[macvoiceover] Re: Moving iTunes library and retrieving .mp3 files.
- From: Judy Wilkinson <jwilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:21:46 -0800
So exactly what steps do I take to actually "move" the library?
Judy
On Jan 11, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when you are in the finder window, press command shift H. Then arrow down to
> music. Open up the music folder then go to iTunes. Open up the iTunes
> folder then arrow down to iTunes music. In here you should find all your
> music assuming you haven't moved your music to an external drive. Here you
> can copy a song then paste it into another media player if you so choose.
> Now let's say you have moved all of your music to a folder on an external
> drive. You would go into the iTunes program and open preferences and select
> the advanced tab. here you will find a button labeled "choose". VO spacebar
> on this button and a dialog box will open where you pick the folder on the
> external drive to be the default music folder for iTunes. Once this has been
> done, whenever you add music to your iTunes it will place it in that default
> folder on your external drive.
>
> Please feel free to ask more questions if I have confused you more. lol.
> .
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Judy Wilkinson wrote:
>
>> I'm afraid I didn't understand much of your instructions. First, how do I
>> find this users/ thing? Then how do I in fact move the library if the files
>> library submenu isn't the way? And finally, what about downloading the .mp3
>> files to some other mp3 player?
>> Judy
>> On Jan 10, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think I got your question. first, The move library in the file menu is
>>> not what your looking for. First you want to find your iTunes music folder
>>> which by default is located in users/username/music/iTunes. If you already
>>> transferred all your music to an external drive, open up iTunes and go to
>>> preferences. Then interact with the toolbar and select advanced. Stop
>>> interacting then press the change button. From here select the drive then
>>> the folder in which your music is stored.
>>> On Jan 10, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Judy Wilkinson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I want to permanently move my entire iTunes library to an external drive
>>>> and only have iTunes look there in future.
>>>>
>>>> I've found a submenu on the File menu called "library" one choice of which
>>>> is "move library". I'm assuming this is what I should do. Let me know if
>>>> thisis wrong. THen how do I get iTunes only to look for that drive?
>>>>
>>>> But secondarily, I often want to move individual .mp3 files to a playback
>>>> ddevie other than my Nano. Currently I do this by going to my iTunes music
>>>> foler in Finder. Is this an actual duplicate or only a "pointer" folder.
>>>> In other words, can I back up a library larger than my Mac drive and still
>>>> retrieve individual files. I can't get individual files from iTunes
>>>> itself. Can I still use that folder in Finder?
>>>>
>>>> Hope this isn't too unclear. Thanks,
>>>> Judy
>>>>
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