[iTunes] Re: 2 drives?

[Barry Lyden]

You can only specify one location in iTunes. But you can add the second 
batch of songs manually and iTunes will keep track of which songs come 
from which location.

I keep songs in several places on both my local drive and a network 
drive.



On Nov 4, 2003, at 8:01 AM, Video International wrote:

> Thanks John. But how do I tell iTunes where the 2 drives are?
>
> With one mp3 drive, I just choose that drive as the location of my mp3 
> files.
> (preference/advance/choose iTunes Music Folder Location)
>
> But with two mp3 drives, I don't think I can select 2 locations.
>
> Do I need to raid the two drives into one?
>
> Rick
>
>
>> Yes. I used to have my files half stored on a networked drive. Then I
>> moved to a firewire drive. Then to a bigger internal.
>>
>> There are some small issues (iTunes can't keep it organized), but
>> nothing terrible. I just got a 60 gig internal for my PB G4, so my
>> entire library is in my HD (8 gigs) now. If you are using an external,
>> and you have it disconnected, iTunes will not let you add missing 
>> songs
>> to playlists. If you are playing songs, it will skip over them, etc...
>> if they can't be found.
>>
>> The only problem will be if it doesn't recognize the move - ie, if you
>> have to relink the songs you moved over. I can't remember if this was
>> the case for me.
>>
>> John
>>
>
>>> Is it possible to have an iTunes library made up of files from 2
>>> different hard drives?
>>>
>>> My mp3 drive is filled up, and I'm trying to decide on getting either
>>> a bigger drive, or another smaller one to supplement the one that's
>>> out of space.
>
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