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How can I change the location of the Music folder from /Users/Me/Music to an external drive, so that iTunes saves its stuff there?

This is so that I can access the XML file that you can create from iTunes for Windows programs to use. And yes, I know that the file paths are not the same, but it will still be helpful.

PiAhoy
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  • Key issue here is that the Music folder can't be easily moved any more. So you might geht better answers if you are more specific about the real-world problem you want to solve with moving the folder. You mention macOS paths but also Windows, so what exactly are you trying to do here? – nohillside Mar 16 '18 at 15:25
  • I'm trying to have a shareable iTunes XML file for Windows, that will (sorta) work from both sides – PiAhoy Mar 16 '18 at 18:10
  • See https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/230207/how-to-share-an-itunes-library-between-mac-windows/ for why this will probably not work – nohillside Mar 16 '18 at 18:17
  • That's fine, I get that, but is it actually impossible to move the Music folder? Or at least have macOS sync the XML file over to an exFAT partition> – PiAhoy Mar 16 '18 at 18:50
  • You can set up a cron/launchd job to copy the file every minute or so. – nohillside Mar 16 '18 at 19:39

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You can set the folder iTunes uses directly in iTunes -> Preferences:

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nohillside
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  • I know about that, I'm talking about the library files(the .itl files). That's why I want to change the Music folder's location altogether – PiAhoy Mar 16 '18 at 12:40
  • @PiAhoy Can you please edit your question to be more specific about what you want to accomplish? – nohillside Mar 16 '18 at 12:43
  • Done. I just want to move the location of the Music folder to a different partition. – PiAhoy Mar 16 '18 at 12:53