I opted to purchase a 1TB Western Digital USB3 drive. So my total media library storage is almost 500GB, so that means I’d look for a 1TB drive. Here’s an example which was the size of my iTunes/iPhoto/Aperture libraries: It’s no good using a 500GB drive if your iTunes library is 490GB!įor any library you’re planning to move to an external drive (any or all of the ones we’ve described) then add up their total size and double it.
Itunes music stored on external hard drive how to#
We’ll show you how to move your iTunes, iPhoto or Aperture library to an external hard drive.īefore we begin, we need to plan how much space on an external drive you’re going to need. To combat this, we’re going to use an external hard drive. So if you’re in a similar situation, how can you make sure your portable Mac doesn’t get full? As we take more photos, download more music and videos, space is being used up quicker now than ever before. It doesn’t take a mathematician to work out that 400GB into 128GB just doesn’t fit! One obstacle was my iTunes library - it currently stands at a rather large 400GB. I’d upgraded the MacBook Pro with a 500GB hard drive yet my MacBook Air only has 128GB. I recently upgraded to a 2012 11” MacBook Air from a 2009 13” MacBook Pro. With it, this means how we’ve used our Macs on a day to day basis needs to change. Just like we saw the first 1GB hard drives and the near-astronomical prices they commanded, the prices will (eventually) come down.įor Apple to switch to SSDs in their portables, yet keep the pricing at least reasonable, the compromise was storage size. SSDs are still in their infancy and costs will only reduce over time.