On 11/22/09 4:36 PM, Kristina Rost of [email protected] sent

> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> At 2:32 PM -0500 11/21/2009, Kristina Rost wrote:
>>> In a effort to free up space on my iBook's HD...
>>> 
>>> I want to move daughter's music to HER memory stick and completely gone from
>>> my iBook and my music on MY stick?
>>> 
>>> Can I do that?
>> 
>> Sure.  Just initialize the sticks as normal HFS+ Mac volumes (so you won't
>> run into any funky problems from using the lame pc FAT format most come
>> with).  Then tell iTunes the library is there.
>> 
>> If you and your daughter are using separate user accounts, so you're not
>> clobbering each others settings / prefs / files / etc, then you'll only each
>> have to tell iTunes once where the music library resides.
>> 
>> Be sure to keep backups of the USB sticks somewhere - Flash memory has a
>> finite life, a fairly high error rate, and those memory sticks taste good.
>> 
>>> Is there an easier way than this? 
>>> http://www.getusb.info/run-itunes-on-a-usb-drive-or-usb-stick/
>> 
>> That's a bs thing for windoze users.  All you need to do is tell iTunes that
>> the library is on your stick.
>> 
>>> iBook, 900 MHz, 512 KB, 640 MB
>>> OSX 4.1.1
>>> iTunes 8.1.1
>> 
>> You mean Mac OS X 10.4.11, I think.
>> 
>> - Dan. 
>> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
>  
> 
> Thanks to all...for the great directions.
> We haven't had separate iTunes user accounts. All her music and my music are
> in one library and our individual iPods now sync to our respective playlists.
>  
> So  I will...
>  
> 1. create a library on the stick name it Kristina's and move my albums one by
> one from the current shared library?
> 2. 
> 3. when I sync my iPod I will tell iTunes to look on my stick?
>  
>  thanks again,
> Kristina 
> 
> iBook, 900 MHz, 512 KB, 640 MB
> OSX 4.11.1 
> iTunes 8.1.1
Hi Kristina,
I have been following this thread with some interest. Yes, I believe you are
correct. IIRC, all one does is hold down the option key when you launch
iTunes and direct it towards the library you wish to use.
Hey gang, I presume one can do the same with an external FW drive, yes? I
have a nice little 2.5" FW SATA enclosure that would do just this if it is
compatible with the concept.
Best regards,
Dana


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