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<blockquote data-quote="mig.gentry" data-source="post: 188683" data-attributes="member: 5838"><p>Couldn't you put an alias in your itunes music folder that points to the external drive. Then when it's plugged in the itunes library will seem to contain all of the files both internal and external.</p><p>You won't get the two libraries in the menu but the one library will contain everything you need.</p><p>I'm not sure if this works in itunes, i think i've seen it done in iphoto so assume they all work the same way.</p><p></p><p>I'll try an check a bit later and report back</p><p></p><p>EDIT: After a little playing around it works fine.</p><p>Here's what you need to do:</p><p>Plug in your external drive, right-click on the folder where the music is and click create alias. A new folder should be created, drag this to where itunes normally looks for your music.</p><p>Now highlight all of the music in the finder and click it to start playing in itunes. It wil appear in itunes and you're done.</p><p>Now evertime you have the external plugged in it will lay the files, and if not the files won't play.</p><p>Unfortunatley all of the files remain in the itunes library, so when you unplug the external it will seem as tho all the music is still there, however it will just fail to play.</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend creating a playlist for your internal and external drives to make your life easier.</p><p></p><p>enjoy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mig.gentry, post: 188683, member: 5838"] Couldn't you put an alias in your itunes music folder that points to the external drive. Then when it's plugged in the itunes library will seem to contain all of the files both internal and external. You won't get the two libraries in the menu but the one library will contain everything you need. I'm not sure if this works in itunes, i think i've seen it done in iphoto so assume they all work the same way. I'll try an check a bit later and report back EDIT: After a little playing around it works fine. Here's what you need to do: Plug in your external drive, right-click on the folder where the music is and click create alias. A new folder should be created, drag this to where itunes normally looks for your music. Now highlight all of the music in the finder and click it to start playing in itunes. It wil appear in itunes and you're done. Now evertime you have the external plugged in it will lay the files, and if not the files won't play. Unfortunatley all of the files remain in the itunes library, so when you unplug the external it will seem as tho all the music is still there, however it will just fail to play. I'd recommend creating a playlist for your internal and external drives to make your life easier. enjoy [/QUOTE]
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