As well as streaming any music and video between these computers, you will also now be able to drag and drop to copy the same content between libraries. Do the same on another Mac on your local network, and each library that has been shared should appear in the Shared section in iTunes.Įach computer must sign in with the same Apple ID. In iTunes' FIle menu, go to the Home Sharing submenu and turn on Home Sharing, which will require you to authorise with your Apple ID. If you have more than one Mac (or PC) at home you may want to transfer iTunes files between them. Using this trick you can create as many libraries as you want on different drives, then choose the relevant one when starting up. Hold down the alt key when starting iTunes and it will ask you to create a new library or choose an existing one. ITunes can be made to use different libraries, which is great if you want to use a smaller one on your laptop but a bigger one when at home. You have the option to select from multiple libraries at startup However, you can easily offload your ever-expanding iTunes library to an external hard drive by simply dragging and dropping it from its default location in Macintosh HD > Users > Username > Music > iTunes to another drive. Hard-drive space is very precious, especially on your laptop or machines with smaller solid-state drives.
It's now safe to copy your Library folder to a different location or drive. After doing this you may want to delete the external files, since they will have been duplicated. This pulls any files currently located outside of the iTunes folder into it, and reorganises everything into correct subfolders.
Tick the option to Consolidate Files, and also the Reorganize Files… box. Then choose File > Library > Organize Library. Go into Preferences > Advanced and make sure 'Copy when adding…' is enabled. Use the Organize Libray command to pull all external media into iTunes' main Library folderĮven if your file management hasn't been the best, iTunes can still help you to clean everything up prior to moving a library.
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