Editing out song name numbers and iMatch

I am trying to clean up my library by editing out the numbers that are in the song names (i.e. 01 Song name, 02 Song name, etc). I have noticed that editing the song name in iTunes DOES NOT change the name of the SOURCE file, so my question is, does iMatch look at the song name within the "info metadata" or does it use the "source" filename? I would hate to do all this work for nothing.....;-)
Thanks,
Michael

rlo49:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You will likely find people who are more familiar with your setup in you posted your question in the iTunes for Windows forum.
Good luck.
cornelius

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