Using a 2014 iMac on its last legs.Currently have 900 gigs of music on EHD.Using internal HD just for managing it.
If I get a MacBook Air can I just drag the media folder to it plug in the EHD and be up and running or is there more to it?
See Move your iTunes/Music library to a new computer - Apple Community. Assuming you want to retain ratings, playlists, play counts, date added, etc. then you also need to copy the library database across.
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Hmm. If you copy the library across from the one machine to the other, as well as moving the external drive, then yes. It should work. Personally I prefer to integrate the library and the media folder on the external drive which makes backing up and subsequent moves more straightforward. The normal layout would be something like <External>/Music/Media for the media folder with the .musiclibrary in <External>/Music. With a split library should you ever start Music when the external drive isn't ready the media folder can be silently reset to a folder on the internal drive, which leaves you the task of reintegrating everything down the line.
tt2
So as long as it’s on the internal HD I should be OK running off the EHD is how I understand things.Thanks.
Using MacBook Air for managing music from EHD
