Storing I-tunes Video/TV Shows on an External HD

My internal HD is filling up with downloaded movies and TV shows from i-tunes. How do I move selected files to an external HD (without moving whole library), freeing up internal HD space? How do I move these selected files on this external HD back to internal HD if I want to watch these files (TV shows/movies) on the road without bringing the external HD along? Thanks!

Probably the easiest way is to drag the files from the iTunes window to the external drive.  Make sure they have copied.  Delete them from iTunes.  Hold down the option key and drag the copied files back to iTunes.  This will add them back but mapped to their new location and the option/alt key will stop the files from being copied to your Media folder on the internal drive.
In future if you are adding a batch of files in one go you can set preferences temporarily to store media on the external drive, then change back again.  See also:  iTunes 12 for Mac: Change where your iTunes files are stored - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19507

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