How to point iTunes in my Media folder, which is now on an external drive?

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  You would need to get the result you wanted to copy the folder "stored until" in the iTunes Media folder and added that copy in the library, or have disabled alternately to copy files to the iTunes folder when adding to Library Media then added support to its original path. When iTunes makes the imported copy, CD rips, format convert, downloads from the iTunes Store, etc. or you add using automatically add to iTunes folder it will always use its nesting default < artist > \Music\ < Media folder > \ < Album > for music. Personally, I think that you are taking the wrong approach. I always fill all the missing details and have my library organized in this sense much like iTunes does, although I don't like the way it truncates names to 40 characters and I keep certain genres like classical music, humor and music stored in their own subfolders. If you really want to impose your own structure take a look at my CustomRenamerscript.

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  Then, there is your iTunes Media folder.  By default, this folder contains all the files media real iTunes, classified by iTunes in subfolders by media type, artist, and album.  The default location for the iTunes Media folder is also in your iTunes folder (in your folder music startup disk user account).

  A common option to move your iTunes out of the startup disk data is to put your iTunes Media on an external drive (or network storage) folder while keeping the file iTunes Library.itl on your startup disk to the default location.  To do this without iTunes lose track of your media files (where they are), set a folder iTunes Media vacuum to the location target.  Change the location of the designated iTunes Media folder in the Advanced iTunes preferences pane to point to the new iTunes Media folder.  Then tell him "consolidate library" so iTunes copy your multimedia files and organize them in the new location of the iTunes Media folder.  This command is to organize bar menu-> file-> library-> library-> Consolidate files (checkbox).

  NOTE: The iTunes Advanced preferences pane, the TWO check boxes to keep iTunes Media folder organized AND copy files to iTunes Media when adding to the library folder to check (unless you have a specific reason not to).

  ANOTHER common option is to copy your folder full of iTunes (with the iTunes Media folder and iTunes Library.itl file) for the external storage, disk, or network manually (using the Finder).  Then, use the option to open a different iTunes library

  Open a different iTunes library file or create a new - Apple Support

  to select the iTunes Library.itl file to the new location.

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  In your situation, the iTunes Installer is used?