Is there a way to sync my itunes music folder with my itunes library?

Hey, I have itunes set to add music that I drag and drop into it a folder and its been set like this for a long time. Then I would do whatever edits to the albums info if needed. But now I realized that my folders don't snyc with the itunes libary.
I was wondering if there was a way update the folder the way I have my music in itunes.

If the files are stored inside the iTunes media folder, and the option under Edit > Preferences > Advanced to Keep iTunes Media folder organized is enabled then files and folders should be renamed to reflect changes you make to the tags.
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Upgrade to 10.7.5. See:
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If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
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There are two folders in the My Music folder dedicated to iTunes music: •My Music AppleReceive and •My Music iTunes iTunes Media Music They share many of the same titles, although some duplicates may be mp3 and m4a. Confusingly, neither for

There are two folders in the My Music folder dedicated to iTunes music:
•My Music > AppleReceive
and
•My Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Music
They share many of the same titles, although some duplicates may be mp3 and m4a. Confusingly, neither format seems to be exclusive to the AppleReceive or iTunes Media folder.
I'm reluctant to playing the "delete one and see what happens" game.
Any theories/suggestions?

BCHeller wrote:
There are two folders in the My Music folder dedicated to iTunes music:
•My Music > AppleReceive
No idea what this folder is. Sounds like it is something you created & named.
•My Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Music
This is the default folder iTunes uses for music.

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Share iTunes music folder - Vista SP2 - iTunes 8.2.0.23

I have one new computer. There are 5 users that all need to be able to access all exactly the same music.
I've followed the instructions on page: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203 but it doesn't work.
Specifically, Windows Step 2 is not right for Vista - the directory \Documents and Settings\AllUsers.WINDOWS\Documents doesn't exist. And the folder \Users\Public\Public Music is publicly available.
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But the other user's don't 'see' any of the music.
1. Is it possible to fully share all iTunes libraries (including mobile apps and purchased songs and apps - so any rip or purchase by any user appears in everyone's libraries).
2. How do I get the other users to 'see' this music. Or asking another way, how do I reset each user's iTunes profile.
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+Windows Vista: \Users\username\Music\iTunes+
Did you see the sentence below step 9?
+Repeat these steps for each account that is sharing music with other users.+
So to answer your questions,
1. Yes, it's possible. Make sure you read all the steps in that article.
2. Same answer.
3. Because itunes wasn't designed to use Windows fast user switching. It's quite annoying, isn't it?
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Can anyone tell me why there might be duplicate files with this number in my music folder? I'm interested to know what might cause this to happen.

Any help here? This question has been bugging me for some time. It's hard to believe that this seemingly simple task / question is so difficult to find a solution for. Please - if you know a way, I'd love to clear some space from my itunes music folder.

"Add a copy of this File to iTunes music folder when adding to library" ???

why on earth is this feature a feature???
now that i finally realized what i have been doing all this time... i see that i have 1000's of dupes eating up HD space.
obviously when i add a song to my library - i want it in the folder i have chosen to be my iTunes music folder -- d'uh!!!
that is precisely where i added the songs to!
so can someone help me understand why i did this?
what need did i have to click this preference?
i know i made this choice...
what i want to know is if there is a reason to click it that i am missing the boat on?
thanks

hi nysepete,
why on earth is this feature a feature???
this feature is for copying files into the iTunes music folder when you are dragging/openning files into your library.
let's say you have a song file on your desktop that you just downloaded from Internet. if you double click on it or simply drag it into the iTunes windows, iTunes will automatically copy this file into your music folder. then, you can delete the file on your desktop since a copy have been made and referenced by iTunes.
if however this option isn't activated, the iTunes library will instead referenced the files in it's current location, i.e. in this exemple on your desktop.
personally, I keep the option checked so when I need to add files to the library, I know the will be managed by iTunes and then simply send the original to the trash. unchecking this option is mostly for people that want to manage files themselves outside the iTunes Music folder.

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Is there a way to have an activly updating folder update to itunes?

I am trying to make this has simle as possible for my father.
I have set up TiVo Desktop to auto DL his fav shows and put them (in MP4 format) in a folder. He can click and drop them into itunes each time but I was pretty sure there was a way to have Itunes do that on it's own.
Any help would be great

iTunes has no folder watching feature built in. So the answer, as far as iTunes itself is concerned, it no, it's not possible. But take a look here for a possible third-party solution:
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/itunes/hack-attack-automatically-sync-itunes- to-any-folders-175161.php
Thanks to Hudgie for the tip.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

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