drag and drop to import mp3 to Music

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drag and drop to import mp3 to Music

I keep the majority of my music on an external hard drive and delete and add songs from Music, and before that iTunes, to save on file space. As of a few weeks ago I could still drag and drop the mp3 file into Music. I was trying to put some other music into Music and the drag and drop isn't working. I was able to import by clicking File > Import > and choosing the drive and selecting the file, but that is tedious. Is there a way to turn drag and drop back on for Music. I can drag and drop to my desk top, to the external drive, and I can drag and drop m4b files to Books but not mp3s to Music.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 4:20 PM

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ed2345

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Jul 22, 2020 4:33 PM in response to Bendix

Bendix,

Drag-n-drop the files to the Automatically Add to Music folder. (Do this while Music is running.) If the file is compatible it will be added to your library. If it is not compatible, it will be placed in a Not Added folder.

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Jul 22, 2020 4:37 PM in response to ed2345

Music doesn't have to be running while putting the files into the Auto Add folder. Music will import the files once it's started. I typically copy or move files to the Auto Add folder while Music isn't running, tag them with Musicbrainz Picard and then start Music to add them.

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Bendix Author

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Jul 22, 2020 5:41 PM in response to markbsigler

Thank you for the info on the Auto Add folder ... I found my auto add to Music folder in the iTunes media folder along with Automatically Add to iTunes. It worked when I put the files into it so good enough!

Out of curiosity, do we know why the drag and drop directly was removed / disabled?

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ed2345

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Jul 24, 2020 5:21 AM in response to Bendix

Out of curiosity, do we know why the drag and drop directly was removed / disabled?

Bendix,

Just a suspicion, but I think it was not "removed" but is "broken."

Lately, I have found that the use of "Automatically Add" is the most reliable.

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