Hi Alex and Esther, Many thanks for your responses, they're extremely helpful and I'll go and have a look in iTunes to see what it's up to.
Thanks again, Ed On 19 Jul 2013, at 22:50, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > In addition to what Alex said, that where a track added to your iTunes > library will be stored depends on what boxes you have checked on the Advanced > pane of your iTunes preferences file (that you can bring up with > Command+comma), you can preview an mp3 or other DRM-free audio file without > adding it to your iTunes library by using Apple's Quick Look feature. When > you're focused on the file in Finder, instead of open it, press space bar to > start it playing with Quick Look. Quick Look can be used on documents, PDF > files, movies (with supported file types), etc. You can't navigate the way > you can if you opened the file in a supporting application -- e.g., you can't > rewind, or jump to a specific chapter in the PDF of a book -- but you can > quickly inspect these files. You can play through the whole mp3 file this > way, without adding it to your iTunes library. Quick Look doesn't work in > background, though. If you switch applications with Command-Tab, or because > you get a skype call, the Quick Looked mp3 file will stop playing until you > Command-Tab back to it. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On 19 Jul 2013, at 11:40, Alex Hall wrote: > >> That depends on whether or not you've checked the "copy files to my library >> folder" box in iTunes' preferences. If so, then the file is in your library >> and you can move that copy out of downloads. If it is not checked, you must >> either copy it in manually or not move it, since iTunes has now basically >> pointed to it and cannot find it if it moves. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 19, 2013, at 17:08, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is probably a fairly basic question but it is borne out of being more >>> familiar than Windows file structures than Mac ones, so apologies. >>> >>> I recently downloaded an MP3 file from the Internet which iTunes >>> automatically added to my iTunes library. >>> >>> The file appears in my downloads folder. However, I'd like all my music >>> files to appear in one place for the purposes of backing up. >>> >>> If iTunes has added the file to my iTunes library, does this mean that it >>> has also copied the file over to my Music folder? If not, and if I move the >>> file from Downloads and paste it into my Music folder, will it appear twice >>> in my iTunes library? >>> >>> Grateful for any thoughts. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ed >>> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
