On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:04 AM, lrbarrios wrote: > Can someone recommend a good (free) Mac (Tiger compatible) program > that could do > the job?
iTunes? Assuming these Windows folders are the original .mp3 files only, and no extra data files, you can "merge" them on your Mac by dropping the contents into a common folder and when it asks to "Don't Replace","Stop" or "Replace" a previous version, check the box "Apply to all" and the "Don't Replace" button. This will result in a merged superset of both folders. To "organize" these, you'd need to know beforehand whether or not the ID3 tags are somewhat complete or not. If these .mp3 files are NOT tagged correctly, but are organized in some untagged format, for example, some songs might use the track # in the title even though the track # tag is incomplete. In this case you'll want to be VERY CAREFUL with adding these .mp3 files to a program like iTunes, otherwise you may end up with and unsorted mess of songs with no tags. A large group of these untagged songs can be nearly impossible to sort out. Better to add these slowly so you can add the tags when you know exactly which artist/album they came from originally. If the files ARE tagged already, you can dump the whole shebang into iTunes. If you've selected the iTunes Preference>Advanced>"Keep my music organized" (is the default), iTunes will copy all the files into a Music>iTunes>iTunes Music folder. This will duplicate all files, so after this "import" process completes, you can trash the original files/folders, unless you want complete duplicates on your HD, which is a waste of space in my opinion. If you decide to use iTunes to organize your .mp3's, there is also the iTunes>File>Show Duplicates which will show all duplicate tracks within your iTunes catalog. You can then delete any duplicates you have, but, BE CAREFUL, sometimes many different albums have the identical track, and there is no provision in iTunes for keeping a single copy of that track and using alias' as placeholders in other albums. This means it's normally better to keep duplicate tracks if they occur in different albums. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
