Yes, you can put your iTunes files on a portable hard drive. Simply drag and drop the files in iTunes to the drive on your computer that is your portable hard drive. You can even drag the iTunes software itself, if you want.
There are many uses for a portable hard drive, they include: backing up files, sharing storage between several devices, locking access to files by physically removing their connection to the network, organizing files, and additional storage space.
make a backup file and get a portable hard drive.
Portable Software is used.
Portable Software is used.
An external hard drive is a device similar to your computer's hard drive. The difference is that it is portable. You can save files on it and it can be connected to most other computers.
A portable hard drive is both of the following:a hard disk drive that is small enough to carry (portable)a hard disk drive that is external to a computer
A portable hard drive is both of the following:a hard disk drive that is small enough to carry (portable)a hard disk drive that is external to a computer
A portable hard drive enables one to transfer large amount of files (a few hundred GB) between the office and home, for example. It can also be used as a backup for important files on the computer. Some portable drives these days are only the size of a passport, making it very easy to be carried everywhere.
Your songs on iTunes are sound files. If you downloaded them from the iTunes store, they are .m4a files. If you downloaded them from elsewhere, they may be in a different format, but they are still sound files. To locate the files on your hard drive, simply right click on a song on iTunes and click "Show in Windows Explorer" (at least on Windows).
yes, it is portable
The songs in your iTunes library are independent of your iTunes account. In other words, your music files are stored on your hard drive, not on the cloud. Unless you store your music on iCloud, your music stays on your hard drive when you log out of iTunes, just as all your other files stay on your computer. If you wanted, you could open the music files with a different program.
I would get an external 250GB hard drive for movies and pics. Or if you backing up your whole Master drive a 1.5TB External hard drive world be the best.