tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/11079-itunes-on-external-drivebeaTunes: Discussion 2019-01-11T14:11:51Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/467882922019-01-11T14:11:01Z2019-01-11T14:11:01ZiTunes on external drive<div><p>This is on macOS, right?</p>
<p>beaTunes stores all relevant files in the path <code>~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/</code> (<code>~/Library</code> is hidden in <em>Finder</em>—the simplest way to find it is in <em>Finder</em> to open the menu item <code>Go</code> -> <code>Go to Folder</code> and enter <code>~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/</code>). If you want those files on your external hard drive, you need to make sure there is a symbolic link with the name <code>~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/</code> to some folder on that external hard drive.</p>
<p>So in essence,</p>
<ul>
<li>shut down beaTunes</li>
<li>copy the folder <code>~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes</code> to <code>/Volumes/YOUR_EXTERNAL_DRIVE/beaTunes</code></li>
<li>create a symbolic link on your internal harddrive named <code>~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes</code> to the folder on your external hard drive (use the <code>ln -s</code> command from the command line, e.g. like this: <code>ln -s /Volumes/YOUR_EXTERNAL_DRIVE/beaTunes ~/Library/Application\ Support/beaTunes</code>)</li>
<li>start beaTunes</li>
</ul>
<p>Does this solve the problem for you?</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/467882922019-01-11T14:11:50Z2019-01-11T14:11:50ZiTunes on external drive<div><p>For an explanation about symbolic links (should you need it), please see <a href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/115647/62735">this answer</a>.</p></div>hendrik