Why does my iTunes music folder take up more space than my iTunes library??
Hi, I've been going through my HD on my MacBook Pro this morning, and getting rid of any rubbish etc, cleaning up stuff. But I have noticed something strange. In iTunes, if I view ALL of my songs, and movies, and TV shows, the total space it takes up is about 31GB. This is what iTunes shows at the bottom of the window.
But if I open a finder window, then go to my iTunes music folder, and 'get info' for this folder, the space it takes up is about 53GB! So what exactly is taking up 22GB of my HD???
Also, I have selected a few particular artists in iTunes, one at a time, and looked at how much space all the artist's songs take up. Then I go back to my music folder in the finder, and 'get info' on the artist's folder. Again, the space its taking up is almost double what iTunes shows!
One thing I have noticed is to do with the file format. Some of my iTunes songs are in AAC format. But if I look for a particular AAC song in the finder, I discover that it is in m4a format, and takes up a lot more room than iTunes shows for the same song.
I might try and convert my entire library to AAC, then get rid of any mpeg files. AAC's seem to take up a lot less room.
But if I open a finder window, then go to my iTunes music folder, and 'get info' for this folder, the space it takes up is about 53GB! So what exactly is taking up 22GB of my HD???
Also, I have selected a few particular artists in iTunes, one at a time, and looked at how much space all the artist's songs take up. Then I go back to my music folder in the finder, and 'get info' on the artist's folder. Again, the space its taking up is almost double what iTunes shows!
One thing I have noticed is to do with the file format. Some of my iTunes songs are in AAC format. But if I look for a particular AAC song in the finder, I discover that it is in m4a format, and takes up a lot more room than iTunes shows for the same song.
I might try and convert my entire library to AAC, then get rid of any mpeg files. AAC's seem to take up a lot less room.
MacBook Pro 15.4in 2.4GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)