RE: [Apple iPod] Making a copy of my external drive

As I understand it:

1. You are trying to keep identical copies of your music at home and at
work and these are both attached to iTunes at both locations?
2. Anyway, since your files are on an external drive you can do the
following:

a. Temporarily detach your drive and take it to work. Assuming this is
OK with your boss.
b. Hook up your drive to the work computer.
c. Delete the iTunes directory from your work computer. Or, more
safely, move or rename until after you complete the move.
d. Copy the iTunes directory from your external drive into the place
where the old iTunes director was.
e. You might have to 'tweak' iTunes to recognize this new library as
belonging to it.

Jacques
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From: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of russ_josephson
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:23 AM
To: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Apple iPod] Making a copy of my external drive

I know this has been covered before, but I can't seem to find it.

I have my iTunes set up to put all the music on an external drive. I
have a second computer and external drive that I use at work.

I have updated the library data files on my home computer and the
music on the first external drive significantly. I want to copy all
the songs and library data to the second computer and external drive.
What I need are detailed instructions for removing the data and
music from the second computer and external drive and then copying the
needed data from the computer and first external drive to the second
computer and drive. (I have had mixed success doing this in the past;
it seems everything didn't get copied.)

Many thanks!

Russ

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