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alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 16 1:49 pm Post subject: external storage on pc and mac

I am just moving over from pc to mac. I have all of my itunes on an external hard drive , for the pc.

How can I access / move it so it is used via the mac. I have a new hard drive which is formatted for the mac.

I know "some" of it is in the cloud but a lot of it isn't, and I don't want to have to re do the playlists again. (I do a lot of audio books, so need it to be in order)

I don't want to muck it up, I just need to know the order to do it and if there are any tips.

TIA

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 16 2:08 pm Post subject:
Have the drive formatted as FAT32 which will enable both systems to read and write but this has a 4GB file size limit. There are proprietary solution, an Internet search will tell you what is available. Or use cloud storage.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 16 2:10 pm Post subject:
I have already formatted for that. I have been searching for 2 days, sometimes I don't know what the process is called so I am not sure what I am looking for.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 16 2:29 pm Post subject:
Posted this on Facebook but I'll shove it here for you as well. IF the drive is NTFS then you need something like Paragon NTFS https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 16 2:32 pm Post subject:
Also I have all my music on a external HDD for Itunes - this is how you do it https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/move-your-itunes-library-3536383/

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