Another suggestion might be to keep your library on a external drive. That is
what I do. My iTunes library rests securely on a 1TB drive. I just plug it up
when I want to add/delete/or change my selection of music on my older iPod and
iPhone.

Now in all fairness I should say I have very little purchased music from
iTunes. My music all 500G is from other sources.

Sharon H.

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From: George <gbrooks1911@gmail.com>
To: *iphone <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>; macbook@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 10:52:54 AM
Subject: [apple-iphone] Copy Itunes Library / Multiple Libraries

I have an issue that I know is not unique and I am sure to which there is a
simple answer. My itunes library is over 128GB. Yes, I am a pack-rat. On
top of that, I have over 50GB more music to add to it. The problem is that
I only have around 60GB left on my MBP. The drive is 500GB and I really do
not want to invest any more into this laptop.

What I would like to do is copy and synchronize my current library to a
network drive. Then be able to access both libraries from iTunes. Once I
know that I have the two libraries established, I can start deleting the
semi-duplicates from my local drive along with music that I won't likely
sync to my iPhone. I can then start adding music to the network library and
from there, copy music to my local drive to sync to the iPhone.

As I stated before, there is most likely a simple solution to my issue.

Thanks,
George