I must have upgraded from earlier versions. I now have v9.2.1
I tried the trick of turning off "Keep iTunes Media folder organized", then on again. I watched a progress bar doing something, but there still seems to be various files in many locations, instead of one tidy directory/subdirectory structure.
I don't understand your distinction of "consolodate" vs. "move"; I'd expect a consolodation to move & organize data. As I decipher the "help" articles/forum threads, I expect to end up with the extra iTunes Music ƒ to disappear, all music files to end up in the Music ƒ within iTunes Media ƒ, with tunes from the same artist combined within a folder titled (artist's name).
Not sure if this helps you understand, but within iTunes folder are these:
Album Artwork ƒ
iTunes Library
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Media ƒ (a Music ƒ within that)
iTunes Music ƒ
iTunes Music Library.xml
Previous iTunes Libraries ƒ (only iTunes 4 Music Library file lives here)
Since I have no idea what's what, I'm reluctant to mess with most of them (except the actual music files & their folder names). Perhaps some are unnecessary, but I can't be sure.
Thanks!
Nor can I figure out where Playlists live. I'd consider uninstalling the whole mess, re-installing, then having the current version of iTunes organize my files newly, if I didn't end up without Playlists, copies of songs I previously decided to delete from iTunes, etc. (Nearly 1,000 songs may not seem like much to others, but it's a LOT to compare, de-dupe, etc.)
I got concerned with this over the weekend, when downloaded songs stopped playing automatically in iTunes, & didn't appear there (they were in the Download ƒ).