[iTunes] Re: Adding to Library

[Kevin O'Hanlon]

Hi Eric,

Many thanks indeed for your insight.  That makes perfect sense to me
although I would really like to see a small utility that would recognize a
possible duplicate and give you the option to over write or not and apply
the same criteria to every other incident, just like iPhoto does.    And
you're very correct that adding to a library across a network produces many,
many duplicates which I guess need to be pruned manually.  This is a huge
flaw in Apple's design, but until it improves the old fashioned way you
describe seems a good and viable option and I thank you for sharing it.


Many thanks and warm regards,


Kevin 


 
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> From: Eric Irwin <ecirwin at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:21:28 -0400
> To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [iTunes] Re: Adding to Library
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 08:23  PM, iTunesList wrote:
> 
>> I am adding to my library from media on my powerbook which is
>> wirelessly
>> networked to my desktop G4 WITH ITUNES 4.  However, to test if IT4 only
>> copies across new media (ie songs added since the last add to library
>> operation) I immediately did a second add operation and a further 60
>> tunes
>> were added (duplicated).  90 were added in the preceding operation.
>> Is the
>> add to library function this inaccurate, not compatible with wireless
>> networks, or am I doing something wrong?
> 
> I don't think you are doing anything wrong.  iTunes does not check for
> duplicates.  The only time it will not duplicate the songs is when you
> drag the library folder from the finder into the library of iTunes.
> That is the only time it knows that it already has that file and
> doesn't need to add it.  Dragging from a network drive will result in
> duplicates like crazy.  The only way I can come up with to help you is
> to sort your music on the Powerbook by "Date Added" and then drag the
> new files to a folder on the HD from iTunes, then go to the desktop and
> pull that folder across the network and add the files to iTunes from
> there.
> 
> Maybe somebody else will know a better way, but that is the only way I
> know how.
> 
> Eric
> 
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