Inside, you should see a folder called iTunes. In Windows, go to the location listed in the Advanced tab, which should be C:\Users\UserName\Music\.

For Mac users, open Finder and click on Music in the left-hand list of shortcuts. Now navigate to the iTunes Music folder on your computer. Go ahead and quit iTunes at this point and connect your external hard drive. Now that we have completed these two tasks, we can move on to the actual process of moving the library. You should do this just to make sure everything is stored there before we make the move.Ĭheck the Consolidate files box and click OK. When you do this, it will bring up another dialog where you’ll see a checkbox for consolidating all your media files.

In Windows, you have to press CTRL + B or press the ALT key to see the navigation menu appear first. Next, on a Mac, click on File from the navigation bar, then Library and choose Organize Library. If the location is different, make a note of it because that is where you will need to go when we have to move the data.