iTunes master catalog
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From: Howard Brazee on 24 Feb 2010 07:54 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:43 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Well, yes, that would show the state of the catalog the last time it was >used and anything changed. However, it may not show everything that's in >the iTunes Music folder. For that, you can drag and drop the whole >folder full of music onto the iTunes window, and only items not already >in the catalog will be copied into the database. Pretty neat, and been >that way since SoundJam. Does this try to load and play everything, or just catalog them? If something is already in the catalog, does it remain unchanged? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: John McWilliams on 24 Feb 2010 11:21
Howard Brazee wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:43 -0800, John McWilliams > <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> Well, yes, that would show the state of the catalog the last time it was >> used and anything changed. However, it may not show everything that's in >> the iTunes Music folder. For that, you can drag and drop the whole >> folder full of music onto the iTunes window, and only items not already >> in the catalog will be copied into the database. Pretty neat, and been >> that way since SoundJam. > > Does this try to load and play everything, or just catalog them? If > something is already in the catalog, does it remain unchanged? It catalogs, and what's there doesn't change, doesn't get duplicated. -- john mcwilliams |