Hello
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When I 'm importing music into the iTunes Library a copy of the original file is put into the iTunes Library. What is the reason for this?
Hans
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
I don't know I have seen any reason for it indicated in Apple documentation. It could be since once an item has been added to iTunes the application feels at liberty store the file in its own structure and rename it, and to make changes to the file metadata, that the original programmers decided people would prefer the application did not modify the only, original copy of the file.
This link may interest you:
iTunes 9: Understanding the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder. - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3832 - Files put into this folder are actually moved from this folder onto the correct location in the iTunes Media folder.
Thanks for your time, Limnos
I think "understanding" is somewhat exorbitant because the article only describes what the program does or doesnot. But apart from that: I didn't put the files in this "automatically add to iTunes" folder. Now I have the situation that a copy of every music file is in the original place -where I deliberately put them- as well as in the iTunes Library. I can't imagine this to be usefull.
Hans
Importing music to the iTunes Library
