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User profile for user: Citizen001
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User level: Level 1
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Mac Studio running Sonoma trying to read off external drive for music

Every time I try to make music look at my external drive with my old iTunes Library on, it ends up loading everything onto my new internal drive on my Mac Studio... even when I hold Option on bootup of Music and choosing the specific path to the external, and also under settings/Files... and everytime I look here or anywhere via Google or anything, the latest person talking about this is 2022 !

Thanks in advance :)

Mac Studio, macOS 14.4

Posted on May 25, 2024 3:11 AM

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User profile for user: jtjbt20x
jtjbt20x
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Posted on May 25, 2024 8:24 AM

Try turning off the 'Copy files to Music Media folder when adding to library' in Settings/Files.

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
User level: Level 10
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May 25, 2024 7:28 AM in response to Citizen001

I understand that this is not working the way you wanted. but I am confused by your description.


Could you possibly restate your dilemma so that:

'what you are trying to accomplish' AND

'what happens instead'


...are made abundantly clear. ?? That will make it MUCH easier for Readers to help.


so that each of those are crystal clear?

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Mac Studio running Sonoma trying to read off external drive for music

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