iMac M1, 2021, 15.1.1
To free up space on the 1T internal drive, I changed the Music Media folder location to an external drive. iTunes worked perfectly. When I moved the internal drive iTunes folder to the trash (but did not empty the trash) iTunes would not work. What am I doing wrong?
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iMac 24″, macOS 15.1
To clarify: in the finder window, in Music, there is a folder named Music. That folder contains iTunes, Media, Music Library, and Previous Libraries. I moved iTunes. Are you saying I should move the entire Music folder? Thanks in advance.
Well, it still doesn't work. I copied the Music folder to the external drive, set that as the file location in the iTunes settings, and it worked just fine. But when I moved the original Music folder to the trash it didn't work - no error message, the songs just wouldn't play. When I moved the folder back from the trash it worked again. Stumped.
Again, appreciate your help. But I don't understand what you mean by "The entire library location needs to be changed as described above." Is the library you are referring to in a different location? The Music Library file in the folder is only 21.6 mb, but there is 437 gb of music.
Moving only that folder. Drag the entire library to the external drive, launch Music with the Option key held down, choose that instance of it, and back it up.
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Yes.
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Setting that as the file location isn't enough. The entire library location needs to be changed as described above.
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The entire library, including that file, is stored in the Music folder. Move it to the external drive and choose that instance of it instead of just changing the location of the media files.
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How can I ensure iTunes works after relocating files to external drive?
