If I use iTunes to manage and organize it, won't I need all the songs on my PC harddrive (see problem above)? Or can you manage/organize via an external harddrive? ...I have to load iTunes again, as our computer just crashed and I lost iTunes (no backup).

Btw, we get to keep the external hard drive that has the music...I think....so no sense in getting another one.

Never heard of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen ?

original Hot Rod Lincoln..........

iTunes will allow you to designate where the media files are stored under the Advanced preferences tab. The default is a directory on the internal hard drive but it can simply be changed to an external hard drive connected to your machine. A network storage device could be used for backups, but it's not recommended to use iTunes across a network to manage/burn media.

He was watching a movie the other day and I swear it was as clear as any Hi Def television. Just a fantastic picture.

Still... that's a lot of scratch for a laptop.

Once you remove all extraneous material, iTunes can be set as your default audio player. Then all you have to do is click on a music file, and iTunes will open and play it, adding it to the iTunes menu. The data does not move from the external, it duplicates in iTunes (I think) and you can remove it from iTunes anytime you want without losing the external drive files. This is how I have a TON of audio material stored, works great.

Ahhh, ok. I'll check the preferences tab. But I still have quite a bit of music on the C drive...I guess I'll just backup/transfer over to an external drive.

I don't have the time (or patience) to pick and choose what files (music, album art, etc) I want/don't want. No way I'm sorting through 50k files sorted in hundreds (maybe thousands) of individual folders. 🤐 Besides, there's a lot of stuff I haven't heard but may want to listen to so I don't want to just delete files before giving them a listen...eventually. Even if I don't necessarily like it, I probably still wouldn't get rid of it...I'm a bit of a hoarder with certain things, music being one of those things. I have CD's I bought back that I'll probably never listen to, but may never get rid of either. 😰 ...unless my wife throws them out without my knowledge :-"