I have music files on both my internal and external drives, and I notice an ugly lagging when songs are being read off the external if it hasn't been accessed recently. I've scored over the forums and searched for hours and haven't found any definitive conclusions to remedy this. Is there any way to keep the ext awake or am I doomed to succumb to the lag? I assume moving all my files onto the ext would make only the initial access a hesitant one, but I'd rather be rid of the lag altogether. Any suggestions?
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External Drive Lag & iTunes
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Try turning off the "put my hard disks to sleep where possible" option in Energy pane of System Prefs. I don't know why this option is not a little more elaborate - e.g. time to spin down, specific for each disk etc. Is this something which Windows is better at? 
Alternatively put all your music in one place. Though that will cause problems if you want to leave your external drive behind, for example.
Alternatively put all your music in one place. Though that will cause problems if you want to leave your external drive behind, for example.
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Was one of the first places I went, unfortunately, it's only for the internal drive.
I agree with the consolidation of all music on one drive, it may be my only option. I'm gonna hold my breath and keep my fingers crossed little longer though.
Thanks for the swift reply, in any event.
Was one of the first places I went, unfortunately, it's only for the internal drive.
I agree with the consolidation of all music on one drive, it may be my only option. I'm gonna hold my breath and keep my fingers crossed little longer though.
Thanks for the swift reply, in any event.