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Are you using iTunes application on multiple Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows computer? Are you facing the problem of having a number of copies of the same file at different places? Do you want to get a consolidated library of all the songs? You can merge iTunes libraries and create a single library that contains single copy of every song. After creating a consolidated directory, you need to re-import the library in iTunes. Before you take this step to merge iTunes libraries, you should create a backup of all the libraries. If anything goes wrong, you can easily perform Mac Data Recovery without losing your valuable data.
If you have a complete backup of your music files, you can easily restore the data, in case, you execute command in wrong directory or something goes wrong. Sometimes, when you try to access an iTunes library after merging, you may encounter the below error message:
"The file iTunes library can not be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes"
After the above error message, your iTunes library becomes inaccessible and you may lose your precious music files. In order to access of the music files, you need to perform Data Recovery Mac by sorting it out.
How to Merge iTunes Libraries?
You can merge directories using "rsync" utility, which comes built-in Mac OS X operating system. It enables you to take the source and destination directories and make destination directory include all the recent modifications from both the directories that are merged together.
The rsync utility also works on the network connects, so that you can easily synchronize multiple systems without manually copying files to a single machine. However, you are recommended to copy all the directories to a single machine to make things simple.
Although, the above method is helpful in placing all your music files in a single iTunes library, but it can cause critical data loss when the libraries become inaccessible. In such circumstances, Mac Recovery Software come to your rescue.
These applications are capable of thoroughly scanning entire Mac hard drive and extracting all the lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. They ensure quick and easy Mac Recovery in all cases of data loss, through simple and rich graphical user interface.
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery software safely restores all types of lost files, including multimedia files and documents. Designed for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger, and 10.3.9 Panther, this recovery software successfully handles every logical data loss problem. It supports recovery from HFS, HFS+, HFSX, HFS Wrapper, and FAT file system volumes.
