The reason I mentioned Mac and Windows PC is that there are some differences in how things work to my understanding, and I have little experience on the PC side of iTunes.
I recently read a post from a level 8 member of the Apple Discussions that suggests you can split the library. I don't fully understand it and have not spent the time to study it. His user name is "turingtes2" or tt2. For some reason, his suggestions have worked for others, but are not working on my Mac. He and I have yet to figure why it does not work as he says it should.
The below URLs should bring you to his posts on this.
The 3 components of the library that grow huge with usage are Album Artwork, iTunes Media and Mobile Applications.
I have tried to correct mine, but it keeps putting stuff back on the internal hard drive. I keep a simple vanilla system with not third party apps to modify iTunes, and the only tweak or change from the norm is to try and keep the iTunes content on my external Drobo. But it keeps putting stuff back onto the internal drive.
Tony, the content is the major part of the iTune "library". The "iTune Library Extras.itdb", "iTune Library Genius.itdb", "iTune Library.itl" and "iTune Library.xml" files just tell iTunes.app hot to use, identify, and where the content is. But if you follow Apple's instructions on how to move the iTune "library" why do you need those duplicate instructional files on the computer.
I understand that with my content off my computer, on an external drive, if iTunes can not find it, it wants to create a new iTune "library". The way my Drobo gen 2 is networked to my MBP, the Drobo goes to sleep and is slow to wake. But since my internal drive is small and my content is large, I struggle along.
Brent.
On Apr 18, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Tony wrote:
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.
Sent from my iPhone 5S 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.BrentOn 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>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.cjcOn 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.BrentOn 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
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