Where to find info on TOTAL media size of my iTunes Library?

Hi all.
While we can view on the left-hand column of iTunes the total size of Music, Movie etc
Is there somewhere I can see the *total media size of my iTunes Library??* I wana see whether I can fit my entire iTunes Library into a 64GB iPod touch, instead of "lugging around" an iPod classic.
Thanks and cheers

Open a new finder window - go to where your iTunes library is at (where you should see all the artist folders with album folders with the actual music files - depending on how you set iTunes to organize your music in the first place)
- when you find your library folder, just highlight select it, then use the finder menu > file > get info - a new window will open and should automatically calculate the size of the folder - this should give you enough information to see if you can use your entire library on another device, or if it is too large.

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