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I store my iTunes library (now Music.app) on a Samba server. The server's DNS name has changed, but the volume/share name has not. The share is called Media and is mounted at /Volumes/Media

However, I am unable to sync my iPhone or play music in Music.app because it somehow still tried to connect to the old DNS name, even though from what I can tell the path names coded in the library don't contain the Samba server name. However when i try to sync my iPhone I get a message

*There was a problem connecting to the server "old.server.dns.name"

This happens even if I first use Go > Connect to server... in the finder and connect to the server, so my music is available at the desired path /Volumes/Media/music...

I don't want to delete my library and re-import because I'll lose all my star ratings and play counts.

How can I resolve this? How can I update the Samba server path for the music in my Music.app library?

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  • Don't remove the iTunes library just reset it to default (inside iTunes/Music) and then select the new location. That should do it. Let us know if it does not.
    – Steve Chambers
    Sep 13, 2020 at 21:15
  • Did what Steve suggested work? You can also try to the change the "old" server connection in Keychain Access.
    – Gummibando
    Sep 15, 2020 at 21:35
  • Sorry @SteveChambers I only just tried this, and to my surprise, it worked! I am surprised because "Music Media folder location" was actually still the default of ~/Music but after making the change with the new SMB server connected it re-linked all my music and I don't seem to have this problem anymore. I'll accept that as an answer if you post one!
    – Josh
    Sep 17, 2020 at 2:19
  • sorry @Gummibando I have been busy with work and only just had a chance to check. Yes, Steve's suggestion seems to have worked. Attempting to sync my iPhone now but at least Music.app doesn't try to connect to the old server address anymore...
    – Josh
    Sep 17, 2020 at 2:24

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Oddly enough it is both more complicated and easier than it seems. Why? Because Apple wants you to do it their way, work-arounds sometimes fail and this is one of those times.

So, don't remove the iTunes library just reset it to default (inside Preferences > Music) mount your drive and then select the new location.

That should do it.

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  • Sadly, while this appeared to work at first, I'm still getting prompted for the old server address. I may need to dump my entire library and start over... :(
    – Josh
    Sep 27, 2020 at 14:59

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