Rick, Kewl! Many thanks! Ciao for now! Cathy GREEN ;-)
Atherton HS French 3000 Dundee Rd Louisville, KY 40205 502.485.8202ext204 fax 502.485.8985 cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3 > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:58 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from] > > Cathy, > > here is a link to macosxhints that i got the script from: > > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050123205848370 > > i of course adapted it to work with the external volume names on the HD. > it did take me a try or two to get it set up, but it worked. > > over all, it takes iiTunes only about 1-2 sec. longer to launch, as it has > to first launch the script, then iTunes, but it is worth the effort to me. > > let me know if you have any problems, this little tip is one thing that > made me very happy. > > rick > > On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Green, Cathy wrote: > > > Rick, > Can you send me your applescript? I overlooked the fact that your > two libraries are not identical, sorry. But I'd like to do the same > thing, keeping my whole library on the external drive and only selected > playlists on the laptop & iPod... > > Ciao for now! > Cathy GREEN ;-) > > Atherton HS French > 3000 Dundee Rd > Louisville, KY 40205 > 502.485.8202ext204 > fax 502.485.8985 > cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3 > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:56 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question > [bcc][faked-from] > > Cathy, > I use the apple script to maintain Two separate iTunes Libraries, > with different tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc. > this way, i have ~10-15GB of music on my laptop, and the entire 36GB > library on the external that i plug in when i'm at home at my desk. > > That way, i can still listen to (some) music while i'm away > from home, without having to manually go in and choose the library that i > want, or without having song show up in my library with the "!", meaning i > can't use them when i'm not connected to the external drive. > > once it was set up, it isn't any harder than using i tunes. > i saved the applescript as an application, and assigned it the same icon > as iTunes. > > i removed iTunes from my dock and placed the "Launch iTunes" > script into the dock. > > now, when i click on it, if i'm connected, i get the full > library, if not, i get the portables library. > > well, that's how i do it anyway, so that i don't have to > manually switch things around. > it's pretty cool too, because whichever library that i;m using at > the moment, shows up in the media viewer in the other iLife apps... > > rick > > > On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Green, Cathy wrote: > > > Rick, > You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the > preferences, right? It's easier than writing an applescript command. I > have all my music in the external drive and simply re-routed from the > iTunes folder in the desktop to the folder on the external drive...can't > help you with the resizing, but am interested in the response, as I have a > similar issue... > > Ciao for now! > Cathy GREEN ;-) > > Atherton HS French > 3000 Dundee Rd > Louisville, KY 40205 > 502.485.8202ext204 > fax 502.485.8985 > cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf > of b3 > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:09 AM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question > [bcc][faked-from] > > Is there a free/cheap program that will let > me resize the partitions > on my external drive? > > I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that > i had partitioned into > two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for > full copy > bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and > such. > > Since getting the PowerBook, which has an > 80GB drive, i'd like to > change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - > 80GB for > backups, 80GB for extra storage - > > i'd like to be able to do this without > erasing the drives, as i have > my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only > keep a > portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript > to make > iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is > present, > saving space and time). > > so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) > money if i don't have too, > as this is a one time deal. > > rick > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville > Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is < http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: < > mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: < > http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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