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Topic: MacOS Catalina - How do I point virtual DJ to a moved library folder

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Hi All,

I have always kept my music library in my root folder on my main drive on my Mac. I upgraded to macOS Catalina and it no longer allows you to modify or have folders in the root drive. How do I point virtual DJ to the new location that I am moving my music to so that it recognizes it as my music folder?

Thanks,
Tim
 
Posted Sun 03 Nov 19 @ 4:45 am
This video tells you how the folder system works in VDJ...

https://youtu.be/q2uIg1_OOp4

You can also access tutorial videos through the config area of VDJ. The above video is the first in the series.
 
Thanks but I’m not sure I was completely clear with my question. I would like to preserve all of my playlists and VirtualDJ structure. Not just point it to a new location.
 
You're probably going to have to run the playlists through a text editor and do a search & replace on the location then.

There's a utility called PlaylistFixer which does that kind of thing, but it's for PC only.
 
Ok, Thanks. I did that with a text editor quite a few years ago when I moved a library. I'll try it.

Does anyone know if there is a drive location that would be read the same way from both PC and Mac? The C:/Music location always worked for both. That's one of the reasons I used it. But now that we can't use the root folder on mac that won't work anymore.
 
Update:

So I updated the datablase.xml file with the new music folder path. I just used a text editor with the find and replace function. All of my virtual folders are working. But interestingly all of my playlists are working as well. I didn't have to do anything to them to update the new location after I updated the database.
 
Perhaps the playlists reference the database?
 


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