Hi Angus, Two things to consider. If the song is in from Apple Music, as opposed to your own purchased content, then there may be problems messing with some of the tagging. Second, if something is within the Compilations folder, then there is a box that is checked within the Details tab of the Info for that song. So, when this item is checked, no matter what you do, it will stay within the Compilations folder. The organizational structure within iTunes will allow you to uncheck that box for a single song, or, if you wish, the entire album. Once that box is unchecked, and if you have the checkbox checked to keep your iTunes Music Library organized, then the song will be automatically moved out of the Compilations folder. For example, consider the following:
The Circle of Life sung by Carmen Twilly, written by Elton John from the Soundtrack for the Original Motion Picture, The Lion King is part of a compilation because there are various artists on the soundtrack. With the "This is part of a Compilation of Artists" checkbox checked, you would find the song in the Compilations folder under the album title "The Lion King, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". If I were to uncheck that box, then press OK in the Get Info dialog, the song would therefore be moved out of the Compilations folder into a Carmen Twilly folder outside the Compilations folder. Even though Elton John is the Songwriter, that part of the tagging is ignored in the Finder organization structure. Only the Artist, then Album, then Song title is of concern in that structure. Keeping all this in mind, in your case, you should be able to uncheck the checkbox related to Compilations in the Details area of the Get Info dialog for Jimmy Hendrix, and if the Album info is entered exactly the same as the album title you wish it to actually be placed in, it should do it for you. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 1, 2017, at 22:52, Angus MacKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: Tim Thank you. I ended up doing one song at a time. When I encountered “invalid location’, I typed the comma, I was asked to locate the song. I got rid of nearly 400 ‘invalid locations’. I was always asked to find files and this did not work. It does not matter if I put Jim Norman in the Artist Field and Jimi Hendrix in the Album or Jimi Hendrix in the Artist Field and Jim Norman in the Album Artist, the song does not come out of Compilations into the Jimi Hendrix/West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology [Disc 1] foder. Angus MacKinnon -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
