on 03/03/05 10:49, Navid Mavaddat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone was aware of a way to create a 'virtual
> folder' over multiple drives. My itunes folder is in excess of 170GB
> (lossless compressed from my CD collection) and soon it will be larger
> than the 200GB drive.
>
> I am considering getting a 250GB drive, but I can see this will only
> ultimately be an interim measure. If I could span over multiple drives
> this would save much hassle. Currently I can't consolidate the library.
> I tried relocating 50GB off the drive, but it still wouldn't let me
> consolidate it.
>
> -navid
>
>
Hi
Just a couple of thoughts - no idea if they will actually work ;)
1) The itunes library is set up with tracks inside album folders inside
artist folders - so if you have a lot of music by a given artist those
folders can get quite large. So try moving some artist folders to a new
location on one of your other discs then just put an alias of each moved
artist folder back in the main library.
2) From memory if you "Add to library" (as opposed to say importing a CD)
then the path to the music is added but the actual music files are not moved
to the iTunes music folder (unless you have "copy files to iTunes Music
folder when adding to library" checkbox ticked in preferences)
So:
i) Move selected artist folders to your new location
(delete any copies from old location)
ii) Delete the artist(s) from your iTunes library
iii) Add the artists to your library (navigating to the new location)
Note: Do NOT at a later date "Consolidate library" as I think that will then
move the files (back) to the iTunes music folder
I have just tried 2) running iTunes on my iMac and adding some music located
on my powerbook and it seems to work fine over the ethernet so I can't see
why it wouldn't work for a firewire drive.
Disclaimer Not necessarily the most recent software - I'm running iTunes
4.01 under OSX 10.2.8 on the iMac
HTH
Neil
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Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
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