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I want to free up some disk space and only maintain my personal library with iTunes' library pointing at those original locations.
I noticed that if I delete individual files from iTunes Media folder, I have to locate it again. Is there a way to automate this process?
Windows, Windows 10
As given there isn't a way to automatically relink iTunes to the original sources. When using the Copy to... option it doesn't maintain a record of where things came from. See Make a split library portable - Apple Community for general advice on organizing the library. I don't suppose you would consider archiving and then deleting the originals as an alternative strategy? I do have a script called FindTracks that can potentially be used to repair broken links after the fact, but it requires more effort and might need tweaking if your original files are in a non-standard layout.
tt2
As given there isn't a way to automatically relink iTunes to the original sources. When using the Copy to... option it doesn't maintain a record of where things came from. See Make a split library portable - Apple Community for general advice on organizing the library. I don't suppose you would consider archiving and then deleting the originals as an alternative strategy? I do have a script called FindTracks that can potentially be used to repair broken links after the fact, but it requires more effort and might need tweaking if your original files are in a non-standard layout.
tt2
Hello helil,
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities.
We understand not wanting duplicates in your iTunes Music files, but you don’t want to uncheck the Copy files to iTunes.
There is a perfect article to help you with getting rid of the duplicates. Take a look at Find items and duplicates in iTunes library or playlist and go to “Find duplicates”. It will help so how to easily find and delete the duplicates.
Let us know if you have questions.
Cheers!
Hi helil,
To learn more about the iTunes Media folder, see this link found in the iTunes User Guide.
Reading over your question, and if we understand your question correctly, there isn’t an automated process to locate songs for play if you’ve removed them from the library.
Let us know if you have further questions.
Take care!
Thanks for your answer.
I'd like to know why I "don’t want to uncheck the Copy files to iTunes", as it is an option in the prefs.
Also, I don't have duplicates in my library, what I got is redundancy in my hard disk: my personal music folder (which is very tidy, BTW) and this subset of songs I chose to drag to iTunes' library and, consequently, iPhone, that gets a copy in this same HD, and that's what I'd like to remove.
Cheers
Thanks for your response!
I've made some tests with your findfiles.vbs and it seems to work beautifully!
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Can I uncheck the "Copy files to iTunes media folder when adding to library" and delete those duplicate files?
