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IMac Memory is filling up - Questions

My iMac has about 100 GB left for music in iTunes. Everything is backed up in an external HD but now what? It does not appear that the album artwork is in the External HD first off. Second, the Ext. HD lists all the music by individual tracks, not albums. Assuming I want to add more music and the External HD is the only place left to put it - how do I pull up an album (CD) and the artwork? Does the artwork stay in iTunes? Maybe somebody has already been here???
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theraiguy
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You could always point iTunes to recognize your external HD as the library source. If you change it within the settings, it will take a little while to update your library. Most of the metadata will transfer over, but you might lose some artwork that you had to manually put in.
I did that when my MacBook started to fill up, and I now use the external as the source and leave my internal hard drive specifically for running programs.
theraiguy
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You'll have the same functionality as you do with your current setup, so you can listen to complete albums, etc. Through iTunes. Just make certain to let it update your library and select the appropriate option for "keep files organized" or something to that effect.
theraiguy
20 posts
 
Be patient. You may end up with duplicates, but you'll have everything in one place. It's good to have a second drive for backup. I've got about 750GB of music in my computer library and thoroughly enjoy the convenience. Feel free to shoot me an email if you come across issues.
theraiguy
20 posts
 
Check your duplicates. The artwork shouldn't double the amount of space. iTunes likely copied your music folder to the external, which already held the backup files.
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