mkrishnan said:I would add a slight change in that recommendation to suggest that you move those files to the desktop instead of deleting them, so you can put them back if something goes wrong. But I was about to type in the same advice, before I got scooped.
WildCowboy said:I'm no expert on this, as I don't use an external drive for my music, but does this article from Apple help at all?
mkrishnan said:Another option is to go to the iTunes Advanced Preferences and set the iTunes Library location to be on the external drive. This will have iTunes keep its own organization scheme on the external drive, and when you add songs, they will automatically copy to the external drive.
Because otherwise, while Wild Cowboy's suggestion works really well, if you buy music from the iTMS, it will still copy to the internal drive and not the external drive....
mkrishnan said:Another option is to go to the iTunes Advanced Preferences and set the iTunes Library location to be on the external drive. This will have iTunes keep its own organization scheme on the external drive, and when you add songs, they will automatically copy to the external drive.
Because otherwise, while Wild Cowboy's suggestion works really well, if you buy music from the iTMS, it will still copy to the internal drive and not the external drive....
WildCowboy said:Isn't that essentially what the article says? The instructions aren't specific for an external drive, but it's the same thing. When they tell you to navigate to the new location, you just go to the external drive.
WildCowboy said:Isn't that essentially what the article says? The instructions aren't specific for an external drive, but it's the same thing. When they tell you to navigate to the new location, you just go to the external drive.
mkrishnan said:Oops, my bad. I skimmed it, and I thought it was the one telling you how to turn automatic organization off.... Sorry.