Is that possible to move the whole iTunes library to external disk? How can I do that?

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Is that possible to move the whole iTunes library to external disk? How can I do that?

My Mac's storage is getting full and most of it is taken by iTunes library. I wanna move the whole library out to an external hard disk. Is that possible? How can I do that?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jul 1, 2015 7:16 PM

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Answer 1

James_g

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Jul 1, 2015 7:20 PM in response to khantnyar

Copy your total Itunes directory to a new disk.

Relaunch Itunes - holding down the Alt Key - and point Itunes to where you library now is.

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Chris CA

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Jul 1, 2015 7:21 PM in response to khantnyar

Quit iTunes.
Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder to the external.
Hold Option & launch iTunes.
Select Choose library…
Select the iTunes folder on the external.
This is all you need to do.
Make sure the external is on & ready before launching iTunes (or you will have to repeat step 3 & 4)

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Answer 3

Tony T1

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Jul 1, 2015 7:24 PM in response to Chris CA

With 12.2, you may need to select the file named iTunes Library.itl on your external drive (in the iTunes Folder) Used to be able to select the iTunes Folder, but with 12.2 the iTunes Library.itl file must be selected.

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