At 11:55 PM -0500 11/29/2008, Charles Davis wrote: > > At 9:59 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Clark Martin wrote: >>> Dan wrote: >>>> At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, 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. Why would you want this fault anyway? >>>> >>>> Because the opposite setting, having iTunes delete things when it >>>> thinks it's ok, is too horrible to imagine. >>> > >> Except that it doesn't, it just uses the file where it is. > >Isn't this the "Expected" results IF you are operating in the SAME >Partition/HD ??? > >> Um, no. Just tried it. It copied the file into the iTunes/ tree and >> trashed the original. > >This would be if the move/copy was to a location on a different >partition/ HD ????
The iTunes library AND the folders in which my "master" copy be are on the same volume. In fact, they're both in ~/Music. iTunes is NOT moving the file. It is making a COPY then disposing of the original. IF that import included a format change, then your original is then GONE. That's why the default is to copy and leave the original - so as to avoid that destruction. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
