Where exactly are music files stored?

Apparently the conversion from the iTunes.app to the Music.app didn't go very smooth on my system.

I ended up with two sets of music:

User/Home/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music and User/Home/Music/Music/Media/Music

I reset the location in the Music.app which gave me User/Home/Music/Music/Media but I'm still unsure if the music files themselves are in the Media folder or in another nested Music folder. Adding to the confusion, in the Media folder there are three folders (Music, Automatically Add to Music, Downloads-Music) and a file, Music Library.musiclibrary. Any help as to what goes where would be much appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 3:02 PM

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Posted on Aug 23, 2020 6:14 PM

Depending how you have built your library, the music files might be in multiple places. To find the file for a specific track, right-click the track in the library and choose Show in Finder.


If you really want to get them all into one place, you can use the Consolidate command.


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