Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] New computer iTunes weirdness

vendredi 18 avril 2014

Re: [apple-iphone] New computer iTunes weirdness

Is an option to keep iTunes library and files on the PC or Mac but have most of the files on an external? Thereby keeping it "normal " but getting the most storage on the external.

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On 19/04/2014, at 7:36 am, Brent <whodo678@frontier.com> wrote:

Chris, Scott, the OP is on a Windows PC.

BL, I keep my iTunes library on an external Drobo. If the Drobo is not awake when iTunes wants to access it, even if you properly change the location of the library within iTunes, it will create a new one on your Mac, and then tell you that it can not find some of what you are trying to sync to your iDevice. Live-able, but a pain sometimes.

Brent

On Apr 18, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Barbara-Lynn Smith wrote:

This then begs the question, can the iTunes library not live permanently on an external separate drive?
My laptop is old and the disk is full. The problem is iTunes constant downloading. I'd like to move my iTunes onto a 1TB drive and leave it there. Do you think this would cause any problems?

Cheers,
B.L>

On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:49 PM, "Christopher Collins" <iphone@analogdigital.com.au> wrote:

Open iTunes, and then close it.

Go to ~/Music on your old Mac. Copy the iTunes folder to an external device.

Go to ~/Music on your new computer. Copy the iTunes folder from your external device, and when asked to overwrite, say "yes".

Open iTunes and your old library should now be available to you.

Note: This does assume that you have "Keep iTunes Folder Organised" and "Copy Files To iTunes Folder when adding to Library" both ticked. These options are under "Preferences" then "Advanced"

HTH.

cjc

On 18 Apr 2014, at 3:17 am, Brent <whodo678@frontier.com> wrote:

How did you move your music over to your new Windows computer? Did you move over the whole Music folder or only just some of the stuff inside?

Inside the Music folder is all the rest of the info on the music like artist, album, and cover art.

I'm on a Mac, so it might be different on a PC, but there is a specific way on a Mac to move an iTunes library.

Brent

On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:10 AM, <sniffermanmi@yahoo.com> <sniffermanmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi, Tony...
I have a mix of music sources...ripped from CDs, purchased from iTunes, and also Amazon downloads. The music I cited in my original note came from a CD rip. I'd have to do some more syncing to see if it's ALL from CDs.

Scott