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cookie.monsterSun 20/04/08 08:56

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When I bought my iPod a couple of months ago, I already had a certain amount of music on my computer which I transferred into iTunes.

Was this data duplicated on my computer, existing in the original folder and the iTunes folder, therefore taking up twice as much space; or is it just in the original folder and simply linked to the iTunes program?

I suppose my question is 'can I delete the original files without iTunes being affected?'

#205631Sun 20/04/08 08:58

 

Depends on your settings. There is a setting which is 'copy to iTunes folder'.

Right click on a track in iTunes, choose 'Get info' and see where the music file is. If it is in the original location then don't delete.

Be careful - I'm guessing you don't have backups, right?

:-)

cookie.monsterSun 20/04/08 09:00

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quoting > "I'm guessing you don't have backups"

After a friend lost a 5000-word essay last year, I have back-ups of *everything*.

For the important stuff, I have back-ups of back-ups.

And thanks for the advice, I'll have a look and see what it says.

:D

duncanSun 20/04/08 09:03

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My music is all stored in a "Music" folder. iTunes doesn't create a copy or anything - just references it all from where I tell it it is. I think by default on a Windows PC iTunes will set the place it puts ripped/downloaded music to be "My Music/iTunes Library" or something like that.

But in my experience you don't end up with two copies of your music!

catchingupSun 20/04/08 09:06

 

iTunes has two options, one that will copy the music into the library and one that links to it where it is. It depends which option you used to import the music. My Mac version of iTunes (I expect windows to be the same) has "Add to Library" which links to the music where it is and "Import" which copies. Both of these are on the File menu.

Simplest thing to check is just do a search for music files using explorer.

Alan

laresSun 20/04/08 09:32

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quoting > ""Add to Library" which links to the music where it is and "Import" which copies. Both of these are on the File menu.
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There's also some kind of option that says something like "let iTunes manage my music" which is the one (I think) that copies it to iTunes's folder.

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