How can I get all of my music off of my laptop and onto an external hard drive?  I bought a new hard drive for it but it got turned into a Time Machine drive...

how can I get all of my music off of my laptop and onto an external hard drive?  I bought a new hard drive for it but it got turned into a Time Machine drive...  I want to have all of my music on the external hard drive, and NOT on my macbook pro.  Thanks everyone

Hello lramospsych,
To move your iTunes media library to a different location, take a look at the article below to walk you through that process. Make sure that you have everything organized before you move everything over.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
Regards,
-Norm G.  

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