> > I have a lot of MP3s spread over 3 small HDs. I want to get a new 500GB > > hard drive and combine all my files onto a single drive. > > Is there a way to do that without losing my playlists. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Doug > > Step 0: Buy the new drive, plug it in and make sure it's formatted HFS+ > unless you need to use it to transfer files between Macs and other > machines. > > Step 1: Use iTunes' Advanced preferences to set the new driver (or a > folder on it) as the home of your music collection. (This is sufficient > to cause newly-added data to go to the new drive.) > > Step 2: User iTunes' Consolidate Library command to move your existing > files to an artist/album hierarchy stored on the new drive.
Thanks Gregory,
That sounds great... and it will copy all my files from the several old HDs to the new big one and preserve all my current playlists too?
It sounds too good to be true. Are there any potential snags I should be looking out for?
