I would create a new iTunes library (to avoid confusion and
contamination). Hold down alt when you start iTunes, save the new
library to the HDD, make sure it's saving ripped files to a location on
that. Then sync the iPod with that library.
Managing multiple file locations within the same library is - to use a
technical term - a really bad idea. Keep 'em separate.
To open a particular library either hold down alt on launch and navigate
to it, or double click on the library file in the Finder. If you detach
the HDD after quitting iTunes, it will want to know which library to use
when next launched; point it at your usualone and it will default to
that henceforth.
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On 10 Oct 2014, at 14:01, mac98aop wrote:
I don't want to copy them on to my Mac, but wonder if I can put them
on an
HDD, and then tell iTunes to find them AND make a playlist to put them
on
an old iPod we use solely in the car.
Can I do that without confusing iTunes etc?
If so, any tips and step-by-steps gratefully received about how to
burn CDs
to the HDD, and then point the iPod and iTunes to that folder and not
my
main one (without mucking up current setup with all iPods and iPhones
syncing to the main library).
Just seemed like a fun way of introducing the children to some much
loved
'classics' on longer journeys, without clogging my MBP!
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