USB External Drive, Itunes, and MacBook Pro

So I'm buying a external USB drive so I can copy all my media to one source (External Drive). Once I have done so I'm guessing I need to leave the laptop and external drive on, for any sync. As I normally download podcasts via the laptop on a daily basis. Thus I can only power off the MAC and external drive only after all content has been sync'd to the Apple TV. Yes?

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I used to be able to drag over 1000 tunes, movies, etc. go have breakfast come back and it would all be on my device!!
Can't do it anymore, one song at a time, maybe an album at a time, or one movie, and that is it!!
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Please tell me I am not the only one!!
...and If I am tell me how to fix it!
Very appreciated,
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