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Pretty much the title.

I have a large library of music that I've ripped from CDs. I don't really have space left on my macbook air, but I have a bunch of space on my iPhone still. Is there any way to load that music into my iPhone's version of iTunes without keeping it stored in duplicate on my laptop?

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[–] cropsec@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for all the tips! I am storing the files both on a separate drive and on my mac, so I'll try setting my phone to sync to that external drive :)

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A note to be careful to leave the “keep music folder organized” setting unchecked unless you really do want iTunes/Music rearranging all the files on your music drive.