iLife: Cannot See iTunes Files in Other iLife Applications

• When selecting audio for a slideshow in iPhoto, the option to choose music from iTunes is not available. The pop-up menu says "iTunes not found".
• When selecting audio in iMovie, the option to choose music from iTunes is not available. The pop-up menu says "iTunes not found".
• When you click the Audio button in iDVD the message "Launch iTunes or later to populate this list" appears.

Solution

• Run Software Update to make sure QuickTime, Mac OS X and your iLife applications to up to date.
• Make sure that iTunes has been opened at least once.
• The iTunes Music Library.xml file may be unusable. Try recreating the XML file used to populate the music listing. Follow these steps:
  1. Quit iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and iTunes.
     
  2. Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
     
  3. Choose Go > Go to Folder
     
  4. Depending where your iTunes Music Library is, enter ~/Documents/iTunes or ~/Music/iTunes and click Go.
     
  5. Locate the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file and drag it to the Desktop.
  6. Open iTunes.
     
  7. Create a new playlist by choosing File > New Playlist.
     
  8. Quit iTunes.

Open the iLife applications and make sure you can see the iTunes Library in other applications.