I am in the process of making room in my air. I purchasd Transcend JetDrive. I have already moved my photos library to the JetDrive. I would like move iTunes music library and iOS back ups to the JetDrive. How do I go about moving these two to the JetDrive? Thanks!
The quickest and easiest solution is to backup your entire drive using Time Machine.
Whatever iTunes Media and iOS backups you have stored locally on your computer will be backed up.
For more information on setting up a Time Machine backup, check out:
Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
However, if you are looking to manually back up the iTunes files, simply drag and drop the iTunes Media folder. From Finder window, select your user account (home folder) - click on the "Music Folder" - then "iTunes" and you will the see "iTunes Media" folder. Drag that folder to the external HD.
For finding iOS backups locally, check this out:
Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
And drag that folder to the external HD
Apple's 6 pages of exhaustively meticulous step-by-step instructions: How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - https://support.apple.com/HT204318 Use this if you suspect any of your media are not in the standard location (iTunes Media folder).
My one-sentence summary if you always 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) while starting iTunes, and when requested to select a library select the iTunes Library.itl file in the copied folder (Open a different iTunes Library file or create a new one - https://support.apple.com/HT201596).
As for the iOS backups that's another matter. You can just move the backups to the external drive and then should you need them copy them back to their location on the internal drive where iTunes will look. Some people try to automate the process by using symbolic links to get iTunes to use a different location but recently there have been posts about this not working. I haven't tried it so I don't know if that is universally not working or just a few people with issues.
Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - https://support.apple.com/HT204215
Change backup files location (OSX and windows) - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6464086
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 - see box at bottom on how to do this in Windows
http://www.imore.com/how-move-your-iphone-and-ipad-backups-external-drive
http://support.digidna.net/hc/en-us/articles/203504123-Storing-your-iPhone-Backu ps-on-an-Alternate-Location - using symbolic links - "Mac OS X
I am looking to permanently move the music library and the iOS to the JetDrive. I do not plan to take the Jet Drive out of the SD slot and It has been formatted so it is backed up on my Time Machine. How do I go about permanently move the tubes Music library and the iOS back ups?
How to move iTunes music library and iOS backups?
