How do I save my itunes libabry on my computer and not on an exteernal hard drive, how do I save my itunes libabry on my computer and not on an exteernal hard drive
how do I save my itunes libabry on my computer and not on an exteernal hard drive, how do I save my itunes libabry on my computer and not on an exteernal hard drive
It is on the internal boot drive by default.
How/why did you change it?
It is on the internal boot drive by default.
How/why did you change it?
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We have a Windows XP desktop with iTunes for windows. The hard drive needs to be reformatted. Right now, the computer will not connect to other computers on the network. Can I save my iTunes songs to a thumbdrive, then re-load after reformatting? How do I do it?
Copy the entire iTunes folder out to the drive. If it is too big to go as one copy stuff over to another computer in batches. It is important to have not only the media but the library file in order to properly restore your library.
See also this User Tip. Assuming the machine won't connect to the internet you could download the SyncToy installer on another machine and then transfer it with the thumb drive. If it will connect to the net don't forget to deauthorize the machine before reformatting the hard drive.
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how can i save my individual playlist on itunes on my external hard drive because i want to buy a laptop and install itunes and move all my music and playlist thats on my desktop to my laptop and almost all of my music is from a bunch of cds i own
Hello ryane84
The easiest and most efficient way to copy your music is to follow the steps under the External drive section. Make sure that you have organized the iTunes library first before you copy it over. Then put the copied iTunes folder in the same Music folder on your computer.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Regards,
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When I have tried to download iTunes to my computer, it tries to save it to an invalid E Drive. I want it saved to my C Drive; how can I change that, it doesn't seem like it gives me the option.
Try the following user tip:
"Invalid drive X:\" install errors -
HT204088 How do I save my itunes library to an external flash drive?
How do I save my itunes library to an external flash drive?
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751 -
In order to save space on my laptop hard drive I wish to load all music via itunes onto an external hard disk only. I do I configure itunes to do this?
ThanksBack up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
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my video and music i save on my ext drive when i want to sync to my phone or ipad i drag folder into play list itunes and sync, before it did not save on my pc but now it save on my pc drive and took alots space, how can i do all my folder music and video did not save on my pc and into my ext,drive? please help me
Thanks
MPHUHi MJPHU,
I understand that when you want to move music or video from your external hard drive to sync with iTunes, that media is staying on your computer and taking up hard drive space. In this situation I would recommend changeing the location of where iTunes looks for the media. This way you can sync anything you want without dragging files to your computer hard drive. If the external drive with the media is connected, iTunes will sync directly from there. The following article explains how to change the location of where iTunes looks for your media.
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
Thanks for reaching out,
-Joe -
Can you save your itunes and songs onto an external hard drive so that incase your computer crashes you will still have all your music?
The procedures below are for "moving" your library but as long as you don't delete it from your internal drive you are basically backing up.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Simple answer: Copy your whole iTunes folder to the external drive. For subsequent backups you might want to learn about cloning and using a tool that only does incremental backups of recently changed items rather than copying all your files each time. -
The external hard drive is connected, through USB, to a wi-fi router. So, can I save my entire iTunes library on that external hard drive and access the files wirelessly and also use that library to sync my iPhone 4S? I have a limited hard disk space on my MacBook Air and don't want any itunes media on my computer, so would it be possible to have it all on the external hard drive while maintainig the ability to sync/play those files saved on the external hard drive without the original files being on the MacBook Air? Sorry for the long question I just want to make everything as clear as possible. Really thanks guys!
Unfortunately, I don't see a solution to your problem.
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i have lost my itunes library and did no save it or back it up. i want to no how i can get my music from my i pod back on to my itunes library again thanks
Your i-device was not designed to be a reliable unique storage for your media. It is not a backup device and everything is structured around you maintaining your media on a computer which is itself backed up. Sync transfer is one way, computer to device, matching the device content to the content on the computer (except purchased content as mentioned below). For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will probably have to use third party commercial software unless you have an older model iPod. Examples (check the web for others; this is not an exhaustive listing, nor do I have any idea if they are any good):
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only media purchased from iTunes Store
- Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
- Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
- MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/ - Mac & Windows
- Sharepod (free) - http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2 - Windows
- Snowfox/iMedia - http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imedia-transfer-mac.html - Mac & PC
- Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
- Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 - dates from 2008 and some outdated information now.
Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods.
Additional information here https://discussions.apple.com/message/18324797 -
HT1349 How do I save my purchased music from Itunes to a external hard drive so I dont lose it?
How do I save my purchased music from Itunes to a external hard drive so I dont lose it?
Right-click(Windows) or control-click(Mac) any item in the iTunes library other than a rented movie, reveal it in the Windows Explorer or Finder, and navigate up the folder hierarchy.
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yea, i'm pretty much maxing out on my memory for my lap top and i want everything to save to my external hard drive. especially when i update my iphone and back it up. does anyone know how to get my macbook to do that?
Type move itunes library into the google serach bar.
It has always been very basic to always maintain abackup copy of your computer. Do you not have a backup copy? -
I have an external hard drive that is not an apple product. How do I save my Itunes music to this external hard drive? It would clear space in Itunes.
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
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Hard drive is Failing how do I save the iTunes 7 data?
On my iMac G4 the hard drive no longer mounts since I tried to upgrade to Leopard from 10.4.11. What I need to know is what data do I take from the hard drive to save my iTunes library of 13gigs. I would like to save whatever I need to reinstall it when I replace the drive. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
Well clearly you want to try and save anything and everything you can. Typically in the iTune Music folder you will find all the media files. With just those you can start a new library but won't have stuff like playlists, some artwork, play counts, etc.
If you can find them, there are two data base files in the iTunes folder and also likely an artwork folder. Artwork you can always redownload from the iTunes store, so not a big deal saving that one if you can't. But if you can save either of the two database files (one being the XML file) you may be able to recreate all/most of your library as it was before.
Good luck,
Patrick -
How to save iTunes library from failing internal drive?
How does one go about doing this? My internal drive is making noise (and I suspect about to fail), so I'm trying to save my itunes library...I have already switched default drive to my external, but as I understand it some info is still saved on my internal drive? So now what? I am more concerned about saving the music files themselves than the playlists, etc. I know just enough to be dangerous! Please help!
This may help: iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
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