[DM-MUG] iTunes

[CW Smith]

• Find your iTunes Music folder in [your hard drive] > Users > [your  
user folder] > Music > iTunes. Drag it to the external drive and then  
delete the old folder's contents (i.e., move them to the trash and  
empty the trash.)

• Move your iTunes Library file to the "Previous iTunes Libraries"  
folder. Please note: iTunes will forget everything you've ever had in  
your iTunes Library (including music, podcasts, movies, TV shows,  
playlists, and folders). We'll import your *content* back in, in steps  
to follow, but your playlists and folders will be gone.

• Open iTunes and panic only briefly when you see that it's empty. Go  
to the "iTunes" menu and select Preferences. Click the "Advanced" tab.  
Click the "General" tab. In the space for "iTunes Music Folder  
location," click the "Change" button. Direct the minifinder to the  
copy of your iTunes Music folder on the external drive and click  
"Open." iTunes will now use this folder when you download from the  
iTunes Store or import music from your CDs.

• Go to the "File" menu and select Add to Library. Direct the  
minifinder to the same folder on the external drive and click "Open."  
iTunes will now add all the files from the iTunes Music folder into  
the Library.

• It's going to be up to you to re-create all your old playlists,  
folders, smart playlists, etc. When you connect your iPod at this  
point, it should sync normally, unless you had it set to sync to a  
particular playlist. If that's the case, you may need to tweak its  
preferences too.

On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Jeff Muller wrote:

> The hard drive on my iMac is bulging at its seams, a virtual  
> Calcutta, if you will. I've moved a number of files to an external  
> drive (a virtual Wyoming) but that's only been of marginal help.  
> What I've just discovered is that by far, the largest chunk of my hd  
> is taken up by my iTunes Music folder. Something like 56.33 GB of  
> the formatted 74 GBs is my audio collection.
>
> What I'm wondering is, if I move some of the individual folders  
> (which correspond to the artist's names) to the external drive, will  
> iTunes find them and be able to play them or update them, if needed?  
> Or will I need to move out the least needed ones and swap them back  
> in if I want to hear them? Or would I have to move the whole kit &  
> kaboodle, application & files, over to the external drive? Or  
> something else?!!!
>
> And how would any of this affect interactions with my iPod (an old  
> 30 GB), which is already a considerably slimmed-down version of the  
> iTunes library?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help...
> Jeff
>
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