Point iTunes to iTunes library on external drive?

[Soundhound]

I just had a new hard drive installed in my iMac (210 27" 2.93 ghz i7) and have set up iTunes with iCloud account etc. How do I point it to my large (more than 1TB!) library on my external drive?

thanks!

 

[TyPod]

The easiest way is to hold the option key when opening iTunes. Then, select your external destination as the default library.

 

[Soundhound]

perfect! thanks! I'm not seeing an iTunes Library file there. There is the iTunes Media folder though. I wonder if the Library file might have been on my internal drive, though the media folder was/is on the external?

 

[sliceoftoast]

You can also follow the same procedure and store the library on a Network volume such as a NAS.

Pressing the Option key also works with iPhoto allowing you to select different iPhoto libraries

 

[Bear]

perfect! thanks! I'm not seeing an iTunes Library file there. There is the iTunes Media folder though. I wonder if the Library file might have been on my internal drive, though the media folder was/is on the external?

That is quite possible. In which case, hopefully you have a backup or the old drive to recover it from.

 

[satcomer]

Follow the steps in the blog post How to move an iTunes library to an external drive.