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Q: Trying to transfer my iTunes library to external hard drive and have consolidated as per help files but a lot of music is not transferring, including recent iTunes purchases. Please help!

Music not transferring to external hard drive from iTunes

null, Windows 7

Posted on Aug 9, 2015 6:43 AM

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  • by jason269,

    jason269 jason269 Aug 11, 2015 6:24 AM in response to andimads
    Community Specialists
    Aug 11, 2015 6:24 AM in response to andimads

    Hello, andimads.  

     

    Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.  

     

    I understand you are running into an issue moving your iTunes library to an external drive.  If you could elaborate on what exact behavior you are experiencing, this would help me provide a better answer?  Please include any error messages received.  However, take a look at the article below as it may provide additional details when relocating an iTunes library.  

     

    Back up your iTunes library by copying it to an external drive

     

    Cheers

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Aug 11, 2015 7:02 AM in response to andimads
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    Mac OS X
    Aug 11, 2015 7:02 AM in response to andimads

    Consolidating to a new location does not move the entire library, only the media which is not the best thing to do.

     

    Moving a library: Quick answer 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 select prompt choose the iTunes Library.itl file in the copied iTunes folder.