Unable to connect my music folder on an ext hdd to my new imac

Hi Terri,

It sounds like you're on the right track with your step #1. (Step #2 won't help at this stage because it only affects where music will be placed when you add it to your library.)

So to start with, I'd shut everything down and restart, and then walk through step #1 again just to be sure. I believe the only "choose" option the app will accept might be the .itl file in your old iTunes folder — the actual file name will be something like "iTunes Library.itl".

If this still doesn't work, or you can't find the .itl file, then you'll probably need to create a new library and import all your existing music from scratch. This will be a little tedious but not really difficult. Start by looking in Music > Preferences > Files to check the settings for how your new library will be managed and where the contents will be stored, to make sure these are set to how you want them. Now you can either drag the old music folder (containing all the artist and album subfolders, and the music files themselves) into the folder called Automatically add to Music — or in the Music app, go to the File menu and select "Import..." and navigate to the media folder where your files are.

With the default settings, the Music app will place copies of all your existing files into a new media folder on your iMac. If you don't want that — if for example you want to leave the files on the external drive — then you need to set that up in Preferences beforehand.

Cheers

try using iTunes file then 'add to library " command.

also try signing in with Apple ID .