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Join Date: Nov 2006
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i have just retrieved a whole load of music files from my old external hard drive.
They are now located on my new external drive, its about 100gb of stuff. Previously i made an alias of the files on macbook and linked them to the drive. i am trying to do this again by making an alias, i can make the folders with the alias but when i try to add these folders to itunes it begins to copy the files onto my computer and uses up all my free space. How can I get info into library without the file being transferred to my macbook? |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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IIUYC, you want to put an alias in the ~/Music/ that points to your iTunes folder on the external hard drive. You also want to change the location of your iTunes Music folder using iTunes:Preferences:Advanced:General such that it correctly points to the iTunes folder on the external hard drive. I've included a couple picture, if that makes things easier.
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It sounds like you are making an alias folder, then trying to move music into that folder. Instead of that, make an alias of the music folder on your external drive (right click on folder, select 'make alias'), then, making sure the name is iTunes, move it into the Music folder of your home directory.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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thanks for the advice guys but none of this worked, as from what i understand this is copying files from pc to external hard drive.
The issue is I had all my music files on an external drive, the drive broke, I recovered files but itunes library information was lost. so, I have the files all located on a new external hard drive, how do I get i tunes to recognise this folder full of files as a library of music without having to copy the files in small batches onto pc, into itunes then back out again onto external drive. anyone got any ideas? |
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