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I bought a jet drive 128GB for my MBA and I want to move my:
1. Movie folder which is about 10GB
2. Music folder which is 5GB
3. Pictures folder which is about 50GB
out to that drive. If I just copy and paste the files over Im sure that will break links from iTunes, Photos/iPhoto and from iMovie.
So how should I proceed?
Thnx
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Late 2012
1. You don't move any of those folders. You only move the contents. The OS wants those folders where they are.
For iPhoto (and Photos is exactly the same)
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
For moving iTunes:
I'd ask on the iMovie forum for help moving its data.
Regards
TD
Ok, I just noticed that in my Pictures folder I now have 2 libraries:
1. Photos Library
2. iPhoto Library
Do I copy both or are they the same library or duplicates?
Ok I've tried and successfully moved the Music and Movies content to my external drive.
I have not been able to move my iPhoto Library because I get an error saying some files could not be copied for some reason.
Any ideas?
They are different libraries for two different apps.
In the case of moving: this can be caused by a single damaged file or even incorrect permissions on one file. One workaround: use a back up utility to copy the library to the new location. Any utility that makes a straight copy will do. Theres a free trial of Chronosync, for instance, that will do the job: http://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/current.html
Ok, but if they are the same library, I could theoretically just keep the Photos one. Or is there an issue you know about?
but if they are the same library,
But I said...
They are different libraries for two different apps.
Good point. I meant, if I only plan to use photos, can I just move my Photos library and ditch my old I Photos library which is the one giving me problems.
Yes.
Moving Movies, Pictures & Music folder to an external drive
