Itunes and maximum number of files

having finally finished creating an mp3 library of all my music, I have an awful lot of MP3 files - like approximately 1gb that is currently sitting on an external hard drive
Now, I have an imac 20" with a 1TB drive in it - and i got to thinking - can i just copy all those mp3 files to itunes? then just mark the ones i want copying to my iphone?
(My reasoning being that having two places with all my music on it would be a good idea for when one drive fails...)
I have searched around but cannot find a definitive answer as too the best way to do this - or even if it is possible to do this
(I dread to think how long it would take! and yes, each artist has their own folder of albums.... i really am quite anal....)

peterdean wrote:
having finally finished creating an mp3 library of all my music, I have an awful lot of MP3 files - like approximately 1gb that is currently sitting on an external hard drive
Are you sure it is 1 GB? That would be just a few hundred songs, which is not a lot.
There is no fixed upper limit for the size of an iTunes library. However, if you run a huge library on an old machine you may notice slowness is sorting, etc.
Now, I have an imac 20" with a 1TB drive in it - and i got to thinking - can i just copy all those mp3 files to itunes? then just mark the ones i want copying to my iphone?
You can have iTunes play them from the external drive, or you can copy them to the local drive. It is up to you. There is a "Copy..." option located at Edit > Preferences > Advanced that tells iTunes which way to do it at the time you add the song to the library.
(My reasoning being that having two places with all my music on it would be a good idea for when one drive fails...)
Excellent! Many people are lax about keeping a backup and then regret it when it is too late.
PS. Given that you have plenty of space on your new hard drive, I think that copying to the local drive would work best for you, and would keep the external as the backup.
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