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From: James Dore on 3 Oct 2005 10:59 I've got my iTunes music folder on the internal HD of the Mac mini, but I want to put it on the new external drive. Is it as straightforward as drag-n-drop, and telling iTunes where it is, or do I have to do something else? And if you share your iTunes music with another user on the same Mac, can they use it to add to their own iPod? SWMBO is getting a 6Gb pink Mini for her birthday, but I already have a 40Gb photo connecting to the same mac.... Cheers, -- James Dore, IT Officer, New College james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new
From: Elliott Roper on 3 Oct 2005 11:44 In article <MPG.1dab57bce5149db7989d5a(a)news.ox.ac.uk>, James Dore <james.dore(a)new.oxford.ac.uk> wrote: > I've got my iTunes music folder on the internal HD of the Mac mini, but > I want to put it on the new external drive. Is it as straightforward as > drag-n-drop, and telling iTunes where it is, or do I have to do > something else? More or less drag and drop. To be on the safe side, I backed up the old iTunes Library, made a fresh one and then dragged all the iTunes music to the new iTunes folder it made. All the info details were preserved with the music. Nowadays, my currrent music heap is on PBoko's internal and the rest is backed up to an external disk. Dragging music back and forth seems to work OK. > And if you share your iTunes music with another user on the same Mac, > can they use it to add to their own iPod? SWMBO is getting a 6Gb pink > Mini for her birthday, but I already have a 40Gb photo connecting to the > same mac.... Dunno, only one little Shuffle here. iTunes seems reluctant to copy from the Shuttle. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: zoaran substitute on 3 Oct 2005 11:49 Elliott Roper wrote: > In article <MPG.1dab57bce5149db7989d5a(a)news.ox.ac.uk>, James Dore > <james.dore(a)new.oxford.ac.uk> wrote: > > > I've got my iTunes music folder on the internal HD of the Mac mini, but > > I want to put it on the new external drive. Is it as straightforward as > > drag-n-drop, and telling iTunes where it is, or do I have to do > > something else? > > More or less drag and drop. To be on the safe side, I backed up the old > iTunes Library, made a fresh one and then dragged all the iTunes music > to the new iTunes folder it made. All the info details were preserved > with the music. Including play count and rating? Those details are stored in the library file, not the MP3 themselves. -zs-
From: Elliott Roper on 3 Oct 2005 11:56 In article <1128354559.487757.171790(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, zoaran substitute <nettid1(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > Elliott Roper wrote: > > All the info details were preserved > > with the music. > > Including play count and rating? Those details are stored in the > library file, not the MP3 themselves. Oh well, if you are dork enough to have entered a rating... -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Jon B on 3 Oct 2005 11:57
James Dore <james.dore(a)new.oxford.ac.uk> wrote: > I've got my iTunes music folder on the internal HD of the Mac mini, but > I want to put it on the new external drive. Is it as straightforward as > drag-n-drop, and telling iTunes where it is, or do I have to do > something else? > > And if you share your iTunes music with another user on the same Mac, > can they use it to add to their own iPod? SWMBO is getting a 6Gb pink > Mini for her birthday, but I already have a 40Gb photo connecting to the > same mac.... > Create a new folder on the HD, tell iTunes that is where the music library is, then 'consolidate' the library which will move all your music to the external HD for you [1] [1] Or at least copy it so you can then trash the music from the internal. -- Jon B real email to usenet at jonbradbury dot com |