Again, thanx for the info; I unchecked all 3 checkboxes under the advanced settings, and that seems to have worked. I tested it under 1 of the files on my harddrive, and so far they seem to be staying where I left them. On Feb 6, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Ray, > > Unchecking the boxes for "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized" and > "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" in the > advanced pane of your iTunes preferences doesn't work after the fact > once you've added the folders to your iTunes library with these > unchecked, but it should work if you have these set before you add to > library, as Chris stated. Files and folders are never renamed if they > reside outside the current iTunes Media folder location when they are > added. Only copies that placed in your iTunes Media folder location > are renamed to match the label tags. You can always find the other > versions out side of your iTunes library location if that's where they > were located originally, change your preference settings, delete the > versions copied to iTunes, and add these again. > > And I though you could manually manage your music if you sync your > iPhone to your computer. Probably the easiest way to control this, > though, is to create a playlist that contains music you want on your > device, and check that you only want checked library tracks and > playlists to sync. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Feb 6, 9:16 am, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tried that: but, that ain't no good. ITunes still does the same thing; >> and, you can't rename stuff either. >> >> Sent from my mac >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >> >> On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> While I don't mind iTunes keeping my stuff organized, I thought turning off >>> "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder >>> when adding to library" would address the issue for those who like to do it >>> themselves. Checkboxes can be found in the Advanced section of Preferences. >> >>> CB >> >>> On 2/6/13 1:27 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>>> That is what I fricken hate about ITunes. Its library thinks it knows >>>> better than you where to put thinkgs and it puts them where it feels like >>>> it and you cannot control it. I love the .m4a format for files, and, as a >>>> player, ITunes is actually easy: but, the library sucks. ITunes is very >>>> library dependent. When you synch your Iphone using it, you cannot >>>> manually select what songs go on yoru phone and which don't. Until Apple >>>> makes ITunes a library independent player, I will never use it. Sure, you >>>> can check and uncheck individual songs: But, that doesn't always stick >>>> and I hate that ITunes seems to rely on a library which puts stuff where >>>> you cannot find it and thinks it knows better than you where stuff should >>>> go. >> >>>> Sent from my mac >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >> >>>> On Feb 6, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> I've been having this weird issue that started I'm not sure when, with >>>>> Itunes stripping my files out of their original folders on my harddrive >>>>> when I load them, then either putting them into a separate folder of >>>>> their own somewhere else on the drive, or, if the album is by various >>>>> artists, it breaks it all up according to artist name, and puts them all >>>>> in a ton of folders all over my drive, so that I have a ton of folders >>>>> with only 1 or 2 songs in it that I have to attempt to put back in order, >>>>> if I even have the energy to do that anymore depending on how big the >>>>> complation is. >>>>> Does anyone know how to fix all this, or if it's even fixable? I have >>>>> no idea how this happened, and it's driving me nuts, especially >>>>> considering the fact that at times I've had to rerip several albums for >>>>> Hannah to listen to, sense they don't ever stay where I put them, and I >>>>> eventually delete them out of my library, sense I don't want to listen to >>>>> Sesame STreet on a daily basis, and don't want to constantly leave it in >>>>> my library and clutter it up. So at this point, any help someone could >>>>> give me would really be appreciated. >> > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
