Music stored in Documents

My music library was moved, a year or so ago, from an old MacBook to a new iMac. Now having storage issues on the iMac and see that the music seems to be in 2 places - Documents and Music. Can I delete the material stored in Documents without affecting my music library?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 12, 2023 12:48 AM

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4 replies

ed2345

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Jul 12, 2023 7:40 AM in response to Penarth263

Penarth,

To see which copy of the file iTunes/Music is using, right-click the song in the library and choose "Show in Finder." If you have another copy of the song somewhere on your hard rive, iTunes/Music does not need it.

Before you undertake any mass deletes, make sure you verify what's what. In particular, are those copies in Documents truly duplicates, or are any of them in use by Music?

Penarth263 Author

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Jul 12, 2023 8:56 AM in response to ed2345

Thanks, I'll do that and see how I get on.

Penarth263 Author

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Jul 12, 2023 9:43 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks so much for the signpost - I'll have a look and see if I can understand any of it!

turingtest2

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Jul 12, 2023 7:45 AM in response to Penarth263

See also Managing your Mac media libraries - Apple Community for some advice on cleaning up the structure of your Music library.

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Music stored in Documents