Comments on: Small hard drive? Split your iTunes library across multiple volumes

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:37:04 +0000

Hi,

First, thanks very much for explaining this! I’ve been wanting to do this for some time, and the guides I initially found were all about moving one’s *entire* library over to an external drive, which would be very impractical.

My questions are, first, is there any reason this can’t be done with stuff not actually acquired through iTunes? I have audiobooks from an external vendor, music purchased from Amazon MP3, and a lot of audio files downloaded directly from websites. Do the same rules apply? One particular issue: all of these have separate files of their own, as well as locations within my iTunes folder: I have an “Audiobook” folder, eg, but also folders within “iTunes Music” corresponding to each book — and similarly for “Amazon MP3″ and “Music.” Should I move BOTH versions of these files and/or enclosing folders, or which?

Thanks again!

By: Ant

Ant — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:58:27 +0000

Kamil Dembinski,
I believe ratings and play counts are stored in the iTunes library files, not the media files themselves. So deleting and re-adding files will likely reset that information.

By: Kamil Dembinski

Kamil Dembinski — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:26:19 +0000

Will this method delete my ratings and play counts for each file that I remove and re-add?

By: Ant

Ant — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:04:52 +0000

Jlocicero,
Yes, DRM-protected files and digital copies of movies will work just fine. They’re still tied to the same iTunes library/account as before – it’s just that the files have been relocated.

By: jlocicero

jlocicero — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:07:21 +0000

Does this work with DRMed files? How about digital copies of movies (you know, the ones that come with DVDs)?

By: Christian Mauceri

Christian Mauceri — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:15:19 +0000

Thanks ! It worked like a charm…