Playing music from airport HD

ChrisN · Apr 28, 2008, 04:26 PM

Hi, I am wondering how can I play music on my Macbook from my external connected to my airport extreme. The key thing is to not put the music on the internal hard drive because it takes up too much space. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
ChrisN

laxmax613 · Apr 28, 2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisN

Hi, I am wondering how can I play music on my Macbook from my external connected to my airport extreme. The key thing is to not put the music on the internal hard drive because it takes up too much space. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
ChrisN

maybe you could import the music using the link in the file categore of the menubar?

ChrisN · Apr 28, 2008, 06:52 PM

but won't that put all of it onto the hard drive and that will eat all of my hard drive up, won't it?

laxmax613 · Apr 28, 2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisN

but won't that put all of it onto the hard drive and that will eat all of my hard drive up, won't it?

i'm not sure, actually.

ChrisN · Apr 28, 2008, 06:56 PM

well i just imported a song from it and i did see 1mb drop in the hard drive so im assuming it did, but the song is more than 1 mb, ill keep testing.
edit*
i just added another song and the hard drive stayed the same but it will only let me import a song at a time?

laxmax613 · Apr 28, 2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisN

well i just imported a song from it and i did see 1mb drop in the hard drive so im assuming it did, but the song is more than 1 mb, ill keep testing.

look for the file in the mac HD, if it's there than you can't, if it's not, well then you did it. another test is to eject that hard drive and see if it's gone.

techlover828 · Apr 28, 2008, 07:00 PM

ok, heres what you do, go to itunes and go into preferences (

+,), then click on advanced and uncheck

now you can add all the files to the library and it won't copy the files when adding them

ChrisN · Apr 28, 2008, 07:13 PM

Thanks man really appreciate it, now i can listen to my music without taking all of my hard drive space

much appreciated.

ChrisN

techlover828 · Apr 28, 2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisN

Thanks man really appreciate it, now i can listen to my music without taking all of my hard drive space

much appreciated.

ChrisN

np, enjoy

Apr 28, 2008, 04:26 PM	#1
ChrisN macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Demarest, NJ	Playing music from airport HD Hi, I am wondering how can I play music on my Macbook from my external connected to my airport extreme. The key thing is to not put the music on the internal hard drive because it takes up too much space. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, ChrisN __________________ 24" iMac Alu 2.8GHz, 13" MacBook White 2.0GHz, 8Gb iPhone 1st gen day 1, 8Gb iPhone 3G, 8GB iPod Nano 4G Orange.
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Apr 28, 2008, 06:52 PM	#3
ChrisN Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Demarest, NJ	but won't that put all of it onto the hard drive and that will eat all of my hard drive up, won't it? __________________ 24" iMac Alu 2.8GHz, 13" MacBook White 2.0GHz, 8Gb iPhone 1st gen day 1, 8Gb iPhone 3G, 8GB iPod Nano 4G Orange.
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Apr 28, 2008, 06:56 PM	#5
ChrisN Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Demarest, NJ	well i just imported a song from it and i did see 1mb drop in the hard drive so im assuming it did, but the song is more than 1 mb, ill keep testing. edit* i just added another song and the hard drive stayed the same but it will only let me import a song at a time? __________________ 24" iMac Alu 2.8GHz, 13" MacBook White 2.0GHz, 8Gb iPhone 1st gen day 1, 8Gb iPhone 3G, 8GB iPod Nano 4G Orange.
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Apr 28, 2008, 07:00 PM	#7
techlover828 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Connecticut College	ok, heres what you do, go to itunes and go into preferences (+,), then click on advanced and uncheck now you can add all the files to the library and it won't copy the files when adding them
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Apr 28, 2008, 07:13 PM	#8
ChrisN Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Demarest, NJ	Thanks man really appreciate it, now i can listen to my music without taking all of my hard drive space much appreciated. ChrisN __________________ 24" iMac Alu 2.8GHz, 13" MacBook White 2.0GHz, 8Gb iPhone 1st gen day 1, 8Gb iPhone 3G, 8GB iPod Nano 4G Orange.
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