ITunes Mantch and managing music folder structure

Hi,
My current music collection is organized on disk using a folder structure of [ARTIST] > [ALBUM] with the songs in the Album folders. If i enable Match and then delete my music and redownload it. will Match default to some kind of logical /file folder structure or will the subsequest downloads be random? Hope the question makes sense. Thanks in advance...

iTunes Match works well with the iTunes options to organise your library - found under the advanced preferences tab. Using this approach typical organisation is by artist by album.

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Itunes 5.0 will see shares from older versions I'll state that anything older than 4.5 might be a problem though. At this time there is a known bug with sharing and Itunes 5.0 that Apple as yet to address. Just wait for Itunes 5.1 to fix a lot of bugs.

ITunes Unchecks Manually Manage Music and Videos.

Everytime I connect my iPhone 4 to my computer and open up iTunes, the "manually manage music and videos" option becomes unchecked so that I cannot add or delete any music from my iPhone. When I check "manually manage music and videos" again, of course it wants to delete everything because it says I have my device synced to another library. I have never synced my iPhone or plugged my iPhone in any other computer before. I do not even use my iTunes library on my computer -- it is blank because I don't like iTunes and prefer to drag and drop files into my phone, which is what manually manage music and videos means, right?
It has become so annoying to have to delete all my files and reload them all again just to add one mp3 to the phone. Then when I reconnect, it doesn't allow me to manually manage again.
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This post I found & pasted below seems to explain it best - this is only for Ipod (& Ipad?) the iPhone 4 will only let you add from 1 computer supposedly. Basically IF YOU CHECK THE MANUALLY MANAGE BOX YOU CAN NOT SYNC WITHOUT ERASING AND ADDING, BUT YOU CAN DRAG & DROP FILES TO THE DEVICE INSTEAD
What is the "Manually Manage Music and Vidios" option on itunes + ipod?
When I connect my ipod on my computer theres this ipod page + 1 of the options is "Manually Manage Music and Videos". What does that do if i select it? The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to mess up my ipod if I do select it. + later I can't change it back. THANKS!
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It is the best and easiest way to use your ipod.
When you manually manage your music you choose what to add and delete from the ipod. You dont have to sync your ipod.
When it is on manual you can use your ipod on as many computers and itunes libraries as you want without losing any music off your ipod.
You just drag and drop the songs, videos and playlists you want from the itunes library to the ipods name.
Right click and delete what you dont want from the main playlists under the ipods name.
Nothing will ever be deleted or added until you direct it and you can safely use it on any computer.
If you click manually manage music nothing will change on your ipod as it is now until you physically add or delete things.
If you resync with an itunes library later, though, you have to be careful because anything not in that itunes library will be deleted off the ipod. I always keep my ipod manually managed because I use it on several diff computers.
or you just highlight the 20 songs together and drag them in one action
some people are so lazy, lol
Think if it this way
If it is manually managed and you go to your friends house you can use her itunes library which means basically getting music from any other itunes library you want. Not just your own.

Best practise to transfer and manage music to my L...

Hi,
First of all I'm not new to Nokia, I've managed my Nokia N8 through Windows Media Player and it was rock steady.
Now I've got the Lumia 920 and I've used Winamp, Windows Media Player and recently I've tried the official "Nokia Music Player".
Winamp:
- Sometimes when I transfer playlists or songs, it fails transferring it. Probably due to that Winamp plays everything (downloaded) and even with bad tags.
- You don't know how the music will be displayed on your device, like album artist or album and album artwork doesn't always comes through.
- If something fails and you transfer it again, you get doubled songs.
+ Great UI, quick and if it works it's baddass
Windows Media Player:
- Don't like the media library and changing details it's a hassle.
- Album artwork doesn't always comes through.
+ Very robust syncing! Even with playlists
Nokia Music Player:
- Doesn't show some mp3 files, which are playable in WMP, Winamp and even on the phone! You need to import these files separately, but after a refresh these are gone.
- Focks up your created playlists in WMP or Winamp.
- Does strange stuff, like copies track (which are transferred) back to your PC in his own directory structure
+ Shows the best what's actually on your phone
+ Gives an actual presentation how it will be presented on your phone. E.g. if some details(album art) aren't right in the library then they also won't be right on your phone.
So like above, no product is perfect. I haven't tested Zune or Itunes, so hopefully other users could post their experience.
I guess there are more posts like this one, but the problem with searching like "nokia music player" you get results which aren't related to transfer and managing music.

Connect the phone to the PC. Open the folder you want to copy using windows explorer. Copy music files. Right click & select send to Windows Phone. For help regarding Playlists go to the link below:
Playlist WP8
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Moving manually managed music folder (wow) to a different hard drive

The music in my iTunes library is manually managed and externally referenced - that is, not kept in the iTunes Music folder (I unselected the option to "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library").
But now I'd like to move my music to a different hard drive (previously the iTunes library was on the int HDD and the music folder was on an ext HDD, now I want both to be on the int HDD).
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My HDD lacks the space for running "Consolidating Files" (File->Library->Organize Library->Consolidate Files), s
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I am trying to straighten my iTunes folder and file structure. As it is now, in addition to what I mentioned, the *library.xml and other related files are living inside the iTunes Media folder but I believe those should reside under the iTunes folder. How do I get them back out there? Does any of this reorganization matter
Go to iTunes prefs > Advanced.
Makes sure the iTunes media folder location is set to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/.
Uncheck Keep iTunes folder organized then click OK.
Then recheck Keep iTunes folder organized then click OK.

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