Hi, You should have no problems with access speed with an external, as long as you maintain a backup you should be able to restore the library easily if the external fails. Beyond that, if the library is huge just due to music, then I'd suggest the iTunes Match feature. This can let you use Apple's Cloud to backup your music and have access to it on any of your devices. A backup of your content is still a good idea in this case, only because backups are always a good idea. The iTunes Match service is $25 USD if you live in the US, a little more in Canada, and probably a little more in other countries as well.
Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 1, 2020, at 15:46, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, My Music/itunes library’s growing & growing. I’d like to pick your brains as to how to deal with it. Do I go an external drive way, or a very big SSD drive on a new mac? I’m concerned that should I relocate my library onto an external drive and it then develops a problem, I might lose everything? Also, does having a large library on an external drive slow down the playback/quality? And if external drive’s a solution, what drive? Pls be as generous in your opinions as this list allows or else email offline. thanks Simon -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/FD94C6D3-E66E-4BB8-8502-9FC6B9A7B17B%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/386A784A-B1D8-4649-B988-FC2BA3705862%40me.com.
