Sorry Sam, I don't understand. I've ended up with an iTunes folder which contains hundreds of albums and inside that is another folder called iTunes Media which contains another folder called Music in which I have some copies of the same albums. I don't 'get' the reason for the duplication.
Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 30 December 2013 09:38, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Rob > > It’s designed so that, after importing an mp3/album to iTunes, you can > then safely delete it as it’s been copied into your iTunes folder. It’s > always more convenient to keep everything in one place, for organisation > and backup purposes. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] [image: > facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> [image: > twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> [image: > linkedin]<http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance > Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development *Sam Mullen > ACMT* > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 30 Dec 2013, at 09:28, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doing some housekeeping and noticed that the option > > 'Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library' > > is checked in Preferences/Advanced. > > What's the point of this setting? All it means is that I've ended up with > multiple copies of the same songs/albums which are taking space. > > Or is there a purpose that I'm not getting? (Wouldn't be that surprising > if it was!) > > thanks > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
