What to do with the files on main HD?

My hard drive is almost full, primarily from movies( movie folder and itune movie category) and music( itune and music folder ) and photos ( iphotos and picture folder ). Even if I back up these item, my computer is still full. Am I to start using these files from the external drive, erase the other files from my main computer and just use the main computer for basic files? Is the the norm? If so how do I set it up so I can assess the files.
Austin

Austin Smith2 wrote:
My hard drive is almost full, primarily from movies( movie folder and itune movie category) and music( itune and music folder ) and photos ( iphotos and picture folder ). Even if I back up these item, my computer is still full. Am I to start using these files from the external drive, erase the other files from my main computer and just use the main computer for basic files? Is the the norm? If so how do I set it up so I can assess the files.
Unless you're in a position to upgrade the disk in your computer (not the easiest thing to do with an iMac), moving those files to an external drive is a reasonable approach. I'd move the entire iTunes folder from your Music library to the external drive. Once it's there, hold down an "option" key when you launch iTunes and it will ask you to select an iTunes library. Choose the iTunes folder on the external disk. Once that's working, as a final test I'd quit iTunes, move the iTunes folder out of the Music folder of your internal disk (perhaps onto the Desktop), then launch iTunes once more to be sure everything continues to work. Once you've verified that, you can delete the original iTunes library.

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