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How do I access other drives in FrontRow ?

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You can use iTunes and have that pointed to another drive, but sometimes you don't want to, especially if you've ripped a DVD and don't want to convert it into an iTunes file.

There is a very very simple workaround and it uses one of Mac OS X's most powerful UNIX features... Aliases.

• Open a Finder window and browse to the Movies folder under your profile
• Click and hold the left mouse button down on the drive you wish to add
• With the mouse button still held down press Option and Command together and drag the drive into the Movies folder
• Release the mouse button

Alternatively, right-click the folder you want to use and click "make alias" in the pop-up menu that appears.

If you've done it right you should see a black arrow curving to the right on the icon as you can see below. This indicates that it is an alias.

Now when you go into FrontRow there should be a menu entry for it under Movies/Movies Folder for the drive as though it was a folder.

 

 

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999