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Moving Music/iTunes files & Library to external SD Card.

Hello,

I need to move my Apple Music/iTunes libraries to an external SD Card. Over time, I think the music has become located in a couple different directories, including:

Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music

Music/Music

I have tried a couple times and seem to get many corrupted D/B links between the Library and the file itself but don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I also have A LOT of Playlists I would like to transfer to the new Library.

If there is a way to consolidate all the music files into one directory without duplicates and still retain the playlists, that would be nirvana.

I am running macOS Monterey (12.7).

MacBook (2017)

Posted on Oct 10, 2023 2:06 PM

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ed2345

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Posted on Oct 10, 2023 5:14 PM

If there is a way to consolidate all the music files into one directory without duplicates and still retain the playlists, that would be nirvana.

Nirvana is here. See the section on "Consolidate..." in this guide:

Change where your music files are stored on Mac - Apple Support

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