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?
Using I-Tunes from a portable hard drive
- Thread starter demaria26
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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?
How do you know they are being copied to your iMac hard disk?
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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.
UltraNewb: How to move your iTunes library to an external drive
I have mine on an external drive, always have.
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