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  1. 08-24-2010, 03:09 PM #1
    demaria26 is offline

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    Question Using I-Tunes from a portable hard drive
    I have an I-mac and keep my I-Tunes music on a portable hard drive. When I want to create a play list, I am still loading the music back to my hard drive! Is there a solution whereby I don't duplicate the music and "clog" my hard drive?
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  2. 08-25-2010, 03:53 AM #2
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    A playlist id just a collection of 'pointers' to the original files.

    How do you know they are being copied to your iMac hard disk?
    Not been around these parts for a while. Trying to change that . .

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  3. 08-25-2010, 06:17 AM #3
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    You just need to change the default location of your iTunes library. Read this how to:

    UltraNewb: How to move your iTunes library to an external drive

    I have mine on an external drive, always have.
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