ITunes no longer MOVES files....

I have my iTunes library on a network drive, when I add a folder, or just a bunch of music files into iTunes by dragging and dropping them into iTunes (a blue box shows up that covers music/movies, etc)... if I do not hold down any keys, it just shows the number of files, as if you where moving the files from 1 place in finder to another, but if you hold down (I think it's commnad), you get a green plus sign. iTunes preferences has an option for COPY files to iTunes.... did they use to have the option to MOVE files? Is there a way to MOVE files? See, I am organzing my hard drives, and finding random locations where I have a folder with music in it, so I just want to consolidate they all. Also, I did try the KEEP iTunes organised, but that did not seem to move them either.
Ideas? Thank.
Running iTunes 10.6.3 and OSX 10.7.4

CapWkidd wrote:
you get a green plus sign. iTunes preferences has an option for COPY files to iTunes.... did they use to have the option to MOVE files?
No.
Is there a way to MOVE files?
Drag files to the folder /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/Automatically add to iTunes.
This will add to iTunes and move them into the correct folders in the /iTunes media/ folder.
I keep a shortcut to this folder on the desktop then simply put files in there.
Wasn't there a "consolidate" button under advanced before?
Yes. It has moved to iTunes menu File > Library > Organize library - consolidate.
As Limnos noted, this copies files already in iTunes. It does not move them.

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