ITunes Relocation Question.

Hi,
I wish to move my iTunes default folder from user/music/.... to a external hard drive to free up around 500Gb worth of music, Tv shows and movies, 2 questions.
1 - will it affect my libray inside iTunes and will i have to import everything back in?
2 - Any iOS devices connected to this computer what will happen?
Any answers?

The easiest way is to just drag the entire iTunes folder (the _entire_ folder, _not_ just the iTunes Music folder) to your desired location. Then hold down the Shift key while launching iTunes. You'll be given a dialog box where you can select the iTunes library you want to use. Navigate to and select the iTunes folder in it's new location. Your library and sync to the iOS devices will remain as they are now.
Note that this procedure assumes that all of your content is contained in the iTunes Media/Music folder. If things are scattered around your drive, moving them becomes much more complex.
Once you get things moved successfully, be sure not to launch iTunes with the external drive not mounted or iTunes will default back to the internal drive. If it does, though, just mount the external drive and launch iTunes with the Shift key again.
Regards.

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