itunes library from external drive??

[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

you can change your library location and also set the preference for copying the file into the library in the advanced area of the itunes prefs…

i used to have my library on a mounted drive, and it worked fine, although i recall that itunes got really grumpy if it’s library wasn’t there for it to mount when you opened it…but that was a few versions ago, so it might be better and i don’t have it that way anymore regardless…

sitruc

[Jeff Carpenter]

I THINK what you want to do, is to first change the location of the library somewhere in iTune’s prefrences.

I don’t think anything will move at that point…only new songs will go there. So what you want to do is to go to the “Advanced” menu and select “Consolidate Library.” I think that will then copy all of your music into the new library. The old one might remain, you have to go erase it yourself using Finder.

I’m pretty sure that’s how it works, but I’m not 100% sure. You may want to read through the program’s help file to see if you find anything like that in there before you try it.

[Kurt]

Don’t listen either of these guys

In the iTunes prefs, under the “Advanced” tab, deselect “Copy files to iTunes Library….”

Then import. iTunes wil reference it from that drive.

*Don’t make too big a habit of this, gets messy over time.

K

[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

[Kurt] “*Don’t make too big a habit of this, gets messy over time.”

ok so i’m confused – you tell him to ignore the advice of moving the library to the desired location in favor of your solution, but then you follow that up with the caveat that your solution sucks?

furthermore, if you properly read my post that you so blatantly told him to disregard, you’ll see my reference to the same thing you mention here:

“and also set the preference for copying the file into the library”

alrighty then.

sitruc

[Kurt]

oh