Folder Structure in iTunes

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Folder Structure in iTunes

In Finder, the folders are structured:

Music > iTunes (which has about a thousand folders under the artists names, a folder named iTunes Music and a few .itdb, .xml and .itl files)

inside the iTunes Music folder are over 800 folders named after different artists not contained in the iTunes folder.

Should all of the folders named for the artists be in the same folder? Either iTunes or iTunes Music? What about the .itdb, .xml and .itl files? I have 20,000 songs in my library and am using Tuneup to clean it up. The program is having a hard time finding files and when I looked, I realized I have some music in one folder and some in anaother. It seems to me that they should all be in the same folder.

Thanks in advance.

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 11:12 PM

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Limnos

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Sep 21, 2012 11:16 PM in response to lapresle

What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660

More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

Image of iTunes folder structure Dec. 2011 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3547807?answerId=16923545022#16923545022
see also:
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2741246?answerId=13025536022#13025536022 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3700206?answerId=17457605022#17457605022

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