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F_Elz · May 27, 2005, 02:54 PM

Is there a way to have iTunes have all the music go on another partition instead of the one the OS is installed in? I want to have all my data on one, and just the OS on the other. iTunes has no option on its preferences that I know of...

thanks

Jacke · May 27, 2005, 03:04 PM

I see it under the 'Advanced' tab in the preferences.

F_Elz · May 27, 2005, 03:07 PM

I feel embarrased :x . Thanks, I need new glasses I think.

Randman · May 27, 2005, 04:22 PM

Why would you want to do that?

Phil Sherry · May 28, 2005, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

Why would you want to do that?

Because some people have a separate drive for their music? I know I do.

Randman · May 28, 2005, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Phil Sherry

Because some people have a separate drive for their music? I know I do.

Separate drive or separate partition? They are different. I can understand having it on a different drive, just trying to get my head around why someone would have it on a different partition.

Dog Like Nature · May 28, 2005, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

Separate drive or separate partition? They are different.

Well, by definition, a separate drive is also a separate partition!

mpancha · May 28, 2005, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

Separate drive or separate partition? They are different. I can understand having it on a different drive, just trying to get my head around why someone would have it on a different partition.

no! not again!

haha, some ppl dont have a seperate drive, so they have to settle for a seperate partition.

here goes the partition/drive argument again.

Randman · May 29, 2005, 12:53 AM

It's not an argument, just asking why. I can understand having a music folder on an external hard drive, to save space, and I can understand having a copy on an external for backups. I just can't figure out what the advantage is of having one's music on a separate partition. Anyone?

mpancha · May 29, 2005, 09:18 AM

basically its the poor man's way of backing up.

If you dont have a seperate drive, or the ability to get a seperate drive, then you have to resort to partitioning your existing HD so if you are forced to completely whipe your os, at least you dont have to reimport several gig of music.

just think of it as a workaround until you can get the problem permanently fixed, like with a car. We all had a heap of junk at one time in our life, and we had several workarounds to keep the car going. But once you had the funds for somethign new, you got that, and it just worked. But until then, you're stuck with a workaround.

DamnDJ · May 30, 2005, 10:46 PM

Main Hard Drive with OS: 80 Gigs

Secondary hard drive to store MP3s: 300 Gigs.

I have 200 gigs of MP3s. They sure aren't going to fit on my main drive.

That's why.

chris v · May 30, 2005, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by mpancha

If you dont have a seperate drive, or the ability to get a seperate drive, then you have to resort to partitioning your existing HD so if you are forced to completely whipe your os, at least you dont have to reimport several gig of music.

I also have backups on a seperate drive, but I still like my data partition for this reason. I can nuke and pave the OS with nary a thought as to what happens to my files. Randman has been on an anti-partition crusade for the last year. He gets peevish when people partition.

I still will also maintain that a data ONLY partition is not as suceptible to directory corruption as a partition with apps and OS, so the likelihood of NEEDING to resort to a backup of a data partition is lessened. Directory information seems more robust these days with journaling, but still, I like doing things this way.

Randman · May 31, 2005, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by chris v

Randman has been on an anti-partition crusade for the last year.

Longer than a year, actually. Since OSX came out. I can see having items on different drives for space reasons, I do that. But I've read a number of times posts from people who partition who think that's the ONLY way to backup data, which is pure folly.

Of course, if partitioning is so great, why does OSX come in a single?

And for the record, I mean one drive partitioned off in DU, not multiple internal drives or an internal and external hard drive.

chris v · May 31, 2005, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Longer than a year, actually. Since OSX came out. I can see having items on different drives for space reasons, I do that. But I've read a number of times posts from people who partition who think that's the ONLY way to backup data, which is pure folly.

Of course, if partitioning is so great, why does OSX come in a single?

And for the record, I mean one drive partitioned off in DU, not multiple internal drives or an internal and external hard drive.

I totally agree with you in that obviously "backing up" from one partition to the other isn't really backing up at all. I have 2 drives, each with 2 partitions-- one for OS and Apps, one for data only. The second drive is an exact mirror of the first.

As far as the "Apple doesn't partition, so you shouldn't" argument goes, that's a tad specious. They have a default install, and they give us, as users, options to alter that install to our liking, such as having the ability to partition in Disk Utility & the option to move our iTunes playlists and iPhoto albums to other partitions. Sure, it's not recommended for your average e-mailing grandma, but there's nothing inherently wrong with partitioning if you know what you're doing, and why you're doing it.

Randman · May 31, 2005, 08:46 AM

That makes more sense. Though I still question if the majority of people really know what they're doing. Personally, I've never partitioned on OSX and had no problems. If I did, I'd create a new user profile or retrieve a backup from my external HDs.