[CUBE] Cataloging an external drive without copying to internal.

[Alan Thompson]

I do this - it's very easy.  In iTunes' preferences, set the Music 
Library location to the external drive location.  In my case, it's 
/lil' guy/mp3s (or Volumes/lil' guy/mp3s).

Then close iTunes.  Re-open it.  Now open your mp3 directory on the 
external drive in the Finder, or if your mp3s are on the root of your 
external drive, just drag the entire disk icon to the Library window of 
iTunes.  Depending on the size of your collection, this will take a 
while.  You'll see a progress bar after a minute or two, then it will 
blaze through your collection "processing" them for inclusion into your 
iTunes Library.  This will not move the files from your external drive, 
but rather create a large set of aliases within iTunes pointing to the 
actual files on your external drive.

Best,

--alan

On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 12:39 AM, Sean Terrill wrote:

>> New to iTunes & hope this isn't a dumb one:
>>
>> Have an external drive that is larger than my internal. Is there a 
>> way to
>> have i Tunes read & catalog the mp3's on this drive without importing 
>> to
>> internal?
>
> It's in the 'Advanced' tab of the Preferences, at least in iTunes 3.
>