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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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jb8312
247 posts
 
Agreed. Just use your ext hd as the library storage. I have a 180gb hd in my MacBook, so one of the first things I did was an external hd (Lacie 1TB) and that is where all my music sits.

Soon thereafter, I got another one to back up the first. storage is pretty cheap these days.

good luck. john
puerto OP
372 posts
 
OK - but can you pull up complete albums for playback or do you have to pull up one song at a time? Right now I can access all of the music in the external HD but only as one track at a time. Does your External HD act just the same as iTunes in your computer did with all the various options? Maybe I'm missing a mental step here.
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.
puerto OP
372 posts
 
Got it - Thanks Theraiguy. I'm going to empty the current iTunes data in the back-up Ext. HD then move the computer based iTunes into that HD. Eventually this will require a second external HD as mentioned by JB8312. It's a bit scary!!
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.
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