Transfering music into Itunes

Question

I have about 2000 songs on my computer currently stored in Musicmatch. I am having problems getting them to move to Itunes. Whne they move Itunes makes a copy of everysong thus killing the free space on my harddrvie. Can anyone help me out with this?

Answer 1

You can import an audio file (or all the audio files in a folder) into your iTunes library.
You can only copy music to your iPod using iTunes. To copy music from MusicMatch Jukebox or Audible Manager to your iPod, you'll need to first import the music into iTunes.
Here are ways to import an audio file into your iTunes library:
To import an individual audio file, choose File > Add File to Library, and then locate the music file you want added to your library.
To import all the audio files in a folder, choose File > Add Folder to Library, and then locate the folder containing the audio you want added to your library. The My Music folder (inside the My Documents folder) is often the default location for song files imported into other applications, such as MusicMatch.
By default, adding songs to your iTunes library places a pointer to each audio file in the iTunes Music folder; the original file remains in the current location. For information about copying files to the iTunes Music folder instead of referencing them, search help for "copying files to your music folder."
If the file is an unprotected WMA file and you have Windows Media Player Series 9 or later installed, iTunes makes a copy of the file in AAC format—or whatever format is chosen in the Advanced pane of iTunes preferences (in the Importing pane) —and adds it to your iTunes library. The original WMA file remains unchanged. You can't add protected WMA files or protected WMV files to iTunes.