How to Move Your iTunes Library to Another Hard Drive

You can move your iTunes library to another hard drive. When you do this, you can change the location of the library and consolidate the library at the same time.

Create a folder — name it iTunes — on the other hard drive.

iTunes is a good name, but you could call it anything, and iTunes can still find it after you change the location of the library. Speaking of which . . .

Change the location of the iTunes library to the new iTunes folder.

iTunes creates a new iTunes Music folder inside your new iTunes folder.

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On the General tab of the Advanced pane of the Preferences dialog, select the Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder When Adding to Library and the Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized options; then click OK.

These options might already be enabled. Just double-check to make sure that they’re selected.

Choose Advanced→Consolidate Library.

iTunes automatically copies all the media files, along with playlists, into the new iTunes Music folder. You can now delete the old iTunes folder to free up hard drive space.

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Posted by Tim JULY 19, 2009 | 09:25PM
When I changed my computer, I used my iPod to help me put all stuff onto my new iTunes. All we need is this iPod to computer/iTunes transfer software http://ipod-tool.com/ipod-software/ipod-itouch-iphone-transfer.html

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