Cathy, I use the apple script to maintain Two separate iTunes Libraries, with different tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc. this way, i have ~10-15GB of music on my laptop, and the entire 36GB library on the external that i plug in when i'm at home at my desk. That way, i can still listen to (some) music while i'm away from home, without having to manually go in and choose the library that i want, or without having song show up in my library with the "!", meaning i can't use them when i'm not connected to the external drive.
once it was set up, it isn't any harder than using i tunes. i saved the applescript as an application, and assigned it the same icon as iTunes. i removed iTunes from my dock and placed the "Launch iTunes" script into the dock. now, when i click on it, if i'm connected, i get the full library, if not, i get the portables library. well, that's how i do it anyway, so that i don't have to manually switch things around. it's pretty cool too, because whichever library that i;m using at the moment, shows up in the media viewer in the other iLife apps... rick On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Green, Cathy wrote: > Rick, > You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the > preferences, right? It's easier than writing an applescript > command. I have all my music in the external drive and simply re- > routed from the iTunes folder in the desktop to the folder on the > external drive...can't help you with the resizing, but am > interested in the response, as I have a similar issue... > > Ciao for now! > Cathy GREEN ;-) > > Atherton HS French > 3000 Dundee Rd > Louisville, KY 40205 > 502.485.8202ext204 > fax 502.485.8985 > cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3 > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:09 AM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked- > from] > > Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the partitions > on my external drive? > > I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into > two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy > bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such. > > Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to > change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB for > backups, 80GB for extra storage - > > i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i have > my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a > portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make > iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present, > saving space and time). > > so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have too, > as this is a one time deal. > > rick > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060118/a0e6d120/attachment.html
