Itunes drag and drop to copy tracks into a folder isn't working

TL;DR - I'm trying to highlight a large number of tracks in iTunes

and then copying those into a new Windows folder, but iTunes doesn't

want to. What do?


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Evening folks, as per the title, I'm trying to create a new folder in

windows containing a large subset of tracks that I highlight in iTunes

by dragging and dropping them from Itunes into a new folder.


This worked fine when I let iTunes organise my library, but iTunes changes all the filenames, which I don't want.


My current music library is one massive folder simply containing all

tracks with a particular filenaming system and I want to keep it this

way.


If iTunes hasn't organised my library, iTunes only lets me copy a few tracks at a time.


The reason I want to do this is because I want to delete tracks with

low play counts from my library but still keep them archived in a

separate folder to my main library.


I'm on Windows 10 and iTunes 12.13.1.3


Thanks!

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Mar 24, 2024 10:26 AM

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Mar 24, 2024 6:15 PM in response to IMockNoveltyAccounts

Try my script ExportToFolder.


Or uncheck the items you were going to export and make smart playlists that ignore unchecked tracks. That way those items would still be there if you decide you want to play them, but they won't be synced to a device or be played when shuffling content. Also means they are included when you backup your library and media.


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