ITunes music folder organisation

On my old PC, when I added an MP3 etc to iTunes it would automatically remove it from the folder it was in and add it to my (iTunes?) music folder. For some reason on my new laptop it does not do this, I have tried with the 'copy to itunes folder' option both checked and unchecked, and it is set to 'keep music folder organised'
Can anyone shed any light on how to get this useful feature back?

Think I've figured out why, the folder I dropped the files into was within the iTunes managed folder so iTunes emptied it when it was organising the folder................. doh

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  • Itunes 8 and undoing the keep itunes music folder organised

    I have recently got an Ipod and have quite a large muisc collection that i have imported into itunes.
    Unfortunately I thought it would be a good idea to tick the box that says, keep the itunes folder organised, mistakenly believing that it would help me to categorise any loose tracks that i hadn't got round to manually placing within an artists folder, also i thopught it would make it easier for me to locate and remove any duplicates.
    Unfortunately i didn't realise that this simple little box tick would seperate all my compilation albums, soundtracks and various albums and take all the different artists out of those, already in a folder together as an album, and create additional folders with artist name and then a further folder with the album name within.
    Luckily i have since discovered that by sorting itunes by album name and then selecting all the tracks, clicking get info, clicking options then selecting yes to compilation it will put those tracks back into the folder that they came from.
    The problem has arisen where I have ripped a CD previously and though i named the artist, then the album in the folders I hadn't got round to naming the tracks so i now have a folder that is filled with lots of track 01, track 02 etc and as i don't know which folder they came from I can't change the title without listening to each one, so is there any way I can get itunes to just put everything back where it was and where i was happy with the system that i had?

    In short, no. There is no undo option for this feature. Back at about iTunes version 4 this could result in tracks being deleted as ones with the same information would overwrite those that had already been renamed. The current versions avoid this by appending " 1", " 2" etc. to filenames that would otherwise clash.
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    Message was edited by: turingtest2

  • How can I move iTunes music folder to another drive?

    I have iTunes version 7.1 running on a notebook with Windows Vista. My iTunes music folder is becoming too large for the C; drive and I am having problems successfully moving it to the D: drive.
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    Firstly there is more than one kind of iTunes Library file:
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  • What happens after unchecking 'Keep iTunes Music folder organized'?

    After unchecking the 'Keep iTunes Music folder organized' option, am I right in thinking that future additions to the library are simply linked from their default location? If so, what happens when ripping CDs, and how is it possible to rename or move files/folders without iTunes failing to find them and having to add them again?

    It's more what doesn't happen rather than what does. If you like to organise your own folders in your Music folder you must leave it unchecked, as checking it gives iTunes the authority to rename and move tracks at will.
    If you rip a CD with iTunes and the iTunes Music folder according the tabs recovered from Grace note. The hierarchy is Artist\album.
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    If you add tracks already on your PC, depending on the setting of "Copy to iTunes Music folder when adding to library, iTunes will either store a link to the track in its current location or copy it into the iTunes Music folder according to the tags.
    It is not possible to move or rename any track in your library or iTunes will lose it. There is no folder watch feature.
    So you need to place and name a file BEFORE adding it to the library if you want to manage your own folders. Once added you can't change it without having to either add it again or find it manually in iTunes.
    The only thing you can do is to use iTunes to move the whole iTunes Music folder to a new location.
    Message was edited by: polydorus

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    100's of titles in my iTunes music folder say streaming.. this is the folder that holds the music for the iphone, it shows me this when it (iphone) is connected to the mac. Thing is, there are the same songs in the folder, but with a size listed. How do I remove these from my iphone (or this folder to stop wanting to stream these)?
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    Aha, a clean install of iTunes 9 (or upgrading to iTunes Media organisation) would have defaulted to the new *iTunes\iTunes Media* folder layout instead of *iTunes\iTunes Music*. Main differences are that iPod Games & iPhone/Touch Apps are moved inside the iTunes Media Folder rather than the top iTunes folder and music ends up in *iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\Artist\Album* as opposed to the old *iTunes\iTunes Music\Artist\Album* layout.
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  • Where is the music in my "iTunes Music" folder?

    Hi,
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    Aha, a clean install of iTunes 9 (or upgrading to iTunes Media organisation) would have defaulted to the new *iTunes\iTunes Media* folder layout instead of *iTunes\iTunes Music*. Main differences are that iPod Games & iPhone/Touch Apps are moved inside the iTunes Media Folder rather than the top iTunes folder and music ends up in *iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\Artist\Album* as opposed to the old *iTunes\iTunes Music\Artist\Album* layout.
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  • When I tried to backup itunes music folder- 15.1gig- to ext. hrd drive using drag

    When I tried to backup itunes music folder - 15.1gig - to ext. hard drive using drag & drop, only 5.9gig transferred to the new folder. Tried again with same result.   Any ideas?

    Fast backup for iTunes library  (Windows)
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  • ITunes 12 - "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organised" feature no longer works

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I've been having.
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    I don't use the feature myself, but it works properly in a test library for me.
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  • Moved iTunes music folder to HDD, Now iTunes Can't Find it--Help :-)

    I finally was able to get an HDD that actually mounted and now I have moved my iTunes music folder based on the instructions here: iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder. I printed them out and followed them step-by-step.
    Before moving the folder iTunes Music from my internal HD (~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music) to the trash, I played random tracks with no problem. So I moved the folder to the trashcan, then emptied the trash as instructed. Went back to iTunes to play some music, and now all of my tracks have the dreaded exclamation point in the first column. When I click on a track to play it, I get the message "The song 'blah blah blah' could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
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    I've used that method to transfer music from one drive to another literally dozens of times and never seen it fail in the way you experienced. I'm at a loss to explain how you could have followed the instructions, successfully transfer the music to the new drive, and yet have the iTunes database still think the music should be on the original drive.
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  • ITunes Music Folder organization

    Hey. I have all my albums stored in a My Music folder, some are labelled fully (Artist - Album) as the folder name, while others are simply the artist, the album or what have you. As I load new albums onto my computer, I just do a manual "add folder to iTunes" each time. I checked both Keep ITunes Music Folder Organized and Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder when Adding, and it prompts me to copy all the files over. I've tried this a few times, using My Music as the folder, and other locations, but it only ever copies like, ten of my three-hundred odd albums.. I want it to copy ALL my music and organize it accordingly, but it won't.. What gives?

    Hi Jen, welcome to discussions
    iTunes always manages the music folder in that way (\[artistname]\[albumname]\[title]).
    To keep it from splitting up your albums with several different artist, check "part of a compilation" in the info tab (right-click->get info). Now those albums will appear in one folder (\compilations\[albumname]\[title])

  • ITunes Music Folder Organization Inproperly

    After I imported music of the album "Wings Of Song", by James Galway, from my removable hard disk to "iTunes Music Folder" and had iTunes organized it, I discovered something that's a little bit wierd. All the music I just imported is put under the folder Compilation\Wings of Song. This means that when iTunes organizing the music folder, it unexpectedly "thought" all these music are by the artist Compilation. What is the reason? Could anyone tell me why? Thank you!

    The Compilation directory is how iTunes organizes albums that Gracenote (CDDB) considers works of various artists or collections of songs from the same artist, but differing albums (like "Best Of's" or "Greatest Hits").
    The CDDB is not always consistent, as some Greatest Hits are marked as compilations and others are not. This really irked me in the beginning as I was wondering why some of my albums went missing. At first I tried to manually reorganize and move the files, but it was cumbersome. I stumbled on the "Compilations" function and it made things much easier.
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    iTunes will reorganize your PC folder structure, moving the songs from the Compilation folder to their Artist folder.
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    To move your iTunes music to an external drive...
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    tt2

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