Along this line; just a reminder that you may also maintain separate
iTunes libraries.
Holding down the Shift key when starting iTunes allows you to point to
(or create) another iTunes library.
See: http://forums.ilounge.com/archive/index.php/t-201828.html
and this part of the URL
07-26-2007, 05:51 PM
If you have a recent version of iTunes (7.2 or later?) you can now move
your library a whole lot easier. The steps that your friend provided are
not necessary; you certainly don't need to delete the songs from your
library! Instead, do the following:
1- Make sure that iTunes is organizing your music all within the iTunes
Music Folder (check your iTunes preferences to see that "Keep iTunes
music folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes music folder when
adding to library" are selected. There is no need to change the location
of your iTunes Music Folder in preferences.
2- Close iTunes and move the entire iTunes folder to the new location
(e.g. move C:\..\My Documents\My Music\iTunes to E:\iTunes).
3- Hold down your shift key while you launch iTunes. You'll be prompted
to Choose Library or Create Library. Select Choose Library and navigate
to where you moved your iTunes folder and find the "iTunes Library.itl"
file. Select that file and iTunes will launch as it always did, but all
the files are on the new drive.
Note that the iTunes preferences will automatically change the default
iTunes Music Folder to where it now resides. In previous versions of
iTunes it didn't do that, which required a more complicated method to
move your library.
mike wrote:
Under FILE select ADD FILE or ADD FOLDER and it will scan the folders/files
and subdirectories.
Mike
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do you get the iTunes software to see where your audio files are
stored, or does it automatically search and find them? Right now
everything's on "C" by default on my system.
Richard P.
AFAIK, there is no portable version of itunes so it has to be installed
on
any system you use it on. You don't need your audio files on the same
drive
as itunes...I keep mine on a esata drive so i can move it between
systems.
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