you want to use your own images as your desktop picture or screen saver, the images need to be in your System Photo Library before you can select them in System Preferences.
If you have only one photo library, then it's the System Photo Library. Otherwise, the first photo library that you create or open in Photos will become the System Photo Library. If you have more than one library, you might need to designate a System Photo Library, so other apps can access the photos and videos you want them to use.
Follow these steps to designate a System Photo Library:
- Quit Photos.
- Hold down the Option key and open Photos. One of the photo libraries is already designated as YourLibraryName (System Photo Library).
- Choose the library you want to designate as the System Photo Library.
- After Photos opens the library, choose Photos > Preferences from the menu bar.
- Click the General tab.
- Click the Use as System Photo Library button.
Itunes Open Existing Library
If you open a second or different library in the Photos app, and you haven't designated it as the System Photo Library, other applications will use photos from the original System Photo Library. Hold down the Option key when you open Photos to see which library is set as the System Photo Library.
Open Itunes Library
iCloud and the System Photo Library
You can use iCloud Photos, Shared Albums, and My Photo Stream only with the System Photo Library. If you choose a different library in Photos without designating it as the System Photo Library, the iCloud tab in Photos preferences is disabled:
Find My Itunes Library
If you designate a new library as the System Photo Library and then turn on iCloud Photos, the photos and videos in the new library will merge with those already in your iCloud Photos. If you want to keep the contents of your photo libraries separate, don’t turn on iCloud Photos for more than one library in Photos.