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Split a large iTunes library
Authored by: Hami on Oct 31, '06 08:34:01PM

I was planning to do this with TV Shows, Movies and Music, having the music one drive and TV Shows and Movies on another. I'll then have the 'TV Shows' and 'Movies' folders in the iTunes Music Directory aliases from the second drive.

Surely the simples solution? That would work wouldn't it?

/ Hami



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Split a large iTunes library
Authored by: conigs on Nov 01, '06 08:20:45AM

If you're just planning on moving the TV Shows and Movies to a second drive, you're best off using sym links.

For example, move your TV Shows folder to a different drive, then delete it out of the iTunes Music folder. Go into Terminal and type:

ln -s /Volumes/YOUR-DRIVE/YOUR-TV-SHOW-FOLDER ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Music/TV\ Shows

Sym links work much, much better than Aliases and often times, programs work better with them.



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