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<blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 523486" data-attributes="member: 36256"><p>Here is an admittedly inelegant hack-way to redo iTunes:</p><p>1) COPY the whole iTunes Music file structure from your old location to your new location.</p><p>2) DO STEP ONE BEFORE PROCEEDING--Then within iTunes, select all the music in your Library and delete it (don't worry). iTunes will ask you if you're sure (you are), then will ask if you want to Trash files too (Keep Files, for now).</p><p>3) In iTunes Advanced Preferences tab, change the iTunes Music location to the new folder on your external drive.</p><p>4) Go to your new external folder with all your music in it, select all the files and drag it in to the iTunes app (or press Command + O in iTunes). Double-check that your files work there.</p><p>5)Finally, manually delete the files in your old iTunes folder. Don't forget to empty the trash when you're done.</p><p></p><p>EDITED order of operations and to double-check file copy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neo, post: 523486, member: 36256"] Here is an admittedly inelegant hack-way to redo iTunes: 1) COPY the whole iTunes Music file structure from your old location to your new location. 2) DO STEP ONE BEFORE PROCEEDING--Then within iTunes, select all the music in your Library and delete it (don't worry). iTunes will ask you if you're sure (you are), then will ask if you want to Trash files too (Keep Files, for now). 3) In iTunes Advanced Preferences tab, change the iTunes Music location to the new folder on your external drive. 4) Go to your new external folder with all your music in it, select all the files and drag it in to the iTunes app (or press Command + O in iTunes). Double-check that your files work there. 5)Finally, manually delete the files in your old iTunes folder. Don't forget to empty the trash when you're done. EDITED order of operations and to double-check file copy. [/QUOTE]
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