# Moving Rekordbox library to external HD & exporting

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864>\
**Category:** Rekordbox\
**Created:** [April 8, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864 "2017-04-08T20:43:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mastah\_Kyler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mastah_kyler/32/16369_2.png) [@Mastah\_Kyler](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mastah_Kyler)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/1 "2017-04-08T20:43:20Z")

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**Moving Rekordbox library to external HD & exporting**

im constantly hopping between my laptop and my pc for preparation. however i have had this issue where if i try to sync songs from 1 usb to another, they songs do not show up but the playlist will. wheres the magical setting that im missing?

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**Author:** ![the\_bastet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/the_bastet/32/56295_2.png) [@the\_bastet](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/the_bastet)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/2 "2017-04-08T21:07:53Z")

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> [@Mastah\_Kyler](#):
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> im constantly hopping between my laptop and my pc for preparation. however i have had this issue where if i try to sync songs from 1 usb to another, they songs do not show up but the playlist will. wheres the magical setting that im missing?

I use my PC for preperation (since i use osx in a VM to run Rekordbuddy). My hard drive from my laptop pops out pretty easy. I just plug her in and utilize paragon in OSX.

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**Author:** ![Mastah\_Kyler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mastah_kyler/32/16369_2.png) [@Mastah\_Kyler](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mastah_Kyler)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/3 "2017-04-08T22:15:31Z")

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no offense but i dont understand how this helps my problem

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**Author:** ![the\_bastet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/the_bastet/32/56295_2.png) [@the\_bastet](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/the_bastet)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/4 "2017-04-08T22:23:17Z")

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It saves you from needing to switch usb’s constantly.

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**Author:** ![Mastah\_Kyler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mastah_kyler/32/16369_2.png) [@Mastah\_Kyler](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Mastah_Kyler)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/5 "2017-04-09T01:13:15Z")

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i kind of understand. but what i want is to have my entire RB library on an external harddrive. and i want to be able to sync playlists onto a thumb drive from this external hard drive

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**Author:** ![the\_bastet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/the_bastet/32/56295_2.png) [@the\_bastet](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/the_bastet)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/moving-rekordbox-library-to-external-hd-exporting/75864/6 "2017-04-09T01:42:59Z")

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Ah. I see. I know Rekordbox has inherent issues if drives don’t constantly remain the same Drive Letter. This is especially prevalent when using multiple OS’s. I will try to replicate the issue when I get home.