Q: How do I print out a list of the movies I have on an external hard drive
I have my iTunes on an external hard drive. I wish to print a list of the movies. I have tried "print" which causes quicktime and iTunes to open. I tried "select all" "copy" then paste to text edit which causes an endless spinning ball and eventual system crash. I assume it is attempting to print the actual movies rather than the list. Any ideas how to create a list of contents of a drive and then print such a list? I am using OS X 10.11.5 on a macbook pro.
Posted on Jul 28, 2016 10:23 AM
First type the two letters, ls (ell, ess) and a space
Drag the hard drive icon into the Terminal window--it will automatically fill in the path to it.
Copy the rest of the command posted above starting with >> and paste it into Terminal after the path to your hard drive.
Hit return.
In a moment, the Movies.txt file will appear on the desktop.
If you have subfolders, add the -R option to recursively list all subfolders:
ls -R /Volumes/Movies/ >> ~/Desktop/Movies.txt
Posted on Aug 2, 2016 10:33 AM