"Automatically Add" folder not working

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"Automatically Add" folder not working

In prior versions of iTunes, putting files in the "Automatically Add To iTunes" worked perfectly.

Now with 10.2, it doesn't scan continuously for the folder anymore. I have to quit and restart iTunes to get it to rescan the folder.

(Big feature for me -- I drop tons of files in there over a network to get them to sync in my master iTunes library, so it's a pain when they don't automatically get added and I have to manually quit and restart.)

I just noticed 10.2.1; downloading now and I'll post if that fixes it.

Mac Pro 8-core (2 x 2.8), Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 10, 2011 9:42 AM

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Beavis2084

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Mar 10, 2011 12:05 PM in response to David Das

Are you talking about a desktop folder with "Folder Actions" attached or a script function that has stopped working?

And just curious, why does one use a folder to "drop song/video files to" so they can be added to iTunes? If you drag a song/video file to the iTunes icon/app, it adds them as well.

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David Das Author

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Mar 10, 2011 12:08 PM in response to Beavis2084

I'm talking about the Automatically Add To iTunes feature ( http://lifehacker.com/#!5356619/itunes-finally-adds-watched-folder-to-automatica lly-add-new-music). It's a built-in feature in iTunes, not a third-party script.

I can't drag and drop directly because I have a large network and my master iTunes library is on a different computer. Therefore, I need to drop it into a folder across the network that iTunes routinely scans and then imports. It worked fine up until last week -- iTunes seemed to scan the folder every few seconds because anything dropped in there got added immediately. But now it's only working on iTunes restart.

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