This video provides step-by-step instructions on moving or migrating your rekordbox database to an external drive or to another computer, whether it's from Mac-Mac, Mac-PC, PC-PC, or PC-Mac.
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@VICKAOfficial7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the video, Pulse. You saved me! When I needed to transfer the entire library from Mac to Win, I took days to create the points and hotkeys all over again. Thank God, I found this video just as I was able to buy my Mac, but I was already crying about having to do it all over again. I did the procedure yesterday and recognized absolutely EVERYTHING! Thank you very much and once again, congratulations Pulse!
@iandeegrees15097 ай бұрын
That good old time, where Recordbox looked seriously nice. Thanks for that video
@DeejayPulse7 ай бұрын
For the most part, it has the same looks today (for better or worse), at least this video is still useful! 😆
@iandeegrees15097 ай бұрын
@@DeejayPulse sure the video is useful, absolutely. It's the design that made me reminisce about the past
@kaizerrave6053 Жыл бұрын
THE EASIEST AND SUPER EASY TO UNDERSTAND TUTORIAL. THANK YOU!
@adrianocardiff5029 Жыл бұрын
Wow massive thanks for making this video my MacBook is almost dead and was wondering how I transfer my record box liberty to my new mac and watching this got a much better understanding what to do now.😝🤜
@801DJVIC10 ай бұрын
Great Video from 7 years ago, some updated may have had happened since then with rekordbox but the main concept of how to move database from one computer to another very very helpful as one of my laptop crashed so I wanted to make a smooth transfer from external hard drive to a new laptop and sync everything as it was on the old laptop and this video was very helpful. Thank you so much! Greatly appreciated
@rubenbjerregaard94554 жыл бұрын
One extra important note when going from Windows to Mac: The external drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 (NTFS is not recognized on Mac in Rekordbox)
@domenicocusumano3 жыл бұрын
I've had a problem where it says 0 files found. Is that because there it is in ExFat format?
@NeilMcElmon3 жыл бұрын
This is a great point! Even working from one PC to another it's recommended to pre-format the transfer device to FAT32. I had a bunch of minor errors working on mine so I imagine it's just a good habit to get into from the start.
@MrZiadT3 жыл бұрын
HFS+ or otherwise MAC OS extended journaled may be better. It is supported and supposedly faster. The only set back is that this format can only be used on MAC and not on PC.
@FunkhauserOfficial Жыл бұрын
Or exfat
@FuriosDTV Жыл бұрын
Hi moved the database to my external LaCie HD,but I can’t see any Pioneer folder that I learnt when you have your database set on the local drive,it’s hidden in ~Library folder. Any solution to this? I’m currently hanging the “corrupted library” issue and I’m looking for solutions to eventually safely restore my collections and tags/playlists.
@adameberly79493 жыл бұрын
finally a solution that works. My main macbook has RB v6 and the secondary had v5. Had to update to v6 because it wouldn't do a restore with the v6 backups..just a note.
@dcipher774 жыл бұрын
This video saved my ass. I had a move my database from one user profile on mac os that had issues and was corrupt, and move it to another profile on the same mac. I tried to do it with the pioneer folder is Library and application support folders, but was not successful. your method worked like a charm using an external as an intermediary since you cannot use the move to move on the same internal drive.
@mrtrillion65925 жыл бұрын
Quick tip while exporting ! If you press ctrl - cmd 5 times whilst holding f6 $250 appears in your bank account - just leave bank details below if your stuck on this ;-) Thanks Pulse great vid
@gizemd57 ай бұрын
Thanks for great information. Helped a lot.
@WolfPinz5 жыл бұрын
How does this work, if you have - of course - multiple folders and subfolders? I can't just send my collection to a single new folder then obviously. Would i have to it folder by folder then? Thanks in advance :)
@lpymb25 жыл бұрын
same problem here. has anyone else tried this?
@keyquotes2 жыл бұрын
you saved my live! love you
@theindianwayfarer4 жыл бұрын
Super helpful. Easy to understand. Well explained. Thank you.
@TheGloveny4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Saved me a long wait
@graemebyous21237 жыл бұрын
I'm going to make a recommendation on a faster fix to what I just went through over the last 8 hours or so. If you're transferring onto say a new computer and your music is in a ton of different folders on your old computer; after you export the database onto the external drive, hook it up to the new computer, copy and paste the PIONEER folder onto the drive you wish to use on the new computer. Then from inside of rekordbox pull the database from that location. Then plug the external drive back into the original computer and move the database from the drive back to it's original place. This will give you the database info on both of the computers. I rerouted the destinations on about 1,000 tracks before I realized I was undoing the routes of the other computer by doing it off of the one database.
@felixpersson91547 жыл бұрын
This looks like the way to do it! No I get how transferring works with RecordBox. Thanks in advance Pulse, awesome video. Will try it out asap since I got a new computer. Really feel you guys who had to, just like me before, redo all the hot cues all over again. That truly is a hassle!. The best, Felix Persson AKA FLX (Sweden)
@MarvynPaul7 жыл бұрын
Was it possible to transfer the hot cues that are from A to H?
@TomVanGansen7 жыл бұрын
What if your collection is organised in multiple (a lot!) subfolders? Do you need to relocate the files for each seperate folder or can this be done in one go?
@HYPESQUADmusic7 жыл бұрын
Same problem/question here
@TomVanGansen7 жыл бұрын
Solved it already, subfolders are no problem. Just choose one track to relocate and it processes all the tracks in the subfolders
@HYPESQUADmusic7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me now, gonna try it out tonight!
@HYPESQUADmusic7 жыл бұрын
Doesn't work for me on my mac :(
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
@Tom > Provided you move all the subfolders in the same way (eg. you move X:\Music\Folder1 and X:\Music\Folder2 to X:\NewMusic\Folder1 and X:\NewMusic\Folder2 -- they both have the same parent folder in both cases), they can all be relocated with ease. Otherwise you will have to relocate in batches, which is not impossible, just time consuming.
@GuidoHaverkort3 жыл бұрын
When i a single song i can select relocate, but when I select multiple at once I don't have the option. Any solutions for this? Edit: Nvm, some songs that weren't in the same folder (and therefore not lost) were also selected.
@MrHairyfriend6 жыл бұрын
Hello, i have 1 Macbook Pro which is 'the master' and i use one as a 'backup computer'. I always take two laptops with me because i play a lot of weddings and i don't want to spoil their big day. How can i easily keep my 'backup computer updated? Is this the way or should i just use a third party sync program? Thanks in advance.
@wigglwrrm4 жыл бұрын
This was ultra-helpful - thanks!
@djianmurphy7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much most helpful vid i ever watched ,your a star
@djnickolay2 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation! Thank you so much!
@FunkhauserOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thx for this! Just when you have made multiple folders it does not doing it at once… it take some Time To relocate each folder map… ps came here because my mac updated to ventura 😫
@MntyFrsh Жыл бұрын
This was so helpful! Thanks so much for this!
@Swizzy198912 ай бұрын
great video, thank you
@takuyaogawa97034 жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for the upload ! I was wondering if there is a way to have two seperate back ups of rekordbox database? e.g. my rekordbox database is not saved when I backed up my library onto a harddrive. (is there a way to have two seperate saved rekordbox databases 1 for my mac and 1 in my hard drive) Thanks in advance
@davidwinter61048 жыл бұрын
Hey Pulse, I followed all the steps in your video, but Rekordbox doesn't recognize all my songs. A lot are still missing/not relocated. Maybe it's because I got my music stored by genre in different folders. For example: Music/DJ Music/House Music/DJ Music/Hip Hop Etc. Do you got an sollution? Because now I lost more than half of my music and it will take me a lot of time to relocate every song manually. I hope to hear from you soon, because I have to play on saturday hehe :) Cheers, David
@davidwinter61048 жыл бұрын
And my playlist are all gone. Actually everything is gone from my old comp. I really hope you have an solution. I hope to hear from you soon!
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
Re: the first message, if it doesn't recognize your songs, you either didn't follow the steps properly or the drive name / letter is different on the destination computer and thus didn't match up properly. Re: your second message, yes, everything should be gone from your original computer - you've moved the database (and possibly also the music) to an external drive or to the other computer. If you want to load them on the first one again, connect your external drive and open that database in the preferences.
@rae2-j4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou, you saved me some headache!
@illmatic2655 жыл бұрын
Is there a method to run your library on an external hard drive? Want to move everything to an external drive as quickly running out of space on my mac! Thanks for any info on this guys!
@djhouse_arrest4114 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, it was very helpful to me! Great video and nicely explained!
@Shwahface4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great vid. Will this work if i just want to take my database to play on my mate's cpu through rekordbox? Will I be able to select my external database and play from that on his cpu?
@stineldo6 жыл бұрын
Can the database also be moved via the "backup library" "restore library" options in case of a crash? Or is this method less good?
@djmada23278 жыл бұрын
What about the saved playlists and cue points? it will be migrated or need to be re-analyzed?
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
+Moh'd Ismail > Everything is automatically transferred; waveforms, memory and cue points, playlists, etc.
@djmada23278 жыл бұрын
+Pulse Pioneer DJ Many thanks bro! Really appreciate your help! Keep it up ;)
@oliverhilbert81432 ай бұрын
Would be great if not only we could chose a disk, but also a disk location to store the db.. ie which folder. Also to have the option to move /sync associated music file changes, and to which root respective folder and automatically update the db paths. I built that manually with shell scripts but it all fell apart when the structure of the db's became different across os's. i think the notion of using a external HDD master is horrid, and high risk - but it is what it is. I'll back that up instead. That said I suspect it's all about the cloud for that cross device workflow now... which sounds great... but comes at a fee :(
@davel66378 жыл бұрын
I used Laplink software to transfer all my old Windows Vista computer files / directories / settings / programs to my new Windows 10 computer, with Rekordbox being my number one concern and finally got it to work. I have about 50 playlists in Rekordbox, pulling from about 100 different folders, and sub-folders. I wanted to just move everything, utilizing all the same paths that I had on the old computer, into the new computer, eliminating the need to relocate any tracks. Initially, my User Name, was not exactly the same on both computers, so after making the data transmission the first time, Rekordbox could not find any tracks, requiring relocating all the songs, and because the path in the new computer was not exactly the same as the old computer, Rekordbox would not analyze any tracks. I decided to get help from the Laplink Technicians and they were willing to take control and help but they seemed to ignore all my requests and try to fix Rekordbox their way. Without even asking me, they decided on their own to delete all 5,000 songs I had processed into Rekordbox, and thought they could just dump all 25,000 songs I owned, into my Rekordbox program, and their job would be done. So I became a little angry with them and demanded they start listening to me and follow my instructions. They said what I was asking them to do, would not work, that I'd have the same problem because I was changing computers but I demanded they follow my instructions. I had them factory reset my computer, wiping out the first data transmission, then we made the user name the same in the new computer, as it was on the old computer, and then we re-transmitted all the data, and it worked on the second attempt, no relocating required!!!
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
+Dave L > Thanks for the comment -- yes, it's crucial that you keep the same user name on both if you're doing that kind of copy/paste, I note that in instructions on the Pioneer DJ forums. If users are following the basic export / move process from above, the user name isn't important. Cheers!
@davel66378 жыл бұрын
Pulse Pioneer DJ) After I posted my comment I thought I may have just compared apples to oranges. I bought my new Windows 10 computer because I could not upgrade to Rekordbox 4.0, with my old "Windows Vista" computer, I needed a newer version of Windows because I was stuck using the outdated Rekordbox 3.3 . So I can say with confidence that the process I described will work with Rekordbox 3.3, but it may not work with 4.0 or newer version(s).
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
+Dave L > Appreciate the follow-up comment, thanks!
@beejon15506 жыл бұрын
What's the difference between going through this procedure and going file -> library -> backup on one computer then file ->library -> restore on the new one?
@jutjup47316 жыл бұрын
thank you very much! your tutorial was super helpful
@joetannous1745 жыл бұрын
Hello Pulse, I kindly would like to ask a question. I want to COPY my collection to another laptop (windows to windows) and that includes all my tags, hot cues and comments for each track. How can I do this? Many thanks
@jasonhernandez81874 жыл бұрын
Did u know how? i want to sync it to the cloud without lossing the cue,loops,etc
@LeonardoC956 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse! i have done a rekordbox backup to restore it on my new laptop (win7 to win10). I restored everything on my new laptop but when i try to export my playlist on my usb appears: "Error During Export" Do you think that following your instructions (Then migrating the database) i could solve this problem??
@jasonhernandez81874 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse! All my music is stored in my external harddrive but i just bought a cloud service to have a save copy of it but i was wondering how to copy/export my whole library to the cloud and also sync it so every change i made to my library is also made to the library on my cloud, is there a way to create a copy keeping all my cue points,etc.? thanks
@anissekandrouch38466 жыл бұрын
I want to ask a question here, yesterday I wanted to drag only 1 track into a playlist but instead a whole selection went into that playlist and now its analysing all those tracks in to that playlist. Is there a way to ‘force’ stop this because everytime I open recordbox it keep. continuing...
@itsdimos5 жыл бұрын
is this possible with a simple usb? or will it only work for an external drive?
@alfredosmart38885 жыл бұрын
anyone else find that when you have selected all songs in a playlist the relocate button does not appear? (aka only when a single song is selected can it be relocated) Need help fixing this!!
@gusgomez76603 жыл бұрын
Yes this happen to me
@adrianburns73636 ай бұрын
It's at the top track/relocate, select all tracks first. I really don't understand why pioneer has ignored your question. Poor.
@3lysium14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!
@jeppelepsi16 жыл бұрын
I'm travelling on saturday and would like to work with rekordbox on my laptop even though my master database is on my desktop computer. I only want to work with certain songs, can I somehow export those tracks/playlists and then set cue points and hot cue's on my laptop and then reload them into my desktop or do I have to export everything?
@DJDevlar7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating this video! I've been putting this off for a long time, so you've motivated me to make the move. Do you know if it is possible to "Move Database" from an older version (3.0.3) of Rekordbox to newer one (4.5) on my new Mac? I couldn't find a "Move Database" option in Rekordbox 3.0.3, but I did find a "Backup Library" option under File > Library > Backup Library. Would this be the same? Or would I need to update to 3.3? I really want to avoid updating my whole Mac OS on my old Mac (I'm on 10.6.8 and happily stable) just to install Rekordbox version 4 as this is a big reason I bought a new computer anyway. Thanks a lot!
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
If you're moving from 3.x to 4.x on a new computer, I'd recommend using the File > Library > Backup Library function, then on the new computer running 4.5, use File > Library > Restore Library and that will bring it all forward and updated. You may need to re-analyse in order to add key and updated waveforms, but the memory points and hot cues will remain.
@khaledabdrabo4 жыл бұрын
I want to ask you what about the playlists that i created , it will be the same if i format the PC !? However i move the databas to External drive , and i back up the library !? But what about the playlists i created !?
@raghavkhandelwal42652 жыл бұрын
Thanks man for making this video, it's really helpful! :)
@This_Is_G4L4 ай бұрын
Hey I’ve stupidly clicked sync tag with new computer and I’ve lost all my hotcues, I still have my old laptop is there anyway to reverse this?! ☹️🙏
@GATORTAINMENT7 жыл бұрын
Hi I hope maybe you can help me been trying a while. I had all my playlists on my laptop. but during a gig, the win 8 decided to uppdate even though set to not. so finally it crashed and all was deleted. what I have is the playslist on one usb. can i some how get the playlists back into my laptop?
@martinblackbird5433 жыл бұрын
If I am using my Old internal drive in a caddy and want to move everything to my New internal drive can I just start at 4.50?
@frequency7530 Жыл бұрын
That time of the year again..
@TheFunkloft5 жыл бұрын
So this won't transfer any grids and cuepoints?
@DeejayPulse4 жыл бұрын
It certainly will - the database move takes everything but the music.
@DanielChe6 жыл бұрын
Bro ! Thanks a lot, BUT how I can use Google drive 4 it ! Thank you ! :)
@omarelkholy93035 жыл бұрын
Thank u for the video it's great!! i wantede to ask if there is a way to sync between a Pc and a laptop ?
@DeejayPulse5 жыл бұрын
Sync, not easily - but that will be coming in a future rekordbox update.
@eldargoren59887 жыл бұрын
Hi, thank very much you helped a lot. I have a question. Is it possible to copy the database and don't move. Because I need it to be the same in two computers.
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you're better off having a database that you can keep updated between the two computers. As soon as you back it up on one machine and restore it on the other, you've split the database and can never merge the two.
@mixitmike7 жыл бұрын
This was a great help to move the music files but How do I get my cue points and things over?
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
@Mix It Mike > When you move your database, everything goes with it - cue points, hot cues, tags... everything. Same if you were to use the Database > Backup // Database > Restore - everything moves with the database.
@tony4love973 жыл бұрын
hey, great video... can you do a video on the new RB 6.3 xml export? i got both 5.8 and 6.3 on my laptop. ive been updating my library on Rb 6.3. i want the same exact copy on my RB 5.8. looking forward to it. thank you!
@djmanuelhernandez53607 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot, very helpful
@sandorfegyverneky7 жыл бұрын
Saved my gig bro!
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
Aweseome! Glad to hear. :D
@antonides-official6 жыл бұрын
thank you. if i want to record a mix in rek0ordbox straight into my 250gn external harddrive, would that be possible? if yes, would you know how?
@DeejayPulse6 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it depends on your hardware on how you configure the recording setup. Setting the location is simply a matter of changing the recording directory in the preferences.
@mbf61605 жыл бұрын
I need this my laptop is not running as fast as I like and I want to clean things up so I plan to dump everything on to my external drive thanks
@handle11966 жыл бұрын
So if i have everything in year folders ie 2015, 2016 etc and inside them have jan to dec folders then in each one of them have my genre folders for the month, will it relocate/find all my tracks just from searching for one track?
@alijaam92184 жыл бұрын
i lost my old sets after database managment !
@sezarpeiro98475 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video
@FaiOzMasterPlan7 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul. When doing this procedure , form mac to external , from external to pc, does it also copied all the cue points , loops and hot cues?????
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
Yup - everything.
@kereamohau4 жыл бұрын
Fricken Life Saver!!!
@mansa31054 жыл бұрын
When I move the files and they are missing in rekordbox the "find missing tracks function" does not work. Even if I choose exactly the file I'm looking for in my external drive, it says would you like to search for other missing... and I press yes and then it shows the loading thing but then it says "no files were found" and then it says "the file is already in the collection" this is so annoying.... pls help
@domenicocusumano3 жыл бұрын
Same issue. Have you figured this out?
@Erikgmz6 жыл бұрын
Hi pulse. Question on step by step video.. will also transfer my cue point beat grid and everything else?
@DeejayPulse6 жыл бұрын
Everything. Those are all in the database, so yes.
@sezarpeiro98477 жыл бұрын
I want to have my musics on my Mac and Windows laptop and not on an external hard drive. how can i just export the database from my mac to windows while i keep it untouched on my Mac. I Organise and manage my music and perform on my Mac and I use my Windows laptop as a Backup for the gigs.
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
You can use the Library > Backup process to make a backup, including your music, to move it to the other computer where you will do a Library > Restore.
@Mr1990Darkness4 жыл бұрын
I have all my music on an external drive, I want to plug that into my external drive but I don't want to reexport them onto a playlist, how can I analyze all my tracks where they are?
@kikisstavrou13016 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse , i have try to back up Library on a mac and then try to restored library on a windows 7 but i am facing some strange behavior . on my playlist i have all hot cues and loops working .....but on the explorer of rekordbox i can't see any hot cues on the same songs. how this is possible? i have try many things but with no success . Please help me. thanks
@MrPsql5 жыл бұрын
Hey there what if you are using time machine from one Mac to a new one?
@mrchug-geneva5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your great video. Little question : Is it ok also take the playlist coming from the history ? thanks again
@nicoqazi95123 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@gedloen18 жыл бұрын
Thx pulse got it to work
@theomiddleton9504 жыл бұрын
PLEASE HELP: I've done this and it worked but none of the track artwork is appearing on my new laptop.
@hofmann_254 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to use a home network for the database or does it have to be a locally connected drive?
@DeejayPulse4 жыл бұрын
You can, but I don't recommend it - it will work best if you use a symlink or any other method to make it look as if it's a locally mounted drive rather than a network path.
@yousseferian53606 жыл бұрын
I tried following all your steps, It automatically deleted my database on my main computer. is there anyway I can contact you directly for help. I will compensate you for your time. Thank you, it is urgent
@ghassek13976 жыл бұрын
I have some display issues with my Rekordbox on win10 and I want to reinstall it, my music is on the laptop, and I don't want to lose my playlists, what should I do to keep the playlists? the music will stay there anyways
@TheMattJames4 жыл бұрын
i cant move database as its greyed out... please help?
@DeejayPulse4 жыл бұрын
Is the drive you're trying to move to formatted FAT32 or HFS+? exFAT or NTFS aren't recognized.
@annieflores79412 жыл бұрын
is there anyway to recover a master database after clicking no the tag synced. Yesterday I was attempting to change the location of the path to my flashdrive and though clicking move database was the answer. Then when I plugged in that same USB today all of my playlists were gone and I was confused since I hadn't done that before. now when I plugged in my Usb its on "MacHD" and I'm wondering how I can recover it?? I didn't know so I started uploading some tracks to the library and re synced my USB to that. HOW can I go back to how my Rekordbox was a few days ago??? thanks in advance
@FaiOzMasterPlan7 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse. Another Q. I've recently cleaned up my rekordbox playlists and put unwanted/old tracks in a new playlist("UNWANTED") Retagged the info of these tracks(album_genre) so they are not in any playlist anymore(i use intelligent playlists). When syncing , does rekordbox remove these track from the playlists on the device and does rekordbox remove them from the device???? if rekordbox doesnt remove them from the device , what is the best way to remove them from the device but still keeping these track on my computer in rekordbox??? I couln'd find a usefull answer anywehere thats why i'm asking these here. Thanks in advance....
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
If you exclude them from an intelligent playlist; yes, they will be excluded, but they will persist on the drive. If you want to remove them from your export drive, you'll need to find them and manually remove them - but that's as simple as sorting by the album genre and then tanking the "UNWANTED" tracks (from the export drive).
@mariomijatovic78474 жыл бұрын
can you play that music on the cdj ? like can you browse your entire database on the CDJ ? i want to migrate my music to an external drive and use that drive as a USB thumb i have a lot of playlistls and i want to be able to browse my tracks easier thats why im asking
@DeejayPulse4 жыл бұрын
No; the master database can't be played on the CDJ, you need to create an export database by exporting selected songs / playlists. The nice thing is if your music source is already a USB device, you don't need to physically export the songs themselves, the export database is created and the songs on that drive are linked within the database.
@Allan-Morrow-AM-Studios8 жыл бұрын
Is there a way of doing this so my database is on Dropbox then the 2 computers feed from that? I don't trust having my database on an external drive....
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
Yet you trust Dropbox? lol Actually yes, I've got a few users testing some instructions right now but if you're interested... follow me and stay tuned!
@eileenmontez7 жыл бұрын
Hi! I was wondering if its neccesary to remove the tracks from the internal drive? I've tried reloading the tracks by only deleting one item off of the internal drive and then reloading, but then Rekordbox says it had only found that item and not the others which are still on the internal drive.
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
No - you can keep them internally if you want but have your database located externally, but to be honest, there isn't much point to that since the database isn't that large but your music files could certainly be.
@Kinimal7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video. Not sure what I'm doing wrong tho.. Going from PC to Mac: I've followed the instructions (moved files from PC to external, relocated missing files, then moved Database to external) but when I plug my external into my Mac, Rekordbox does not show a database to move. I've tried 2 different external drives in case one wasn't working properly but still no luck..
@Kinimal7 жыл бұрын
Scratch that.. I just realised its because of the NTFS format. #Noob #Sorry
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
No worries, simple mistake! Glad you were able to figure it out.
@MrSlendicorn6 жыл бұрын
Why does the relocate button not show up anymore?
@MrGissa12346 жыл бұрын
Dawson Keally same!
@patrickfeeney41495 жыл бұрын
If you click file and choose option “display all missing files” you can select all and relocate everything
@djTorchLive6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a tutorial for itunes and rekordbox. I'm having an issue getting Rekorbox to find my itunes library files. Even though the song names/files are viewable, they are not loading and I get a loading error. This is after carefully selecting the proper filepath of the itunes xml file but maybe I missed a step somewhere?
@ThomasAndreasSchmidt Жыл бұрын
Hi DJ Torch. I have the same issue like you. Did you find a solutions on that?
@djTorchLive Жыл бұрын
@@ThomasAndreasSchmidt I believe I did. I recall that I simply started from scratch. Since it's been a while, I can't find my notes on the solution and I've since moved to Serato. Not that it's any better but I changed hardware which only ran on Serato.
@MrNadzoid6 жыл бұрын
I have a problem, on my original Mac I don't have a folder with all the music I want to transfer to the external hard drive. Its all over the place and there are many songs I don't want. So what do I do?
@DeejayPulse6 жыл бұрын
In the "Do you want to copy your music?" step, say "Yes" and remove the songs you don't want later. It will save you massive headaches down the road.
@henryinnes116 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse Pioneer DJ, Does this transfer also move all Cue points and playlists to the new computer as well? Thanks
@DeejayPulse6 жыл бұрын
Everything.
@henryinnes116 жыл бұрын
Ok I've done 80% of it but I'm struggling with the final step. Whenever I try to 're-locate' my music files, it only automatically recognises a very small percentage of them. Now on the rest of the songs, I go to relocate them but I have to do them individually. It does not give me the option to auto relocate. I believe it might have to do with the naming convention as for some reason the names of my music files in the new computer have numbers before them. Am I able to contact you directly? Thanks
@ghassanibrahim90084 жыл бұрын
Hey, thank you for the video. I import my songs directly to the USB device in rekordbox. Is there a way to synchronize data and songs with another USB?
@DeejayPulse4 жыл бұрын
Do you mean to export to another USB drive? If so, just inset the drive and export to that device the same as you did with the first one.
@ghassanibrahim90084 жыл бұрын
Pulse Pioneer DJ no...what i do usually is this..i plug my usb..i import songs to the device in rekordbox that analyses the track the by itself export the data back to same device..and i end by having all songs on the usb device. My issue is that i want to back up my first usb with another one..so the first idea is to copy all files from the 1st usb to the 2nd one..but the issue is when i update the 1st usb..i will have to copy everything again😅 so i am asking if there is a way to sync both usb together or if there is any other way to do it. Sorry for the long msg😅
@RocksnRagsProduction7 жыл бұрын
Can i move the database to my actual new pc but keep the music on the external hard drive? This is because my newer pc has a smaller hard drive size and i want to keep it as free as i can.
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
Yes, but why would you? Keep the database on the external drive and you can move it around as you please!
@ESEGE_7 жыл бұрын
I dnt have ITunes... and I feel that iTunes its gonna be difficult to organize and work. How I move my VirtualDJ database to Rekordbox? I want to keep all of my cue, key and coments datas. Are there any way to move it without Itunes? Thanks
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
The cue data can't be copied, but the key and comments are stored in the track metadata for most filetypes and can be read when imported to rekordbox. If you want to be able to keep playlists (folders) and migrate those into rekordbox, consider creating that playlist in rekordbox first, then drag the folder from VDJ over into the rekordbox window to that playlist - the drag-and-drop will save you the effort of re-creating playlists.
@seanillumashroom87908 жыл бұрын
Rekordbox DJ on Multiple Macs with Nexus/DDJ RZ Setups & External Drive Hey Pulse.Until recently I've been using Rekordbox on my home Mac keeping my music in iTunes and exporting analysed files with Cue Points etc. to USB memory sticks for use with CDJ/DJM Nexus systems. I have recently acquired a DDJ RZ Controller with an additional MacBook Pro and external thunderbolt drive (MDOS formatted). This means I am now running Rekordbox DJ on 2 Macs (one with master iTunes Library were all my Rekordbox analysis &edits are done, and one portable for moving Rekorbox DJ around with my DDJ RZ). Clearly I have to move my Rekordbox data onto the external drive for use with the 2 systems. Please can you advise on the best procedure for doing this given the above scenario - suggestions on file structure on the external drive taking into account the DDJ RX Sample Files etc. would also be appreciated. Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give. Cheers, Sean
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
+Sean Illumashroom > I would first move your iTunes music media location to that external drive, and be sure to tell iTunes you DO NOT want it to manage the music location! Next, open rekordbox and relocate (if any show as missing). Then, put the database on the external, as outlined in the video, and now you can move it between the two computers without issue.
@seanillumashroom87908 жыл бұрын
+Pulse Pioneer DJ Thanks for the reply. Am I right in thinking you are suggesting moving media file onto the external drive? This may be problematic for me as i's not just my DJ music, it's my entire collection! At the moment I'm saving my Rekordbox music and data to the external drive from the primary Mac with the iTunes library on (via Rekordbox File menu, with Database management set to the external drive), then moving it to my other Mac where Rekordbox is also set to Database management on the external drive. I then load the last backup from the external drive. Everything seems to work okay, but I've noticed that the music then appears in my iTunes media file (although not in iTunes itself). Am I setting myself up for a problem working like this? Please give me any advice you think is relevant. Cheers, Sean
@seanillumashroom87908 жыл бұрын
+Sean Illumashroom first line should read "moving iTunes media file" 😉
@jamescreado17225 жыл бұрын
Hey i am trying to export my music in hard drive its not getting done and when i am trying to do the same thing in pendrive its getting done successfully so can you just explain me how to export in hard drive
@FCFLoppy5 жыл бұрын
Right ok, So all this seems very good to me, But what if i wanted 2 identical copys of RB? so one on my mac and one on my iMac? can it be done this way?
@DeejayPulse5 жыл бұрын
I'd suggest you use the Backup / Restore functions to do that. Moving it doesn't make a copy.
@eddiedre48607 жыл бұрын
i seem to have lost my database. I had it on an external harddrive and it wasn't playing the music but showed the songs/playlists, ect. I was trying to move it to a new computer that had all of my itunes library on it. Not all of my itunes library is in rekord box. I only imported some songs from itunes. does rekordbox have a support line I can call into to help me get this right?
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
Nope, but you can file a support request here: rekordbox.com/en/support/inquiry.php
@stellacooper96067 жыл бұрын
If I want to move my account to another computer will I have it with all the settings etc that I've paid for ? Heard that you can only have a premium rekordbox account on one device so presuming I'd have to deactivate it on old computer and somehow transfer my premium account to new Mac. If you know anything about this would be really helpful rather than paying again.
@DeejayPulse7 жыл бұрын
@Stella > rekordbox can be installed on up to 2 computers with the same license. If you are no longer going to use the old computer, better to use the deactivation procedure on the old one first, then activate on the new one. The settings are retained per-computer (in terms of the in-application settings), but all your cue points, etc., can be transferred / moved or copied to another computer by using either the rekordbox database backup procedure, or by moving to an external drive as I outline in this video.
@jonpaulmontgomery54388 жыл бұрын
Hi Pulse, first up thanks for the video, very helpful so far. I have been trying to transfer between windows to new mac and i follow the process up until 3.54 and then i don't get the message about syncing with tag and when i go to the preferences to select my drive from the mac hd there is no option as its not picking up my external drive. Any ideas on what the issue may be ? Many thanks in advance !
@jonpaulmontgomery54388 жыл бұрын
+Jon Paul Montgomery could it be because my external hd is ntts not fat32 ?
@DeejayPulse8 жыл бұрын
+Jon Paul Montgomery > That's likely it; the NTFS drive will be recognized and can even be used for a music source, but the problem is that OS X can't write to an NTFS drive so it can't use it for the database. Format the drive in FAT32 in OS X first, then export the database from Windows, then import it on the Mac.