Changed Hard Drive name borked script

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#1

Hi,

I recently restored my MacMini from a super duper backup and it copied the name for the HD from the backup, so called it “macHTbackup”

I didnt like the name so I changed it to “Macintosh HD”

Then when I copied my script over for saving iTune library to the NAS it wouldn’t work and I got an error about aliases.

After a bit of fiddling I tried changing the name back to "macHTbackup and hey presto, the script worked perfectly again!

Can I change the name without this happening by editing my script?

 tell application "Finder"
	set shome to path to home folder
	set slib to file "iTunes Library" of folder "Music" of shome
	set sxml to file "iTunes Library.xml" of folder "Music" of shome
	set dest to folder "iTunes" of disk "Music"
	if exists file "iTunes Library" of folder "iTunes" of disk "Music" then
		delete file "iTunes Library" of folder "iTunes" of disk "Music"
	end if
	if exists file "iTunes Library.xml" of folder "iTunes" of disk "Music" then
		delete file "iTunes Library.xml" of folder "iTunes" of disk "Music"
	end if
	duplicate slib to dest
	duplicate sxml to dest
end tell

tell application "iTunes"
	display dialog "Library copied" buttons {"Close"} default button 1 with title "Finished" with icon 1
end tell
#2

Hi,

as you’re using a relative path for the home folder, the script should work regardless of the name of the boot volume.
Try this, it replaces the whole Finder tell block


do shell script "cp -Rp ~/Music/iTunes\\ Library* /Volumes/Music/iTunes"
#3

Stefan,

Prompt and helpful, as always.

Cheers, Rick