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Is there a way to store just tv-shows and videos from iTunes on an external drive?

itsallinurhead said:
Tv-shows and videos take up a lot of space and I want them stored outside of my MBP. Is this possible?

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Yeah, you can. Just move them over, and then shortcut (make Alias) to the folder where you have stored them back to the TV Shows folder in iTunes.

Brian
 
This would be really helpful for me too! my podcasts are around 8gb! i need space.
 
bmcgonag said:
Yeah, you can. Just move them over, and then shortcut (make Alias) to the folder where you have stored them back to the TV Shows folder in iTunes.

Brian
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No, iTunes doesn't seem to follow aliases.

You can add pre-existing TV Shows from a different location by dragging into iTunes while pressing the Option key - it'll reference the original file. But this doesn't work for new shows or at all for podcasts. It'll create a folder for each of the TV shows or Podcasts at the artist level when downloading a new one.

I gave up trying this for individual items and just moved my whole iTunes Music folder onto an external drive and created an alias to it.
 
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