Is there any way to have my music library stay in the internal harddrive's 'itunes folder' and have the movies on my external harddrive?
iTunes > preferences > advanced. change
iTunes media folder location to the external. on the same tab, make sure
copy to ... when adding is check marked.
next, select the movies in iTunes, right-click (or ctrl-click), and select
consolidate files from the pop-up menu.
when done, you can delete the original files from your local iTunes media (or music) folder. also, make sure you change
iTunes media folder location back to your local iTunes folder before adding new music files.
Also I am wondering how i can put movies into itunes from my external but not have them copy into the itunes folder
assuming
copy to ... when adding is check marked in preferences > advanced, drag the files from the external into an open iTunes window
while holding the option key.
iTunes will index the path to the location of the original files (the external) but not copy them
physically.
if you want to play files located on the external, make sure it is mounted on your desktop
before launching iTunes !
