Need Help With Itunes

[Barbara]

I need help with iTunes. I am trying upload movies into my iTunes account so that I can upload to my apple devices to watch while I travel. All my movie are saved in my external hard drive. So what I did, I imortant to iTunes. First I open the iTunes then I click file and I click add file to library. The way I am doing it works fine. Here the problem. Since I have all my movies on my external hard drive. The minute I unplugged my external hard drive out. All the movies that I had uploaded to iTunes tell me that it couldn't locate the movies any more on my apple devices. So how do I do to keep the movies to stay on iTunes without me leaving my external hard drive plug all the time to my computer. Can someone please help me. Thank you

 

[Hunnie]

I would love to help bong, but it's not in my area of expertise. Hopefully Happy can come up with a good solution.
Usually, I just bring my portable hard drive with me when I go on a road trip.

 

[elmow]

you have to sync your apple device with itunes

 

[Barbara]

I would love to help bong, but it's not in my area of expertise. Hopefully Happy can come up with a good solution.
Usually, I just bring my portable hard drive with me when I go on a road trip.

Thanks Hunnie. It is much easier not to have to carry too much during travel. I am trying to upload to my iPhone versus something big with extra bag

 

[Barbara]

you have to sync your apple device with itunes

I did. Everything will work fine. Only when I unplug my external hard drive that when iTunes cannot find the location of the file any more.

 

[elmow]

you have to move your file to the same hard drive as itunes then open it with itunes if you want it to stay. or you can sync to you ipad and make sure you check the movies box for it to sync and it should be on your ipad on the video app.

 

[Barbara]

you have to move your file to the same hard drive as itunes then open it with itunes if you want it to stay.

Ok can you be more detail. Like what do I do step 1, and 2, etc. because I did sync. And I can see the movies that upload on iTunes on my device. It is when I unplug my external hard drive from my computer that when I couldn't see any more the movies on my device. Somehow iTunes cannot find the location of the files

 

[elmow]

you have to move the actual movie file to your computer from the external hard drive. drag and drop or copy and paste. then open the movie with itunes.

 

[Barbara]

you have to move the actual movie file to your computer from the external hard drive. drag and drop or copy and paste. then open the movie with itunes.

That's I know. But I don't want storage too much of my movies on my computer. It will fill up my computer space. That's why I am using my external hard drive for that purpose

 

[elmow]

its the only way itunes can still find your file when you disconnect your external hard drive.

 

[thahappycamper]

@Mrredblueberry

Never really used Itunes.

 

[goupon]

All your files (mp4, mp3, jpeg, etc) must be storage in the same location as your iTune app. This is the major disadvantage for using all iDevice. Compare to Android, just drag and drop to phone micro sdcard. Another option would be to store all your file in a server like Box, DropBox, etc. But then u need data connection to stream those files.

 

[Barbara]

All your files (mp4, mp3, jpeg, etc) must be storage in the same location as your iTune app. This is the major disadvantage for using all iDevice. Compare to Android, just drag and drop to phone micro sdcard. Another option would be to store all your file in a server like Box, DropBox, etc. But then u need data connection to stream those files.

Thanks, Goupon

 

[thahappycamper]

Thanks, Goupon

did it worked?

 

[Barbara]

did it worked?

I haven't try Goupon's way yet. I was playing around last night a different way to put movies onto iTunes and it look like it was working ok right now. The weird part is that it has no problem with music. Only with movies that iTunes has its own mine sometimes.

 

[goupon]

But if your iPhone is jailbroken, u don't need itune. U can just drag and drop to the phone using iFile

 

[Barbara]

But if your iPhone is jailbroken, u don't need itune. U can just drag and drop to the phone using iFile

No my iPhone is not jailbroken. I got from Verizon. But somehow it seems to work fine with the iPhone 6. I just important file from my external hard drive to iTunes, and upload to iPhone. Then after I unplug the external hard drive. I am still be able to watch the movies on my iPhone. I am hoping it will stay that way. The whole reason I don't want to save all those movies on my laptop because it is filled up my hard drive very fast.

 

[thahappycamper]

No my iPhone is not jailbroken. I got from Verizon. But somehow it seems to work fine with the iPhone 6. I just important file from my external hard drive to iTunes, and upload to iPhone. Then after I unplug the external hard drive. I am still be able to watch the movies on my iPhone. I am hoping it will stay that way. The whole reason I don't want to save all those movies on my laptop because it is filled up my hard drive very fast.

how u like the iphone 6 so far?
I'm mostly likely will get the iphone 5 for now, can't afford the 6 just yet.
I'm not trying to sign a two year contract or pay for mobile internet.
I can get the iphone 5 for about 300 bucks and than use prepaid.
I only need a few minutes a day for calling.

 

[Barbara]

how u like the iphone 6 so far?
I'm mostly likely will get the iphone 5 for now, can't afford the 6 just yet.
I'm not trying to sign a two year contract or pay for mobile internet.
I can get the iphone 5 for about 300 bucks and than use prepaid.
I only need a few minutes a day for calling.

It is ok, it is just another iPhone. It is bigger than the iPhone 5, and way thinner, and very sleppery when you hold. I got mine free I wouldn't go and spend $300 on it.

 

[Hunnie]

No my iPhone is not jailbroken. I got from Verizon. But somehow it seems to work fine with the iPhone 6. I just important file from my external hard drive to iTunes, and upload to iPhone. Then after I unplug the external hard drive. I am still be able to watch the movies on my iPhone. I am hoping it will stay that way. The whole reason I don't want to save all those movies on my laptop because it is filled up my hard drive very fast.

Glad to hear that your problem is solve with the new phone.