What does "consolidating library" actually do?

Why would I need to do it and does it take up extra space on my hard drive?
Thanks

+"when you say makes a copy to your itunes folder does that mean to the folder that you dsignate in you preferances?"+
Yes, exactly.
+"here is my problem, most of my music is on my external hdd but everything that i am buying today and importing today it is putting in the username/music/itunes folder"+
New music that you import, or purchase from the iTunes Store, goes into the designated folder, without regard to where the rest of your music is.
+"i want it to go in the folder that has the rest of my music, the folder set in the preferances part is the username/music/itunes but itunes does see the music i have in the other folder. should i just change the folder in my preferances to where i want the music to go and consolidate it all to there?"+
Changing the folder in preferences affects future activity, but does not move anything that is already in place. It sounds like Consolidate is what you want. Make sure you read the link provided by Zevoneer so that you fully understand it; it takes a while to run and has no Undo.

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What does consolidate library do?

hi, iam trying to transfer songs from my computer to a friends and keep iton my computer at the same time, and one of the steps is to consolidate library, will someone tell me what this means please?
thnk u

1. It isn't essential that I keep the iPhoto Books, but would be nice. Anyway to archive and still zap iPhoto library?
2. This confused me:
leonieDF wrote:
Then you can consolidate the originals, that are referenced inside the iPhoto Library, or better, relocate them directly to a folder outside the iPhoto Library on your second internal drive, since the Masters folder inside the iPhoto Library is larger than the free space on your SSD; assuming you want to have your Aperture library reference the originals/masters on your second internal volume.
My current set up is Aperture library references photos inside iPhoto library.
Are you suggesting better to:
1. Leave Aperture managing portion of photos as it currently does, on SSD, and simply move Masters folder from iPhoto library using Finder to a different location, and then reconnect them as referenced?
Is that better than what I suggested above?
1. Use Consolidate Masters to move currently referenced iPhoto library images into a managed Aperture library.
2. Then use Relocate Masters to effectively keep my Aperture library file on my SSD, but keep the master images referenced on my internal 2nd hard drive
Thanks for patience, sorry if I'm not understanding your suggestion! Thanks!

What does this procedure actually do

Hi,
This code was copied from the popular HR schema from my Oracle 9i installation.
It says add_job_history, If it populates from somewhere presumbly an employee table, there was no mention of employee in the code.
If it is not actually picking data from another table for it to be called job_history, what is it doing then.
PROCEDURE HR.add_job_history (
     p_emp_id job_history.employee_id%type
, p_start_date job_history.start_date%type
, p_end_date job_history.end_date%type
, p_job_id job_history.job_id%type
, p_department_id job_history.department_id%type
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job_id, department_id)
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Many thanks
Cube60

PROCEDURE HR.add_job_history ( p_emp_id job_history.employee_id%type
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BEGIN
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    (employee_id, start_date, end_date, job_id, department_id)
VALUES (p_emp_id, p_start_date, p_end_date, p_job_id, p_department_id);
END add_job_history;all it do was to inserting a rows in the job_history table. possibly it is being called from a trigger.

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If you have any email accounts set up on your Mac's Mail app and you select to "sync mail" with the iPhone the accounts you select to sync will show up on the iPhone's Mail application also
It is not necessary to select to sync mail each time you sync your phone, once the email accounts are on the iPhone you can deselect to sync mail since the email settings (incoming and outgoing servers) are the only things that are synced

What does the SPClientIDGenerator actually do?

I see this in master pages, but not entirely sure what it does and/or why it needs to be where. I've Googled this and got not a lot. Is there a quick, short answer to what this class does please?

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As the information about this control seems not been documented well enough by Microsoft at this moment, I would suggest you submit a feedback to the Office Developer
Platform:
http://officespdev.uservoice.com/
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Core Services is exactly that: the inner, most essential parts of the OS.
Did you Repair the DISK, or just repair Permissions? The latter is not very effective at fixing problems.
Make sure you haven't installed anything that might be causing the lock-up, and uninstall it. Check the log messages in Console.app in the Utilities folder. Look for any messages at the time of the lock that might be relevant.

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What does these instructions actually mean ?

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Hello Davidhague,
Rem format is one the secured format and that can not be converted to jpg. This is happening because balanced technology implemented on your handheld & this can be done on a company device.
Your files converted to .jpg.rem format because you recived it on a company Id, if you want it in jpg format, then please ask sender to send it on a personal account.
For further information about Balance technology you may read the document from below URL
http://us.blackberry.com/business/software/blackberry-balance.html
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I used to have a Palm 650 that I had to re-set from time to time, it do not affect any calendars, contacts etc….
Is it recommended to re-set the IPhone from time to time
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greg harvell wrote:
can you tell me the safest way to do this.....
here direct from Apple
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What does ip fragment reassembly do

hi can someone pls tell me what is the meaning of ip reassembly mode in the global configuration where it gives a option for operating system.
i mean what does this option actually do.
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sebastan

When a datagram is fragmented by normal methods there is never any fragment overlap or overwrite. Where one fragment ends, the next fragment begins at the very next bit. And all operating system assemble these fragments exactly the same.
But fragments can and some times do overlap. One fragment might end at say byte 1400. The next fragment should begin at byte 1401, but on occasion you will have an overlap where that next fragment begins at byte 1399 or earlier. So long as both fragments have the exact same data for those bytes that overlap, then the packet will still be reassembled the same by all operating systems.
BUT if the 2 fragments have DIFFERENT data for that same area of the reassembled datagram, then we call this an overwrite. And each operating system can have a different way with how it deals with the overwrites and chooses which data to accept.
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What does this component do? ipod nano 1g

Hi,
i've had to disassemble my iPod nano 1G at some point because it came into contact with water.
I cleaned it up and it worked fine aside from the adhesive on some of the tapes on the inside being less sticky.
The circled component in the picture came off and I glued it back on. After replacing the battery yesterday I found that the same component lay on my carpet this morning, yet the iPod has been working without flaws thus far. So I'm wondering: What does this thing actually do and should I bother putting it back in?
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I'm aware that this is not the most critical issue. I'm curious though, so if anyone could provide some info on the purpose (or respectively the effect of the removal) of this component I'd very much appreciate it. =)
Have a good day!
Picture: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6le1p0vsty7cqcg/ipod.png
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+In the yellow rectange box it says "Downloading 2 items", and there's a little arrow in a grey circle on the left hand side.+
All I see is a little gray circle with an X to the right.
Click on your ipod's name in the source list on the left, and it might tell you the sync status instead of the download status.
Frankly, itunes is so darn fussy, I can't say I've downloaded and synced an ipod at the same time.
I think you're flirting with disaster ; )

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Hi Vas, I'll do my best.
I don't think the current error message you're getting is related to the previous one.
I have researched a little bit on the error message you're getting, and it seems to be one that has been going on for a few years, and from what I can see it relates to the iPod Photo cache folder.
It also appears that the actual phone does sync even though you still get this message.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1314
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