On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Ray wrote: > Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy > files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's > Mac that I have looked at has duplicate songs because of this default.
On Nov 28, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Dan wrote: > I don't trust apps like iTunes (or iPhoto) to manage my collection > permanently, ever. I think iTunes does a near perfect job of cataloging music. In my experience the "copies" are 100% perfect. I have a lot of experience with iTunes. A backup of my library is sufficient to keep me happy. The "original copies" (I delete anything NOT in my iTunes library) are super easy to find, they're in Music>iTunes>iTunes Music in alphabetical order by artist unless the album is a compilation, and then they're in the Compilations folder under album title. If there is no Artist they're in the Unknown Artist folder. As long as your catalog has the artists and album fields correctly enter there is zero percent chance of not being able to "easily" navigate to the "originals" within the iTunes Music folder. In the case of iPhoto, I have much less experience, but it is completely different. It places the originals into nested folders with #'s as titles, so one set of photos could be buried in a folder called "135" or something similar that gives no information about the contents. Further, the newer iPhoto versions compress the entire library into one big file. I agree, I'd be nervous about storing original photos within iPhoto, but I have no problems with iTunes. The cataloging method iTunes uses is straight forward, easy to learn, and has a perfect record of not screwing up music over many, many updates. One backup is plenty. Having duplicates and duplicate backups is redundant redundancy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
