HT201625: Manage and back up your iTunes media library
Learn about Manage and back up your iTunes media library
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Jul 14, 2015 6:11 AM in response to tinashe mby Limnos,You are dragging the whole iTunes folder to the drive (that is a backup of the entire library)?
If this is a brand new external drive it likely came formatted for use with a Windows computer and has to be re-formatted to HFS for use with a Mac computer.
Pondini- Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks - http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html - See second section on external drives.
Kappy's brief drive formatting instructions (12/2012) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/20571091#20571091