thanks for the clarification, Ricardo. I'm sure this will all make more sense once I actually try and do it. Cheers, Donna On Feb 3, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > yes. You would. You would first need to go into iTunes preferences and under > advanced, uncheck that option to copy added media to your iTunes folder. > After that, you just add your movies to iTunes from your external drive like > you would anything else. But, instead of copying the movies to your internal > drive, or where ever your iTunes media folder happens to be located, iTunes > will play the content directly from the external drive. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 3, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, now I'm confused. Are you saying I don't have to tell iTunes too look >> for content on the portable drive, it will do that automatically? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:31 PM, "J.P." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It would work with time machine. Your portable drive would show there. You >>> could configure what to save to portable. It shouldn't affect your iTunes. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
