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

Just to ask the obvious: there is a backup of all this music somewhere,
isn't there?

Otto

2008/7/23 Jacques L. Yerby <yerbyj001@hawaii.rr.com>:

> 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.
>

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