iTunes External Music harddrive?

[darthdarragh]

Hey yall.

was wondering if you could get an external Harddrive and use the music on it as your library on iTunes.As My macbook has a pathetic size of a hard drive

Thanks in advance

Dara

 

[EricNau]

Yes. You can change the location where iTunes stores its music in iTunes Preferences > Advanced, under the General tab.

This article tells you how to move your library to an external HD. link

 

[GGJstudios]

Of course! I recommend a Firewire connection, for maximum speed.

 

[iShater]

+1 to all of the above. This is how I live with my puny 80GB internal.

 

[GGJstudios]

Yes. You can change the location where iTunes stores its music in iTunes Preferences > Advanced, under the General tab.

If I understand correctly, you can also deselect "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" under iTunes > Preferences > Advanced > General, leaving your music on the external drive and having iTunes just use it but not make a copy. That will save a lot of space!

 

[glasserp]

usb 2.0 works just as well, too. NEVER had a problem and I have about a 100gb library.

 

[Mac In School]

I do this. I have a USB hard drive plugged into my Airport Extreme. That way, all the computers in the house have access to the same music, even when my computer is off.

 

[glasserp]

i would love to do that but i have an older express and a core duo, i want to upgrade my mac just so i can use N speeds, but there's really nothing wrong with my current mac.