how to play music from external hard drive on Mac with Catalina

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bryan38 Author

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how to play music from external hard drive on Mac with Catalina

how to play music from an external hard drive on a Mac with Catalina

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 19, 2020 5:39 PM

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Answer 1

chris_g1

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Sep 24, 2020 6:14 PM in response to bryan38

bryan38,

That would be correct. Setting the default location would be the same steps from before in the link here: Change where your music files are stored on Mac

If you're having issues or need further help, reach out to Apple Support: Contact Apple Support

Enjoy.

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bryan38 Author

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Sep 24, 2020 5:23 PM in response to i_rina

Sorry but this doesn’t answer my query. My problem is i have transferred my music to an external drive. Approximately 120gb. For a short time i could access my music on the external drive by clicking on the Music app on my mac. Now I can’t access my music on the external drive. I can see it in Finder and even play individual songs. But cannot access via the Music app as before. I have tried repeatedly to select the Library via holding Option key when clicking Music app. However i am unable to Choose the Library as it appears.

any suggestions would be appreciated

bryan

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bryan38 Author

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Sep 24, 2020 5:54 PM in response to chuck_3rd

Thank you, by original music files i assume you mean the files on my external drive? If i drag and drop from the external drive into the Music app how do i set the default music location as my external drive?

Apologies for my lack of knowledge.

bryan

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Answer 4

i_rina

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Sep 24, 2020 10:49 AM in response to bryan38

Hello bryan38,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. It's understandable to want to change the location for music, and we'll explain.

You can change where music files are stored with the steps here: Change where your music files are stored on Mac

Thanks and have a wonderful day.

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Answer 5

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Sep 24, 2020 5:47 PM in response to bryan38

bryan38,

The only thing left to try would be to drag and drop the original music files into the Music app and making sure the default music location is set to your external hard drive.

If you still have issue, reach out to the Apple Support team here: Contact Apple Support

Take care.

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