[X Newbies] moving iTunes

Deb Hagen debhagen at mac.com
Wed Jul 16 05:54:19 PDT 2003


Bob:

I followed your directions to get my music library onto my new LaCie 
external hard drive - everything works like a charm and iPod still 
updates automatically.  Your help made my life a lot easier.  Thanks!

Deb Hagen

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 10:05 AM, Robert Esser wrote:

> Usually its not iTunes (~24 MB)  itself but the music library that 
> uses so much space. Move your iTunes folder from your Music folder in 
> your home directory to the new partition. And then put an alias of 
> your iTunes (drop the ‘alias’ suffix on the file name) folder back 
> into the Music folder in your home directory. iTunes will then 
> automatically pick up your music library via the alias.
>
> Works for me. Hopefully for you too.
>
> Bob



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