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iTunes Library dilema

  • 29-04-2010 6:40pm
    #1
    Yellowledbetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭


    Howdy folks,this has been wrecking my head for a while now and any help would be great.
    I have the bulk of my music saved to the "MY Music",all my CDs etc but any music that Ive downloaded i have saved to a Downloads folder in "My Documents". I want to tidy things up a bit and put all my music into "My Music" but Im assuming when I move the stuff from the Downloads to "My Music" then iTunes wont be able to find them so my question is,how do i get around this?
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    If you go into the options in iTunes I believe it lets you tick a box to the effect of "put all my music into one folder once it's added to iTunes".


  • #3
    Yellowledbetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭Yellowledbetter


    Just had a quick look there and i dont see that option,am i missing something?


  • #4
    PattheMetaller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 459 ✭✭PattheMetaller


    Edit: Preferences: Advanced: tick "Copy Files to iTunes Media Folder when adding to library". That's how i think I did it (it's been a while).

    Also, back up any music you have to an external hard drive; not only the downloads but your own cd's that you have physically imported. From experience its a pain to have to re-import them all if ever a Systems Recovery has to be performed.:eek:


  • #5
    Sherfin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭Sherfin


    Click on File - Add Folder/File to Library should allow you to add any songs.


  • #6
    Yellowledbetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭Yellowledbetter


    Ive no problem adding songs. All my music is in my iTunes Library but the problem,i think,is that its coming from 2 different sources.
    Apparently if i try to move the downloaded music to the "My Music" folder iTunes wont be able to find it


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  • #7
    PattheMetaller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 459 ✭✭PattheMetaller


    You've lost me there as I thought that once "Copy Files to iTunes Media Folder when adding to library" was ticked, it was irrespective what you did with the original file; even deleting it


  • #8
    TrueDub
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,666 Mod ✭✭✭✭TrueDub


    If you use "Consolidate Library" it will copy all the music to one place. When I download something from the net it's in my Downloads folder, so I import to to iTunes, then use the Consolidate Library command to copy them all to the iTunes folder. I also have this stored on an external drive, as recommended above, and it made moving PCs a doddle a while back.

    I didn't know about the auto-copy setting, must investigate that.


  • #9
    Yellowledbetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭Yellowledbetter


    Yeah I tried the "Consoldate Library" last night and that seems to have done the trick
    Cheers folks


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