Itunes to network

Is there a way to move my iTunes library from the HD on my Mac to a hard drive connected to an Airport Extreme or a hard drive connected to a Time Capsule?
I'm trying to free up some space on my hard drive.

I don't know if this will work in Windows, but try holding down the Alt key when opening iTunes. If a little dialog box comes up asking if you want to open a different library or make a new one, then you should be able to take care of the rest.
Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

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Just a thought.
You did not mention 'Look for shared music'.
It's in Preferences>Sharing in iTunes.
M
Edit:
Here are the Knowledge Base articles about sharing music:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/5.0/en/695.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/5.0/en/705.html
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- you have installed "internet monitoring" software on the Mac (like "Little Snitch")
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QuickTime 7.5.5
FairPlay 1.0.15
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CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 2.1.0.25
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Search the forums. This is an old problem. For almost everyone it's a Norton issue. I had to upgrade from Norton 360 V1 to V2 to solve the problem. With otehr versions of Norton people have been able to create an entry in the firewall's allowed sites and that fixed it. If nothing else call Norton. They should have had enough calls by now they'll be able to tell you how to fix it for your version of Norton.

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Every time I try and log into my Itunes account I get an error message saying We could not complete your Itunes Store request. The network connection has timed out. How can I fix it?
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Ive been having this problem for over 24 hours now. Bad bit is that I had restored my iphone just before this so ive been stuck without a mobile phone since then.
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Iphone appears in itunes but when the iphone tries to get onto the store to finish re-activation the connection hangs and then i get the error "we could not complete your itunes store request. the network connection timed out".
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Greetings...
I have previously been able to share music between all my computers (four PC's and one Mac) but I recently noticed that other computers' Itunes libraries are no longer showing up. No settings were changed within Itunes (set to share all with no password). I'm not sure what has changed between then and now, besides possibly a newer version of Itunes in use. The same version is currently in use on all my computers (7.5.0.20).
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Hello Clay,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing when downloading a movie rental from iTunes.
I recommend reviewing the following articles for steps to take to troubleshoot the issue you described:
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297
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I need to move my 800G iTunes library off my iMac (external USB drive) to a network drive. This is a migration for which I don't have a budget so I am looking for a low-cost solution.
My Gigabit network is fed by a Netgear WNDR3700 router, to which a USB drive can be attached, with ReadyShare software built in to manage it. So I have two options
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ignore that and buy a standalone networked drive - WD MyBook Live
These particular drives are on special offer, which makes them just about affordable!
Option 1 is cheaper. BUT the drive does not support HFS+. So I will have to use it as FAT32 which limits filenames to 32 characters. Which means I will have to rename hundreds of iTunes track names.Some of these are quite complex, such as
Overture in the French Style in B minor, BWV831:10 Gigue.aiff
Option 2 appears to be plug and go - I know of two users who use WD MyBook Live in this way, but it is 30% more expensive
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If you want to make another drive (direct or portable) on your PC the main music location for iTunes, move all song files there, as well as any future imported music from CDs, here is one method (see the links below):
You will maintain your playlists, ratings, comments, etc. This will only move your music folders location, NOT your iTunes program files. It is my opinion that programs (i.e. – iTunes) work better when installed on your main hard drive. At the very least, it makes it easier to manage all your programs if they are centrally located on one hard drive (the Windows default standard).
See these links for some step-by-step info:
iLounge: Moving your iTunes Library to a New Hard Drive
MacMuse: iTfW: Move iTunes music/Library to new drive
iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
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ITunes - Incoming network connections error message

Hello,
I am hoping some one can help me?
I have a Mac and I keep get an error message appear when I open my ITunes.
The error message reads " Do you want the application iTunes to accept incoming network connections".
I have changed the security settings to accept incoming network connections but the error message keeps coming up.
Any ideas??
Thanks
Gavin

My father has a perfectly good working 17 inch MacBook Pro, running on 10.4.8 which is the most modern version it's allowed to run, plus running iTunes 9.x and have the same problem. It does get tiring clicking each time, it does get annoying not being able to use airplay because it blames the firewall, and It gets annoying entering the administrate access and password each time.
When he selects the AirPort Express in question, that used to throw up the "not set in your firewall to allow AirPlay".
Clicking the firewall preferences button is useless, as it's already been given permission to allow incoming Internet connection, and clicking ignore makes it either crash , stop working or be inactive.
Turning firewall off to allow all connections defeats the point of having a firewall, but used to work most of the time, but doesn't seem to work now.
This coincides with him suddenly not being able to browse the Internet streams through the old iTunes radio button, but the ones that he did safe to his personal playlists play fine and he can enter custom stream URLs fine. So something on apples side must be stopping the use of the old radio button that allows you to browse through various genres of Internet music streams.
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