iTunes help

[MX]

Ok, here is the issue. My Itunes library takes up about 25 gigs of HD space on my laptop. This is a problem. I have a 200 gig portable HD that all my MP3's are on. I want ONE source for my music.. and I would like it on the portable HD. How do I go about doing this. I really need the space on the Laptop, and do not want several different folders with the same music in them on the portable.

Tim

 

[moki]

Ok, here is the issue. My Itunes library takes up about 25 gigs of HD space on my laptop. This is a problem. I have a 200 gig portable HD that all my MP3's are on. I want ONE source for my music.. and I would like it on the portable HD. How do I go about doing this. I really need the space on the Laptop, and do not want several different folders with the same music in them on the portable.

Tim

Preferences->Advanced->General -- you can set where your iTunes Library lives.

More here: http://www.tuaw.com/2006/09/19/how-to-keep...nal-hard-drive/

 

[jester922]

I had a similar issue a while back. I use a mac, and this is how I do it in mac.

1. click on 'iTunes' menu from toolbar
2. click on preferences
3. In the preferences window that pops up, click on 'Advanced'
4. Where it says "iTunes Music folder location", change the location to your external disk drive.

Hope this helps, good luck!

-Alex

 

[wanlail]

cut and paste the files from the laptop to the HD and then erase the files from Itunes and do Add folder from the HD

 

[robbiex0r]

step 1. uninstall itunes
step 2. manage your files yourself, and don't let apple tell you how.
step 3. enjoi

 

[MX]

step 1. uninstall itunes
step 2. manage your files yourself, and don't let apple tell you how.
step 3. enjoi

OK, done...now how to I load my Ipod w/out iTunes.....

 

[chewbacco]

step 1. uninstall itunes
step 2. manage your files yourself, and don't let apple tell you how.
step 3. enjoi

OK, done...now how to I load my Ipod w/out iTunes.....

you can't...

The sole interface to iPods is iTunes.

 

[robbiex0r]

i use winamp and a plugin
but apparently the newest version of winamp has ipod control also

 

[chewbacco]

i use winamp and a plugin
but apparently the newest version of winamp has ipod control also

that's cool to hear that iPod owners have another option...

 

[robbiex0r]

i just couldnt handle the way itunes forced me to manage my files... etc

and it was flaky, and a cpu hog..