moving iTunes Library to new location

[Shawn Erickson]

On Dec 13, 2007 9:09 AM, Michael A. Crawford <michaelacrawford at mac.com> wrote:
> That's what I did.  I didn't even think about telling the iLife apps
> that their data had moved to an external disk.  The symlink was easy
> and works well.  Tell me, is there any advantage to reconfiguring the
> iLife apps to us the external disk directly over using a symlink?  Are
> there any disadvantages?

If the external device doesn't mount then the symlink points at a
directory with nothing mounted under it. The application would then
process to drop data in a place other then you expect, etc.

symlinks across device should be used with care and often only done
temporarily...

-Shawn