I have got a new Mac Studio and i have now several external disks connected by thunderbolt. One of them contains the music library used with iTunes/Music and built up in the years.
is it possible to use it letting it on the external drive (sym link will be perfect) or am I obliged to import/copy the files on the sysem disk, reducing so consistently the aamount of space on tha internal disk?
Thanks
Mac Studio, macOS 15.2
You can keep your media on an external drive. I would suggest placing the library database on that drive too, so that the whole library is easy to backup as a single folder, and easy to move to another computer when the time comes. See Managing your Mac media libraries - Apple Community for some post iTunes housekeeping advice.
tt2
For a new library press and hold down option as you launch Music, then create a new library called Music in your <External> drive.
If you have an existing library you can copy the Music Library.musiclibrary package into <External>/Music/ then option-start-Music and choose the library from the new folder, reset the media folder to <External>/Music/Media and consolidate to it.
tt2
how can i setup the library when the files are on an external drive?
Music > Preferences > Files to consolidate to this new location has no effect to build a new library.
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Music library on an external drive
