iTunes Music: Change file location
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To change the file location of the iTunes music, you only have to make a few clicks in the settings. We will show you exactly how to do this.
Change location: move the iTunes Media folder
- Start iTunes and click on the menu button at the top left. Select the "Settings" here.
- The "Settings" will open in a new window: Go to the "Advanced" tab in the top right corner and click the "Change" button next to "iTunes Media location".
- Now select a new storage location and click on the "Select folder" button.
- Then confirm the settings with "OK".
- All new iTunes songs are now saved in the new folder. In the following paragraph, read how to merge old and new location.
iTunes: Merge old and new location
- In iTunes, press the [Ctrl] and [B "] keys at the same time so that the menu bar is displayed, and select" File ">" Media library> "Organize media library".
- Place a checkmark in front of "Merge files" and confirm this with "OK". All songs are now copied to the new folder.
- You can now delete the old iTunes folder.
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