HT201610: About iTunes library files
Learn about About iTunes library files
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Mar 28, 2013 3:09 PM in response to LVirdenby turingtest2,See make a split library portable for a generic guide on getting the whole library on the external drive.
In a well mannered library there should be no .tmp files in the iTunes folder (except briefly when iTunes is updating the library), the Downloads folder should be empty unless something is downloading and Automatically Add to iTunes should be empty as well. I don't know if iTunes does any garbage collection on the Album Artwork folders but leave them alone unless artwork gets really mangled. As for the iTunes Media folder, eveything in it ought to be connected to iTunes, and everything that iTunes is connected to should be inside iTunes Media. Where inside is a matter of choice, but obeying the last rule ensures the library is portable.
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