External HDD questions

Noonan · Noonan #1 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 07:20 PM

A few months ago I bought a 2TB external HDD for my 2007 aluminum iMac. My intentions for this HDD seemed simple - I wanted to keep my music on the external HDD and have my iTunes pull it from the external HDD as it was being played. I installed the HDD, and I moved my music over. I some how went about doing it the wrong way because iTunes could no longer find any of the music - even when I was trying to open the mp3s from the right HDD.

I ended up moving all of the music back and returning the HDD.. this resulted in some how creating doubles of certain (not all) mp3s.

Today I noticed I have about 20GB left until my internal HDD is full. I need to get an HDD but I am confused about how to move the music over and afraid of wasting $100.. Any help?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 07:26 PM

Read through this article which shows how to move your iTunes library. Additionally, Apple has basically the same instructions for doing so in their knowledge base articles.

IWT · IWT #3 (**permalink**)

05-24-2011, 10:19 AM

Hi Noonan

You could also read this Apple Support article on exactly the same thing - how to move your iTunes folder.

iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder

Ian

chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,044 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	05-23-2011, 07:26 PM Read through this article which shows how to move your iTunes library. Additionally, Apple has basically the same instructions for doing so in their knowledge base articles. Community Guidelines
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Noonan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 40	05-23-2011, 07:20 PM A few months ago I bought a 2TB external HDD for my 2007 aluminum iMac. My intentions for this HDD seemed simple - I wanted to keep my music on the external HDD and have my iTunes pull it from the external HDD as it was being played. I installed the HDD, and I moved my music over. I some how went about doing it the wrong way because iTunes could no longer find any of the music - even when I was trying to open the mp3s from the right HDD. I ended up moving all of the music back and returning the HDD.. this resulted in some how creating doubles of certain (not all) mp3s. Today I noticed I have about 20GB left until my internal HDD is full. I need to get an HDD but I am confused about how to move the music over and afraid of wasting $100.. Any help?
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