Moving ITUNES library to flashdrive

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Moving ITUNES library to flashdrive

I am not looking to backup my library....I am wondering if I can MOVE my ITUNES library off my hard drive and onto a flash drive....and how would I use it after that (I assume if I put my IPOD in, the flash drive would have to be put in first). Any help would be appreciated.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 30, 2010 9:40 AM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Dec 30, 2010 9:42 AM in response to MissW5810

Drag it over from the Music item in the Finder's sidebar and then launch iTunes with the Option key held down.

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MissW5810 Author

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Dec 30, 2010 9:44 AM in response to Niel

Will this completely remove my library from my hard drive, or will it only copy it?
I am looking to just take it off the hard drive and put it onto the flash drive to free up space.

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Niel

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Dec 30, 2010 9:48 AM in response to MissW5810

Follow the above instructions, verify it works, and then delete it from the hard drive.

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Dec 30, 2010 9:50 AM in response to Niel

there isn't a folder to move since I cant login to my itunes account? I have my email address's that i would have used but its been a long time since I opened my account...

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MissW5810 Author

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Dec 30, 2010 1:16 PM in response to Niel

Niel, I did what you said. I have a sandisk cruzer and it seemed to copy the file and then when I went to look for it, it was not there. I pulled up the info on the flash drive and it says it is formatted to msdos fat 32. Do I have to do something to this flash drive to make it work proper with a mac? This is my first flash drive (I do not have a pc)

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MissW5810 Author

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Dec 30, 2010 1:21 PM in response to Niel

Niel, sorry about that last post, it is all there but only when I recovered the original file from the trash. Are you sure I can delete this music folder, it tells me that the operating system needs it.

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Niel

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Dec 30, 2010 1:22 PM in response to MissW5810

Use the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to reformat it.

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MissW5810 Author

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Dec 30, 2010 1:28 PM in response to MissW5810

Let me know if this is correct, I opened ITUNES with the option button down, selected my flash drive, opened the music folder, selected ITUNES as the new redirect for the library. Then I went into my home, found the Music folder, found the ITUNES folder, deleted it. Seems to work ok....I haven't emptied my trash though....let me know

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MissW5810 Author

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Dec 31, 2010 2:21 PM in response to MissW5810

Thank you Niel...everything works great.

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