importing into iTunes

braap · braap #1 (**permalink**)

12-23-2005, 12:40 PM

i work as a DJ and keep all my music on an external harddrive. i do however keep everything organized in iTunes. problem is that whenever music goes into itunes the program makes a copy to go in the organized music folder. as i have thousands of songs to deal with, this ends up consuming most of my harddrive space. how can i keep iTunes from doing this. i more or less just want iTunes to play everything off the external, and with some exceptions, not keep any files on my powerbook. ???

iWhat · iWhat #2 (**permalink**)

12-23-2005, 12:47 PM

In iTunes, go to Prefs., the Advanced tab, then to General. Now click on Change to choose a different directory. You also might want to uncheck "Keep iTunes music folder organized", because I'm sure you got everything organized the way you need it being a DJ and all, and the last thing you need is iTunes reorganizing your whole collection, if it's an issue.

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Guest Posts: n/a	12-23-2005, 12:40 PM i work as a DJ and keep all my music on an external harddrive. i do however keep everything organized in iTunes. problem is that whenever music goes into itunes the program makes a copy to go in the organized music folder. as i have thousands of songs to deal with, this ends up consuming most of my harddrive space. how can i keep iTunes from doing this. i more or less just want iTunes to play everything off the external, and with some exceptions, not keep any files on my powerbook. ???
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Member Since: Nov 11, 2004 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 5,761 Mac Specs: Macbook, iMac G5, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod (MANY)!	12-23-2005, 12:47 PM In iTunes, go to Prefs., the Advanced tab, then to General. Now click on Change to choose a different directory. You also might want to uncheck "Keep iTunes music folder organized", because I'm sure you got everything organized the way you need it being a DJ and all, and the last thing you need is iTunes reorganizing your whole collection, if it's an issue.
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