iTunes library on external hard drive

[macandpcuser]

Hi, I have a Lacie external hard disk that was originally formatted for PCs. I have some files there, but more importantly, my iTunes library is saved directly on the Lacie (I have everything on apple lossless, so they are some big files). I will keep using this PC while connected to the Lacie hard disk to syncro my iPod.

The problem is that I bought a mac now and I wanted the Lacie hard disk to be able to transfer files from mac to pc and vice versa. I have already read that I would have to copy the files that are on the Lacie, reformat the Lacie and then paste the files back. My only doubt is that if I do this reformatting, will I have any problems using the iTunes library while connected to my pc and iPod? I just ask that because every time I changed any iTunes library folder on the computer, the iTunes would say that the music file couldn’t be found and ask me if I wanted to look for the file. I didn’t want to reformat the Lacie to later find out that I would have to “look for” every single music file, because that would be nearly impossible. I don’t know if I was able to make my question really clear…

Can anyone please help me?


Ps.: I don’t want to use my itunes library/ my iPod connected to the mac. The mac is for my work only.

 

[chevy]

If you disk is formated in FAT32, PC and Mac will be able to read it. But iTunes on PC and iTunes on Mac have (of course) slightly different libraries, so you need to rebuild you library each time you change the machine.