HT204146: Subscribe to iTunes Match
Learn about Subscribe to iTunes MatchQ: My MacBook Air is always telling me that my start up disk is full or fairly full. Will iTunes match alleviate this problem? I have ... My MacBook Air is always telling me that my start up disk is full or fairly full. Will iTunes match alleviate this problem? I have an iCloud account. more
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Jan 29, 2015 6:38 AM in response to Willypegby Limnos,It could, but I wouldn't. You really need two external hard drives (one to act as a backup for the other one). Relocate your entire iTunes library to the external drive unless there are things you would prefer to simply archive (movies you don't need to watch everyday).
FAQ: Why iTunes Match Can Not Be Used as a Backup - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4112
Using Match as a backup for iTunes - https://discussions.apple.com/message/17039436#17039436
To move a library if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to the other drive. Hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) and open iTunes. At the prompt to create or choose a library choose the copied iTunes folder.