New User Question: Can I move music from internal to external hard disk?

I just downloaded iTunes today, and am in the process of copying my CD music folders and converting the WMA music to the correct format. As I'm doing this, it occurs to me that I might have to move my music folders off of my internal hard drive and onto an external one because I'm running out of room on my internal disk. If I move my music folders, will iTunes still be able to find my music? Many thanks.
~Kelly

So2 things, ensure the box below is UNCHECKED and also that your external harddrive is hooked up before accessing the iTunes folder.
Don't forget to UNCHECK the "open iTunes when iPod is connected" box under the iPod window. Acciedentally hooked up my iPod THEN harddrive, and my library got all screwed up and had to clear it and restart it.
I also have the iTunes program on the harddrive, so that it can't run without it hooked up.

Similar Messages

  • How can I move photos from iphoto to external hard drive?

    My internal is full and I'm getting those messages to clean up the drive.  I've determined that my photos need to leave!  Can I move photos from my Air to the hard drive external and still view them?
    Thanks

    Make sure the external drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and is connected with a wired connection, quit iPhoto, drag the iPhoto library to the EHD intact as a single entity and launch iPhoto while depressing to option key. Use the resulting select library window to select the new location. Be sure the EHD is available prior to launching iPhoto
    LN

  • Need to move music from laptop to external hard drive

    My laptop is getting full. I need to move either some of my i-Tunes material to my external hard drive or all of it. I tried to click and drag it over but it would not go. I am a computer dunce so any help you might offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

    If you are using iTunes 7, this page should help: How to move your iTunes library to an external drive

  • How can i move music from my ipod to new computer

    how can i move music from my ipod to new computer

    The sync is one way -  computer to ipod.  The exception is itunes purchases: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

  • Can I move music from my I phone to my nano

    Can I move music from my iPhone to my nano if the music was from a different computer

    Yes, but before you do that..... follow through this: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    Then sync your iphone to transfer others songs that you missed. After all that is done, plug your nano in (make sure your nano and iphone is authorized on that computer). Once you plug your nano, you should be able to sync your songs from your iTunes to your nano.
    If you are attempting to sync iPhone to Nano, you CANNOT do that.
    Message was edited by: keeferaf

  • How can I move music from iTunes to play on other devices?

    How can I move music from iTunes to play on other devices? thanks

    If you want to drag and drop, then check manually manage music.
    I much prefer syncing playlists to this option.
    Have a look at the manual:
    iPhone User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

  • HT1386 Can I move music from one apple account to another?

    Can I move music from one apple account to another?

    Typically not.  Consider the case where you used an Apple account (call it A1) to purchase songs from iTunes.  Now you are interested in moving your music to account A2.  Well A2 does not own the music - A1 does.  So that's a problem.

  • How can I move music from a hard drive to iphone

    How can I move music from a hard drive to iphone?

    Import it into an iTunes library and then sync the iPhone with that library. If desired, launch iTunes with the Shift key held down and create or choose an iTunes library on that drive.
    (106987)

  • I have so many photos I only have 1G of memory left.  How can I move the photos to my external hard drive that is connected to my iMac?

    I have so many photos on my Mac I only have 1G of memory left.  How can I move the photos to the external hard drive that is plugged into my iMac.

    1GB? It's a miracle your Mac is running at all!
    This is our resident iPhoto guru, Terence Devlin's, advice:
    You can move your iPhoto Library to an external disk:
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.

  • I have a new computer and have all my music is on an external hard drive.  I have the external hard drive connected to my computer.  How do I get my music that is on my ipod to go to the itunes on the new computer.

    I have a new computer and have all my music is on an external hard drive.  I have the external hard drive connected to my computer.  How do I get my music that is on my ipod to go to the itunes on the new computer.

    What error message are you getting when you try to launch iTunes? (Precise text, please.)

  • I have an eMac and am trying to copy/move movie files from eMac to external hard drive for backup. The eMac will not allow me to do this. Keeps reading error -61. Any suggestions are greatly appreciate. Thanks!

    Trying to backup movie files from eMac to external hard drive. Keep getting error -61. Any suggestions? Thanks

    Good advice from Keith.
      wrPermErr                
    = -61,  /*write permissions error*/

  • Why I can't do a search in my external hard disk using Adobe Bridge CS6?

    When I open Adobe Bridge CS6 and try to do a search within my external hard disk, it will give results from my internal hardisk only?! this is the 1st time I encounterd such strange issue. Because of this I do my search with windows and then browse each result with Bridge! which really annoying.

    I solved the problem by going to the search field and clicking on the search icon where it will give a drop list of 3 options, then selecting Bridge Search: Current Folder and that solved my problem. thanks for everyone help
    Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:45:55 -0700
    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Why I can't do a search in my external hard disk using Adobe Bridge CS6?
        Re: Why I can't do a search in my external hard disk using Adobe Bridge CS6?
        created by Curt Y in Bridge General Discussion - View the full discussion
    You can do a search of an external drive if the OS permissions are OK.  Bridge will not search across different drives however.
         Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed a screen image in your message please visit the thread in the forum to embed the image at http://forums.adobe.com/message/5593774#5593774
         Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5593774#5593774
         To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at http://forums.adobe.com/message/5593774#5593774. In the Actions box on the right, click the Stop Email Notifications link.
         Start a new discussion in Bridge General Discussion by email or at Adobe Community
      For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to http://forums.adobe.com/message/2936746#2936746.

  • HT1526 trash from my  segate external hard disk.But i am unable to empty my trash box ,getting an error(Error code -36)how to trash?

    I had moved some folder to trash from my  segate external hard disk.But i am unable to empty my trash box ,getting an error:The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36): pls advise,how to trash

    Hi, what format is the external drive?
    Well, in pure Apple File System talk... -36 
    ioErr 
    I/O error (bummers)
    Not very helpful, but generally means a Drive quit being Readable or Writable since starting the operation...
    http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/ioerror-36/
    The other -36 is a Windows/SMB issue.
    Solving Trash Problems...
    http://thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

  • I cannot transfer my file from macbook to external hard disk, please help me

    i cannot transfer my file from macbook to external hard disk, please help me

    wrong forum, but also need more information. Probably need to reformat (erase) the drive, tell people what disk drive it is, type of interface you are using, the model MBP you own.

  • Can I move music from one computer to another using iTunes?

    I have two computers, one I want to retire.  Both computers are running iTunes.  I want to move my music from the old PC to the new one.  I turned on Sharing.  I can play music from the old PC on the new one.  Can I move the music files within iTunes or do I do a backup/restore of the music outside of iTunes?

    The easiest way to do this is with File > Add to Library...
    Navigate to the other computer's iTunes Music folder and select everything you want to copy.
    Here are more methods: How to move your music to a new computer

Maybe you are looking for

  • Venda de Serviços com valor de ISS no Gross Up

    Olá pessoal, uma dúvida. O cliente vende exclusivamente serviços, apliquei as notas 1706309, 664855, 747670, 852302, 916003 e 815720. Efetuei testes para Cofins e Pis e está calculando muito bem. Porém o erro está no cálculo do ISS quando utilizado o

  • How do I highlight text in adobe reader PDF files?

    Hi, I am Samyak Veera From US. By highlight I mean changing the colour of the selected text, like the function in word. Or do I have to paste the whole article into word to highlight it? How it possible. Thanks Samyak Veera

  • Bapi for Vendors

    Hello, does anybody of you know, which Bapi I can use to display all Vendors in Web DynPro? I want to filter this vendors by country, Name or what else. Does an Bapi existists which can do that? I have found an Bapi which can display details for an e

  • Wi-fi 802.11ac USB adaptor

    I bought the Edimax AC450 USB Adaptor for my Macbook Air. There is a utility installed with the adaptor, but this will not open up with Yosemite. I have been able to open it on another Macbook with Mavericks, and it worked. Same problem with other wi

  • Extremly many connections to ms sql server

    Hi. I have a Struts application on a tomcat server. I have a realm connection to a ms sql 2000 server. When a person logs in several 100 connections are made to the SQL server. Can anybody tell me why? Or give me an idear? BR tg / DK