Apple Computer Question

[ryanSTi]

Hi. Figure I should ask here before signing up on a random Mac forum. I have an older iBook G4 running OSX 10.4.11, which obviously is old. It's been running pretty slowly, some of the programs aren't running anymore, and the HD is full.

What I wanted to do is take everything off and put them on my external hard drive. My main question is with iTunes. If I take my "iTunes" folder from the Music folder with the apps, library, and album artwork folder; restore the computer and run the updates; could I possibly have iTunes run off two sources? So, I could have the internal HD with the stuff I use a lot but the TV shows and Movies would be on the external? And whether or not I have the external hooked up it just accesses it differently?

What's the best way to do that? My HD is full and with the computer being older, I really don't want to upgrade the internal. I really only use the computer for the internet, iTunes, and watching TV Shows hooked up to my TV; so I wouldn't want to pay much if any at all to be able to do that.

If you can help, that would be great! And if your solution works, I have a few bottles of juice I could send your way Thanks!

 

[Houdini]

First of all in your system preferences go to energy saver/options and make sure processor performance is on highest or automatic and not reduced.
You will still be able to play movies and music from an external. It would be best to get an external enclosure that has fire wire (if your Mac has a firewire input). It will run faster than USB. With your processor speed at highest you should still be able to use anything from the external connected with a USB if you don't have firewire. I have an 8GB thumb drive with a lot of music and videos on it. When you plug it in to USB it will show on the desktop as another drive folder. Everything will work as if it's still on your built in hard drive.