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I have purchased an external hard drive 4TB and want to move iTunes music to this hard drive, I have seen a lot of people telling you how to do it and that it takes a long time, I have nearly 1TB of music. Can anyone help me as I need the space to add more music. Any help would be appreciated.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
I've done this for +19 years! With 3TB Library now.
It's really simple, you just copy the iTunes/Music folder unto the new HD.
Then when launching iTunes/Music, hold down the option key and a pop window will ask you where's the (new) Library. You only need to do this once.
TIP:
1) Keep the old Music Library for a couple weeks/month until you're happy with new setup, then delete it.
2) Make sure when you do a Backup of your mac, it will also include the new 4TB HD, just so you don't loose everything one day ;)
Transfer of music to an external hard drive
