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  • How to free up your Mac's internal storage by moving your iTunes Library to an external dr...

    duervoduervo
    abolish said:
    abolish said:
    This article should have mentioned iTunes Match. That has more or less obsoleted this method. Combined with iCloud Music Library it totally frees you from the burden of managing an external drive -- plus it's stored in the cloud so you get an offsite backup of your precious music collection as well. It is Apple's primary solution for this exact problem. I get that there were some rare problems reported with it years ago but it's worth at least discussing here, in an article about "how to free up your Mac's internal storage by moving your iTunes Library..."
    iTunes Match and the similar but not identical feature in Apple Music will be discussed in a future tip. 

    This solution requires no paid service.
    Purchasing an external hard drive costs money too -- X2 if you want a backup.

    All I'm saying is this article should have mentioned iTunes Match / iCloud Music Library. While there are some small differences, the bigger picture is this is the Apple's primary solution for this local storage problem. High quality cloud storage easily accessible from all your devices. In that context this external drive method is much more niche, so it would be informative to explain the (rare) niche conditions under which you might want to explore it.
    iTunes Match only works for music files. Not much use for those that have a lot of personal video files that were not purchased from the iTunes Store. The method in the article addresses that. Your method does not.

    Scope of the article was defined at the beginning, and it stuck to that topic. Technically, there is nothing wrong with the article itself. The author “could have” adjusted the scope of it, but they didn’t, and that’s their choice.
    watto_cobra

  • Final Cut Pro X now has over 2 million users, Apple says

    duervoduervo
    If I were looking to use a product like that, I'd choose FCP X simply because I eschew the subscription model for software. Any other fringe benefits of that decision would just be a bonus for me.
    dysamoria

  • Apple MacBook Pro saves man from bullet in Florida airport shooting

    duervoduervo

    k2kw said:
    coolfactor said:
    Lucky guy.

    My heart breaks that today was the last day that those 5 others got to enjoy. :'( 
    I say unlucky guy.   Now he'll probably be forced to buy on of the newer MacBookPros.   Don't expect that thinner lighter laptop to stop all the bullets as the old could.   lol.
    Don't know why your ass can joke while people died out there!
    Some people use humour as a mechanism for dealing with stress or troubling news. Others just have poor taste.
    entropyspscooter63

  • Mac losing focus of Jony Ive, others in Apple management - report

    duervoduervo
    cali said:
    Didn't the new MacBook sell the most units ever?

    why all the doom?
    There was no mention of units sold, just total sales in $ amounts. 
    dysamoria

  • Tim Cook refutes negative IDC Apple Watch report, says early holiday sales set new record

    duervoduervo
    I obviously cannot speak for anybody else, but I still like my first gen Apple Watch, and continue to wear/use it everyday.
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