Seriously THANK YOU.. I'm searching for this in 2024. FOUR years after this was made and there is STILL no other video properly and comprehensively explaining this.
@greenie21
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Incredibly helpful with your clear explanation. I chaptered your guide with timestamps: 0:49 Method 1 - Internal Library / Don't Copy Files 3:40 Method 2 - Internal Library / External Media Folder (most will want this) 5:49 Method 3 - External Library / External Media Folder 7:54 One more thing - How to clear out Music Library
@Anonymous-cd6ve
2 жыл бұрын
Does this accomodate for your pics and videos text and app data??
@djstretchtone9851
Ай бұрын
Would method 2 like wise be the best method if you're wanting to store your Serato DJ & Rekordbox DJ music on your external drive for DJing?
@markkuhar3540
Жыл бұрын
DUDE! You are a genius. THANK YOU!!!!! I have been trying to figure this out and just could not connect the dots. Much appreciation to you.
@gregklassen2168
4 жыл бұрын
After hours spent on Apple support calls, this video was the one that helped me sort out my music library. Thank you so much!!!
@JamesWilliams-se3vr
3 ай бұрын
Best/most thorough explanation on KZitem, thanks. Just subscribed..
@familiatrois3813
Жыл бұрын
Major thumbs-up! Have migrated to a new Mac laptop from an older (pre-Music) OS. The thought of losing access to thousands of Ripped CDs was disheartening! Your tutorial was very comprehensive and your examples and methodology were very easy to follow! Again, many thanks for helping to alleviate my anxiety!
@russellmania5349
11 ай бұрын
How do you remove the DRM on the music?
@seattlebeard
Жыл бұрын
I'm grateful for your clear instruction. I hope you're being compensated for this public service.
@labroukos1
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video: content; voice speed; explanation; resolution; camera window on bottom right! Subscribed
@Ziggy_v2
4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial video - Maybe you can do a tutorial on how to keep your playlist and meta data when you move your iTunes/Apple music collection to an external harddrive. Thank you
@sven2869
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree with this request. I have spent hours on the phone with apple and there are completely clueless how to move iTunes/Apple music to an external harddrive.
@gavinduerson
3 жыл бұрын
so you lose your metadata if you do this? ditto on the playlist idea. thanks for the tutorial!
@jannmcrock
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. I need info on playlists. I had my playlist and then it disappeared. How do I get it back. I don’t want to recreate it!!
@MesaholicTX
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, playlist preservation tips, please!
@sharonawalker521
3 жыл бұрын
We need a tutorial on putting our photos on an external hard drive. First try seems the hard drive isn’t big enough? TIA
@pardopat
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video...thank you for breaking it down! I’ve spent hours with Apple support with no resolution and your video is all I needed!!
@kaimikonaaihele5163
Жыл бұрын
I have been looking for the way to do this for soooo long. This is the by far the best description of how it is done. Thank you!
@gman76utube
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, Gary. Method 1 works great for me. I have an external drive on my Mac mini and use an Apple TV in another room to play media. The problem I now have is that this doesn’t seem to work with movies and the TV app. The TV app creates another folder on ext drive called Home Movies but copies the original movie. So it duplicates the movie on the ext drive. What gives?
@lawrence1md
2 жыл бұрын
After a update I found my music files are in a iTunes library transfer folder. My complaint is that my playlists are no longer available. Do you have a way to retrieve that? Thank you!
@ApurvaShah
Жыл бұрын
What a classy explanation, can u plz help, to copy the Playlist as it is, in the same order, along with music library, sourced in external drive, so I plug my external drive to any blank mac or iPad and play my music….thanks in advance
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
That will be difficult to pull off. You can store the entire Media folder and the Music Library file and then on that other Mac you can choose that Media folder in the Music app. Experiment with that. Though it is hard to know what would work for you as the "any blank Mac" idea needs some explaining. This won't work for iPad either.
@MrSoundeath
3 жыл бұрын
You've been a tremendous help with this video! Thats what I was after for few weeks with a big question mark hovering above my head. Thank you
@glennschmidt8877
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Very clear and concise
@MarceloPauloDeSouza
4 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! The best video out there about this subject. You should make official videos for Apple.
@elixirix
2 жыл бұрын
thanks for the last tip especially, holding down alt to open and start again. cheers
@johnburgess4561
Жыл бұрын
Gary, super helpful tutorial as I had to remove music to make space on my MacBook. The detailed step by step instructions are tremendously appreciated. You are my Apple Genius Bar!!
@brnogahr4599
4 жыл бұрын
I'm still in Mojave; I assume Catalina works the same: I pretty much don't do anything inside of the iTunes program except a) play music, and b) construct playlists. Otherwise, I do everything else in finder. The libraries are FOLDERS - you can treat them as folders. I back up my libraries (I have numerous separate music libraries that total about 1.6T), by simply copying them to external disks. I open iTunes libraries by hitting the option key and then the dock icon. Another backup tip: iTunes tracks can be selected and then copied to external file folders, from which you can add those tracks to other libraries, either by opening iTunes and using File Add, or simply selecting them from the above-mentioned filed folders and dragging them into a newly-opened iTunes library. I've read and looked at a lot of instruction guides and I've never seen anybody discuss this approach. I really don't know why - I've been doing it this way for years and it's always been fast, easy, reliable. Why isn't this ever documented? iTunes libraries are FOLDERS. The contents are FILES.
@sunnshinerecorder8945
2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Sick music taste too, based on the albums you transferred. And don't get me started on the UAC shirt...
@menolopes6479
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Further question, if the music is on an external hard drive only, do you lose the ability to sync playlists with your iPhone and iPad? Thanks
@emotionalintelligence776
2 жыл бұрын
No you don't. Been running my iTunes library on separate drives for almost a decade just remember to boot the ED before you start iTunes.
@ariellet1282
3 жыл бұрын
Will this move the playlists that are made as well? I’m a playlist making person and I have playlists from 2009 and I want to keep them when I start to utilize my HD as my main iTunes hub
@stewartroxburgh8844
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Gary, I'm still a little petrified to do this. I have an 8TB drive ready to set up as my external music library and to hold music that I have on the MBP and a number of external drives too. I would have preferred to find some application that could find and store all of my music for me as I know that finding all of them will be tough. Thanks, as always, for the clear methodology.
@blackcatalogue
Жыл бұрын
Thx for this video. I have a 4 TB external drive that I’ve been using with my Music library. It’s now full so I would like to transfer that library to a new 8TB drive. Which method should I be using in this scenario? This has been driving me crazy!😂
@karendancheck6335
Жыл бұрын
HUGE thank you!!! I spent hours on the phone yesterday with Apple and got nowhere. I moved my music to an external HD last year but now want to add NEW music. I have option #2. Thanks to your video, I figured out how to do that. Now I want this new music (all music that I own) on my phone. With Apple Music open pointing to my files on my HD, if I sync my phone, will the new sync to my phone?
@caisha1000
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely great! Thank so much for this clear & very helpful video!
@JimCim
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am finally able to access all of my personally created music, and purchased music with none of it being on the internal hard drive. Would this work the same way for Photos?
@JimHoy-Rockstar
9 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Just what I needed to learn!!
@WizzRacing
3 жыл бұрын
I always have a hard time with iTunes organizing my Music folder. Now being I just. bought my first Mac. Using the Mac Mini. M1...I need to learn how to navigate all these options and organize. my folders. So thank you for. the help....As. I knew. this was going to be headache. When it come time to setup iTunes and Movies..
@daveshikingandbiking8274
Жыл бұрын
I notice this is three years old. Would it still be the same process as of 4-5-23? Because I'd like to do it. Thanks
@devarni
4 ай бұрын
Have you made a video on how to synchronise the music library across different devices? There is no automatic synchronisation, e.g. with the iPhone?
@macmost
4 ай бұрын
There are two methods: Apple Music (which also includes the whole Apple Music streaming service) and iTunes Match (just cloud syncing).
@ltakallen
Жыл бұрын
You Rock Gary! This was an excellent, oops, “Another” Excellent tutorial. I appreciate your works.
@seniorbeatbox
2 ай бұрын
so i've done this using method 2 and it's working great, i'm just a bit confused how/where to add any new music i acquire. I want to keep my music files on my external hard drive, so do i drag any new music into the music app, or do i add it to the music media folder i created on my hard drive? oh wait.. i think i figured it out... put the new music in the external drive, then go to the music app and 'import' it into the app? that seems a bit clunky
@joshferry3628
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again! Man I was making this harder than it really is. Thanks again it worked perfect on a Music backup drive on my Netgear Ready Share backup.
@brentstwocents
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I finally got my music library working from an external drive. Leave it to Apple to take a simple to use app like iTunes and make it way more complicated to set up.
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
The way you set up Music to use a library on an external drive is exactly the same as how you would have done it years ago in iTunes.
@mineralinsulated
Жыл бұрын
thanks so much for yet another brilliant and useful video. Question though for you Gary, how do these methods work when you have an Apple Music subscription and have an old library (ripped CD's, iTunes purchases etc) now mixed in with the Apple Music downloads? Seeing as the AM songs are only yours for as long as you're paying the subscription. Many thanks in advance for yours or anyones help.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
It gets complicated. You would mostly then choose your Library location, setting that to internal or external. But since Apple Music includes iCloud Music Library the problem of how to store a large Music library is solved without needing that. See support.apple.com/en-us/HT204926 (Also technically none of the songs are "yours" ever. You only license songs whether you buy them on CD, iTunes or stream them via Apple Music.)
@DaveRenfroe
Жыл бұрын
Great presentation, thanks. I did step 2 and it worked! Saved a lot of space on my Macbook Pro HD. But ....... what about Podcasts? I have quite a large Podcast library that I move to my iphones and an old ipod. I don't understand how you manage those with Apple Music. Do I need something else on the Macbook Pro? Or do you treat the podcasts as "music" and put them in your Music folder.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
You don't manager Podcasts in Music, you manage them in the Podcasts app.
@jun9147
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I have a question. I would like to transfer all the music, movies and TV series in an external harddrive. How do I go about it? Thank you for your help
@EliseoSantillan
4 жыл бұрын
Great video , thank you 🙏, it’s gonna take me a while , I need to move an 90Gb iTunes library 🤦🏻♂️
@olufsen69
3 жыл бұрын
Just a big thank you for this. It will help me out getting that set up on my new MacBook Pro
@BlushinGun
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. Unfortunately, my issue is that I already am using an external drive for my music and want to instead use my internal drive again. I have my music internally but I also have a duplicate external as a backup. The problem is that when my external drive is plugged in all my music’s location is automatically set to the external. When I unplugged the external then it automatically switches the song’s location to using my internal drive’s music… I can’t figure out how to stop it from referring to my external drive.
@thomask1424
2 ай бұрын
This was exactly the info I was looking for, thanks! One question I do have, you say iTunes purchases will go into the Media file, could you not copy the file to the external dirve and delete it from the Media folder?
@macmost
2 ай бұрын
You could. But then Music wouldn't have it anymore. So why would you want to do that?
@igafer
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@carlosvaldesmuzik
Жыл бұрын
thanks for the video's. im trying to figure out if you can use these methods and apply these to drives on a cloud? I have tried for example just selecting my collections and dragging them to ituens and it works. I also use it as playlists for my rekordbox. However, am i asking to much of the system? does it matter?
@kenshin73himura70
Жыл бұрын
After doing the first step exactly as you showed. Here's my question. No matter which step I do, why does some of my music keep disappearing? Only thing saving my music is burning that music into cd's (which it's defeating the purpose) any ideas or suggestions?!!! Thanks 👍
@hshadowens9695
Жыл бұрын
Also, it is asking me if I want to move and rename the files to your new media folder to match the keep media folder organized preferences? No idea if that’s a yes or no answer.? Thank you, newbie to all your videos, grateful, and greatly appreciated that you did them
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
You have to decide. Probably yes, but read the instructions carefully and understand them to decide.
@1Aquadon
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial .. Thanks Gary!
@samielias4141
3 жыл бұрын
You are great as usual How can I do IPAD and Iphone backup files on external drive to save my internal drive space ?
@pauldonnell6223
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this video! Will albums purchased through apple music also transfer to the external drive to save space on my internal hard drive? When wanting to sync songs on my phone, will my phone recognize the new location of the songs?
@stewartroxburgh8844
7 ай бұрын
I have followed the instructions Gary, I have copied over all of my tracks over to the external drive, but despite dropping them into the folder I created, and merging they are still showing as separate folders. So I now have multiple folders on the external drive that I need to group in order that Apple Music sees them as a library. Do I create a new name for the library and all of these will be incorporated?
@macmost
7 ай бұрын
Not sure what steps you took, but you usually drag and drop into the Music app to add to your library.
@stewartroxburgh8844
2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I have music on internal and multiple external drives. I lost a load of tracks before when attempting to transfer files to the external drives. I'd love to bring everything together on one external drive if possible. Any advice?
@georgegeorge5509
2 жыл бұрын
I am still sitting on the fence moving my iTunes folder to an ext HD. Altho, I'm leaning toward the Option to move the Itunes folder to the Ext HD. would like to ask you if it is necesesary to Consolidate the Itunes Media folder before moving iTunes to an ext HD? There a several discussions online and they all pointed to Consolidate before moving the iTunes folder. I'd rather not. Please tell me your comments. thanks
@Ferdinaand
Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff from this channel. I was using method #2 on Mojave with iTunes and I was curious to see how it changed in the new "Music" app. My 2015 macbook pro is pretty much just a media player so I don't see myself upgrading from Mojave in the short term.
@richardgarcia1293
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your expertise. it is very helpful. I have music folders from a PC that I dropped in my external music folder on my Mac but they are not showing up in my music app. What do I need to do to get them to show up? I see the files in the folder. New to Mac here, coming from a PC.
@macmost
7 ай бұрын
Did you drag and drop them into your Library in the Music app?
@richardgarcia1293
7 ай бұрын
Yes, I did.@@macmost
@macmost
7 ай бұрын
@@richardgarcia1293 Then I'm not sure what the issue could be. If you imported them into your Music library, then you should see them in your Music Library. Try again and make sure you are going to the right place.
@richardgarcia1293
7 ай бұрын
Sorry, maybe I misunderstood. I drag and drop them into the music folder where all the files are of the ones I ripped from my cds. Should I drag and drop to the Library folder or music folder?@@macmost
@macmost
7 ай бұрын
@@richardgarcia1293 You need to IMPORT them into your Music app. You do that by dragging the files from the Finder into the Music app, into the Library in the left sidebar of the Music app.
@JCWalkerakaDjJoeCooley
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm a DJ and have over 200 gigs of music. I was trying to figure out a way to export all of the music to one external harddrive. Know the next thing is to make sure that when I plug it to my computer, the Serato App recognize the music through iTunes. Any pointers?
@AllenCedano
4 жыл бұрын
I'm on the same boat right now, did you find any solutions?
@JCWalkerakaDjJoeCooley
4 жыл бұрын
@@AllenCedano Yes, he has a tutorial on it. I'll look for it and send it to you on this post.
@jonasmarusa9850
2 жыл бұрын
@@JCWalkerakaDjJoeCooley any chance you can share the link to this solution? I am in a similar situation. Thanks!
@manegmutt5726
27 күн бұрын
Method 1 is the best option for my use case, however, having to drag a huge music library into the Music app is proving to take an extremely long time. Is there a way to simply reference the music folder on my HDD without having to drag/drop every file within it? For context, I was hoping I could use this Music app as a mac alternative to Foobar2000 which allows me to simply access my HDD and play music directly from it after mapping/indexing the source folder on the HDD. If npt, any alternative apps come to mind? Thank you!!
@macmost
27 күн бұрын
Yes. Look in the settings for Music and you'll see exactly that.
@ryankerwinmusic
5 ай бұрын
At the end of the video you mention to make sure the new library is labeled 'music'. Can you name it something else without causing problems in the Mac?
@macmost
5 ай бұрын
It has been 4 years. You can try to name it something else and see if you like. Not sure why you would want to though.
@ryankerwinmusic
5 ай бұрын
@@macmost Just to follow up, I was able to change the name on the library without any issues. I wanted to be able to include the date i created the new library because I was combining media from several different sources.
@andrewlasso5913
2 жыл бұрын
incredibly helpful video, thanks so much!!
@simon359
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! 🥳🤙 It took awhile as it seemed harder on Ventura. I didn’t have to make an extra folder, I just grabbed the folders of the Musician’s and dropped them into the space you had shown. Had to authorize my new computer, before they would play on my Apple TV. Too bad Apple can’t fix the artwork problem, too many albums, with no artwork?
@RobbieVoy
2 жыл бұрын
I have an existing Music Library (Catalina - Internal Drive): iTunes | Music | [All the albums are stored here in folders - and the Library links to these files]. Can I copy the entire iTunes Folder to the External Drive - AND 'point' the Internal Library to the iTunes Folder -- and the library will have the links to the external files? Or - do I need to use Method 2 and drag/drop to a Music from the external drive?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Moving it should work. But just try it and see. Easy enough to copy it and try it.
@murviper
4 жыл бұрын
Do these same tips work on the TV App? The reason is I have almost 6. GB of TV Shows.
@mikemiles3068
4 жыл бұрын
Super video❗️this is one of my major projects and I am going to have to watch this several time and decide which way I need to go. I have 54GB of music loaded on iTunes on my old dying Dell laptop. I just purchased a new external 500GB SSD that I hope put the music on but I don’t know what I am doing. I am hopping to copy the music on the SSD so that I can use it on my new iPad Pro and I do not intend on punching a new laptop or desktop computer❗️👍✅🤔
@georgegeorge5509
2 жыл бұрын
I need some help. After watching this great video I have decided to move my music library to an external HD. However, I am not too crazy how iTunes organizes my music files. Either goes into Compilation, or uses the Promoter's company name, the artists, the album, the song. See what I mean. Do I change how the music folder has been organized by itunes? Or how do I go about to change the filing system. I would like to file by Genre, Album, Song, artists. Obviously, I need to make the change before moving the Music Library to an external HD, or do I do it afterwards?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like what you want to do is to change properties of the songs. See kzitem.info/news/bejne/tYeCtaCnZpdydHo
@saturnslipper
3 жыл бұрын
Oh this too funny! I just searched for Beatles music & got blocked by that annoying Apple Music popup. This video was sooo helpful! I just purchased the songs I wanted on my macbook air & shared them with my iphone too. Thanks so much for the Itunes store browsing/purchasing tips. Your tutorial made this easy!!☺️
@clintcornett79
Ай бұрын
Is there a way for your Apple music subscription to files to not be on the main drive but an external?
@macmost
Ай бұрын
It should store the data wherever you decide to put your Music Media folder location in Music, Settings, Files.
@Corihogg
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great videos - wondering if you would do one on cleaning up a music library - getting rid of duplicates, etc.?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Just go through your list of songs and look for identical ones. If you have a lot, do it for 5-15 minutes, then come back and do more later. Repeat until done.
@elkewheeler
3 жыл бұрын
I found this so useful! I have all of my media (music and videos) on an external drive, and used Method #1 as you described. I have a question: I'm planning on getting a new iMac. Is there a shortcut to keeping all my media on my external hd, but cloning my Music (and Apple TV) media library organization? - I'm not sure if that makes any sense (i.e. my files stored on the external hard drive work great. But it took me days to load 1 TB of folder organization. Is there a simpler way than the drag and drop when setting up my new iMac?)
@keithpares7361
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this @macmostvideo! Question: if I have all my music & playlists on my hard drive now and I use option 2 will I have to rebuild my playlists, or will they carry over when I move all my music to the external HD?
@macmost
6 ай бұрын
Not completely sure, sorry. Been a long time.
@petermarco1
Жыл бұрын
thanks for the info...can that be done with itune on windows
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Probably. Look for the same options there to see.
@WeLovePoppy1
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gary, this is really clear and what I needed.
@ChefGuruJeff
Жыл бұрын
that is all well and good, but how do you bypass apple music subscript fees to listen to your owned music from a cloud source? Impossible, unless you use a home based cloud storage server. Works the same as Icloud but one time purchase. It would seem that your concept for external storage of my music would than allow me to access it anywhere for playing, typically on my iphone.
@DoronNL
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Gerry , can you make tutorial on how to save music that I download via apple music on external drive as mp3 file, I have MacBook pro 2021 . Thank you
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
By Apple Music, I assume you mean Apple's streaming service, correct? You don't "save" them. They are available on demand. You can't export them as mp3 files.
@mehmd1913
2 жыл бұрын
You can use method 2 or 3 to place your music in an external media server and/or a NAS. However, the NAS must be on and running and it will mount the drive/folder and the run the music. I did this with iTunes a few years ago. It works well as long as the NAS is running.
@nancyann1963
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you can help me, I am trying to work with this music app, and I hate it! I tried to get a song today, it took awhile, but once I got it, my iPod only is showing 3-4 playlists, the ones I never use,. I don’t know what to do? I use to be able to go into my 32 playlists and rearrange my songs now I can’t, I guess I have to start all over and add new playlists, but what is that going to do with my iPod, confuses it? I’m so upset about them changing my iTunes,..
@ninjalightning2631
11 ай бұрын
I can not even begin to tell you how many swear words I used to whom ever had a bright idea changing ITunes to music app !%###*^**^^%#
@macmost
11 ай бұрын
Apple did it after years and years of users begging them to break up the iTunes app that did too many different things.
@RonHaymanSr
2 жыл бұрын
Do you provide services to fix music and photo Libraries that are spread around a Mac and external drive?
@DBLCreations
4 жыл бұрын
I actually use always method 1. But man, with every update, i always need to recreate all the maps that i've build within the Music app. I know you could save it and export it. But when going from iTunes to the Music app (when Apple changed everything), it didn't really accept that file anymore and so i needed to restart all over again. I personally like to have it all organized. But i don't know if there is a better, more simply way to do it? Anyway, i love your tutorials, they are always explained so well!
@DaveRenfroe
2 ай бұрын
Thanks again, Gary, for a great tutorial here. I moved it all to a flash drive and it seems to working fine. But .... I seem to have lost my playlists. Not a big deal, but could I recover them using the phone that I haven't sync with yet? Also, what did you do with your "MyMusic" folder on the External drive? When you drag the files into Music it creates a duplicate folder with the mp3 files. Did you just keep the duplicates in the MyMusic folder? I am wondering if there is any point of having the MyMusic folder.
@macmost
2 ай бұрын
Not sure what folder you mean, but if you copied all of your music to your external drive then you shouldn't need the same files still on your internal drive. If you are sure you did everything right, then you should be able to get rid of them. As for syncing, it depends on how you sync. Without Apple Music or iTunes Match, a "sync" TO your iPhone will just replace what is there.
@DaveRenfroe
2 ай бұрын
@@macmost Thanks for the quick reply, Gary. Maybe I missed some details but I think what you are doing is first getting all your music on the EXTERNAL drive - in your "My Music" folder. Then you drag those files into the Music app. But then the Music app copies the MP3 files under it's "Media" folder (also on the external drive.) So does that not make duplicate files on your external drive? ...... or is your "My Music" folder on the computer? As far as the playlists goes, I may have to just rebuild them manually as it is only the phone that has them now. I am wondering if I removed the playlists when I created a new "library".
@macmost
2 ай бұрын
@@DaveRenfroe You've got a switch for that. The "Copy files to Music Media folder..." checkbox that I show. Yes, the playlists are an aspect of the library, so a new library wouldn't have them, but if you copied the library over it should have.
@pascalhibon7928
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the valuable info! I'm currently on Windows and still use iTunes. From the screenshots I tend to believe that the Mac Music app is actually the iTunes app on Windows. It all looks the same and the setup screens look the same. Do you think that the Mac Music app is able to read the music library file or iTunes (Windows) and visa versa (when using method 3)?
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
You can try, but I doubt it.
@drlluc
11 ай бұрын
hey man, I've been storaging music since more than 15 years ago with Method 2 but now I became extremely annoying to do so because the Music App is soooooo slow. I have a 2018 Macbook Pro and it runs okay, pretty fast with all the other apps and software. do you have a solution for this? thank you.
@MrTonho78
Ай бұрын
I have a built library from iTunes and I want to use in Apple Music and keep it into external drive the way iTunes organizes before the migration. What method fits best?
@macmost
Ай бұрын
Hard to say based on that description. Review the options and pick which one you like.
@HabuBeemer
Жыл бұрын
Hi Gary, I have an older iPhone that I've kept. Can this be used as an external drive? I'd like to download my music from my MacBook to this phone so I can use it as an iPod Touch when I'm on the road. It needs the music physically on the phone since wireless won't be available. Some rental cars won't play old iPod formats and most of my on-the-road music is on the old iPod.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Sure. You can do that. But why not use your new iPhone for that? Why carry a second one?
@HabuBeemer
Жыл бұрын
@@macmost The big reason is I travel frequently (I'm a pilot) and I don't always have access to a wifi connection to get music I have in the Cloud. The old phone wasn't doing anything so I wanted to download the music physically so I can access it with or without wifi. I had my music on an iPod but it won't sync with the new Music app. Was thinking about an iPod Touch but they aren't made any longer. Just thought I'd put the old one to good use. Thank you for the reply. Your teachings have really helped me understand the whole Apple ecosystem. I'm a newly minted MacBook user. You are a huge asset!
@rbroderick
2 жыл бұрын
I just got a new 14” MacBook Pro. My god, it is so difficult to back up my large library on an external hard drive. Even Apple support said they make it hard so you have to pay for the iCloud storage. I don’t want to pay $10 a month for my large 160 gig music library!
@alexandreameli7901
3 жыл бұрын
Great video to start from scratch but how do you do the same thing while keeping playlists and such from an older iTunes setup? thanks
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe consider just moving the entire library over then? Depends on your priorities. I've re-created playlists in the past and it isn't that hard to do. It is just a list of songs.
@ramsesalonsorodrigue
Жыл бұрын
Nice music taste, Gary 👍
@cthomasv
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I found your tutorial. This was very helpful.
@DanielSamulewiczXXI
3 жыл бұрын
Does it work if I have Apple Music subscription, but also have part of my library as audio files? Or it works only without Apple Music?
@peterskowronski6248
2 жыл бұрын
Important question, do any of your methods preserve playlists and star ratings?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Not sure, but moving the whole library and media folder together should.
@toma1610
3 жыл бұрын
About “My Music” folder. Yes, you explain it, but it would be better if it‘s visually illustrated if it is an external or internal drive drive, so we can see a notorious difference between the three drives. Also, these new organization of files does not use the word “iTunes” anymore, right? to name files for example. Before they called “iTunes Library.itl” or the folder of the Album Artwork; all has been simplified? Could you make a video talking about the changes? Do you have a video about “iTunes Match”?
@sueellenewing2096
4 жыл бұрын
This is the best info on how to use iTunes and I could have used this years ago. My question, How do I keep my external network drive as the location each time I launch the Music app? When I restart or leave the house I have to always go back in and select location and then wait for it to load and update. IS there an easier way ?
@macmost
4 жыл бұрын
If this is a networked drive and you aren't always connected to it, then this isn't a good way. Consider using iTunes Match or Apple Music instead.
@sueellenewing2096
4 жыл бұрын
@@macmostYes it is a network drive hung off an old router. it works well with all the other machines connected in the house but when the drive goes offline it is a pain in the buttocks to reconnect and go through all the iTunes updating of files etc. You would recommend not doing a network iTunes drive and instead run it on an external connected to your machine?
@mehmd1913
2 жыл бұрын
@@sueellenewing2096 you have to automatically mount the network drive.
@filk2300
2 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks! I have 3 multiple library folders on my Mac and not sure which one is the one that is reference In my current go current library with all my playlists etc. I need to delete some files on my Mac but do not want to delete the wrong library files. Is there a way to check which library I am using as my main? Also all my music song files are on external drive and I do copy my songs to my media folder on my Mac.. thx
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Should in in Music, Preferences.
@forestyforest
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to comment here, but I can't comment on the video I need help with. kzitem.info/news/bejne/lJ6FnG2HcqiVZH4 I don't understand how to paste my list of names, mine doesn't align with the tabs. It just aligns with the left margin. Please help!
@macmost
4 жыл бұрын
How are you creating your list? Are you using Rich Text format in TextEdit?
@forestyforest
4 жыл бұрын
@@macmost yes, I followed your instructions exactly up to the part where you pasted the names. I have a list of names copied, but if I hit paste, it just goes along the left margin. I don't understand how to paste into those two aligned columns.
@macmost
4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps your tabs are to far to the right and they just wrap to the next line? Play around it and try things.
@sueellenewing2096
4 жыл бұрын
One addition to my first question, What about playlists? Will they be destroyed when you do steps 1 and 2?
@macmost
4 жыл бұрын
If yo are creating a new library then you'll start without your playlists. If you move your entire library then they should still be there, but it is easy to test and go back if not.
@DJRobmak
Жыл бұрын
Do you offer remote consulting ? I’ve watched a million videos and read another million articles but can’t get my library working from an external drive
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, no. Try contacting Apple Support.
@sarahtooldtocare8561
2 жыл бұрын
Hi could you please tell me if and how to move my my music from my KZitem music sd card to a SSD? Thanks for your help.
@mayragarcia883
3 жыл бұрын
Will this work for movies, audiobooks and ebooks?
@JasonicAus
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video - Can the same methods be used to store photos?
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
There are similar options in the Photos app. Take a look. But the problem is you can't use them and iCloud Photos at the same time.
@TH-vb6iw
3 жыл бұрын
Great instructions ! I have not upgraded to Catalina yet - Q: Is there something about Cat (loss of iTunes) that makes these instructions - wanting an external music drive - preferable ? Or, upon the Cat upgrade, does my music simply end up in the 'new' internal music library and life goes on..? If not, what's the downside? Am I missing something? Thnx (and just use the external HD as my safe back up)
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
No, nothing about Catalina. This was a method many people have used for years. It is just that some people have a huge music collection and a small internal drive so this works better for them. No reason to use this method if the default method is working fine for you.
@marcdeclercq5580
6 ай бұрын
Is it possible to access a music library stored on an external drive from the Music app - running on an ipad?
@macmost
6 ай бұрын
Possibly. Look into Home Sharing. support.apple.com/en-us/108958 But also consider using Apple Music, or iTunes Match which will make it so much simpler and also allow you to access your music even while away from home.
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