[iTunes] Music Library

[Jim MacCormaic]

On 11 Oct 2004, at 10:57 am, Axxll wrote:

> when i conducted search in my PB4 ,  i found that  the old  (unedited) 
> tracks are still there somewhere in my in my PB but OUTSIDE the Itunes 
> library . . . I wonder if those tracks are duplicate sitting in my  PB 
> and occupying twice the space !!

They probably are. Did your search come up with duplicate versions? As 
I said, this depends on how you have 'Copy files to iTunes Music 
folder' set in the Advanced section of iTunes Preferences. Personally I 
prefer to let iTunes do all the dirty work for me when it comes to file 
organisation. I download tracks to a temporary folder, keep both 
advanced options checked in iTunes, and delete my originals once I've 
added the music files to the iTunes Library. Like you, I make a habit 
of tidying up questionable ID3 tags, and leave it to iTunes to look 
after the housekeeping.

(Always remember that handy Command-R shortcut I mentioned. This is the 
most direct way to determine the location of music files used by 
iTunes.)

You shouldn't need to duplicate the effort you've already gone through 
with your tag editing, so I'd leave things as they are. If you're 
worried about space filling up on your drive, you should be safe 
deleting the originals (unless, of course, these are AIFFs which you've 
converted to a compressed format and you want to retain high-quality 
originals).

Jim MacCormaic
Dublin, Ireland