Also, there was a description on the current issue of Tidbits (http://tidbits.com) discussing sharing music on an external drive with other people in your houshold.
I haven't tried their process yet, but I certainly plan on it. on On 14/11/2010, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > the easiest way to accomplish this is to simply copy the complete iTunes > folder from your Music folder onto the external drive. Then, startup iTunes > while holding down the Option key which will force iTunes to ask about > choosing a Library. Press cmd-shift-c to access all devices connected to > your computer. Select the external drive, expand it then select the copied > iTunes folder. Press Choose and everything will work just like it did when > your Library was in its original location. You can then delete the old > iTunes folder if you wish without any problems or leave it where it is and > in either case, there will not be any duplicate issues. > > Later... > > On 2010-11-13, at 12:11 PM, Colin M wrote: > >> Hi Krister! >> The way I understand how Itunes works when you tell it to use the library >> on your external drive it will not be looking anywhere else so you can >> just delete the one on your hd or leave it as a back up! >> I'm sure someone will tell you if I've got that wrong :] >> Colin >> >> On 13 Nov 2010, at 17:59, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> Hi and thanks for the tip. The thing is, i have the music folder in my >>> Itunes library so i haven't moved anything yet. One would think it's only >>> a matter of firstly moving the library folder onto the hard drive and >>> then telling Itunes where it is, only thing is, i'm afraid it'll be all >>> confused and give me duplicates and the like. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 13 nov 2010 kl. 16.25 skrev Ricardo Walker: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> It is just a 2 step process. First you will want to go into the >>>> settings in iTunes and under advance, change the default iTunes music >>>> library to the folder on your external that contains all your music. >>>> Then copy and paste the iTunes .xml and other iTunes file onto your >>>> external. These should be found in your home folder under music/iTunes. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 13, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok, this is one of a couple stupid questions that i am going to ask. I >>>>> will ask them in 2 separate emails so as to not mix things up for those >>>>> interested in one subject and not in the other. >>>>> I'm planning on using my external 1 TB hard drive as home for my music >>>>> and sound, so it can be accessed from anywhere. I have my hard drive >>>>> hooked up to my Airport Extreme. How do i best go about to transfer my >>>>> Itunes library with all music to the hard drive and then use it without >>>>> Itunes getting all confused? Is it complicated or is it simply a matter >>>>> of copy/paste? I would be thankful for step-by-step instructions. >>>>> /Krister >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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