Hi Ray, Unchecking the boxes for "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" in the advanced pane of your iTunes preferences doesn't work after the fact once you've added the folders to your iTunes library with these unchecked, but it should work if you have these set before you add to library, as Chris stated. Files and folders are never renamed if they reside outside the current iTunes Media folder location when they are added. Only copies that placed in your iTunes Media folder location are renamed to match the label tags. You can always find the other versions out side of your iTunes library location if that's where they were located originally, change your preference settings, delete the versions copied to iTunes, and add these again.
And I though you could manually manage your music if you sync your iPhone to your computer. Probably the easiest way to control this, though, is to create a playlist that contains music you want on your device, and check that you only want checked library tracks and playlists to sync. Cheers, Esther On Feb 6, 9:16 am, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Tried that: but, that ain't no good. ITunes still does the same thing; > and, you can't rename stuff either. > > Sent from my mac > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > While I don't mind iTunes keeping my stuff organized, I thought turning off > > "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder > > when adding to library" would address the issue for those who like to do it > > themselves. Checkboxes can be found in the Advanced section of Preferences. > > > CB > > > On 2/6/13 1:27 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > >> That is what I fricken hate about ITunes. Its library thinks it knows > >> better than you where to put thinkgs and it puts them where it feels like > >> it and you cannot control it. I love the .m4a format for files, and, as a > >> player, ITunes is actually easy: but, the library sucks. ITunes is very > >> library dependent. When you synch your Iphone using it, you cannot > >> manually select what songs go on yoru phone and which don't. Until Apple > >> makes ITunes a library independent player, I will never use it. Sure, you > >> can check and uncheck individual songs: But, that doesn't always stick > >> and I hate that ITunes seems to rely on a library which puts stuff where > >> you cannot find it and thinks it knows better than you where stuff should > >> go. > > >> Sent from my mac > >> Sincerely, > >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray > >> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > >> On Feb 6, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >>> I've been having this weird issue that started I'm not sure when, with > >>> Itunes stripping my files out of their original folders on my harddrive > >>> when I load them, then either putting them into a separate folder of > >>> their own somewhere else on the drive, or, if the album is by various > >>> artists, it breaks it all up according to artist name, and puts them all > >>> in a ton of folders all over my drive, so that I have a ton of folders > >>> with only 1 or 2 songs in it that I have to attempt to put back in order, > >>> if I even have the energy to do that anymore depending on how big the > >>> complation is. > >>> Does anyone know how to fix all this, or if it's even fixable? I have > >>> no idea how this happened, and it's driving me nuts, especially > >>> considering the fact that at times I've had to rerip several albums for > >>> Hannah to listen to, sense they don't ever stay where I put them, and I > >>> eventually delete them out of my library, sense I don't want to listen to > >>> Sesame STreet on a daily basis, and don't want to constantly leave it in > >>> my library and clutter it up. So at this point, any help someone could > >>> give me would really be appreciated. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
