itunes has music folder inside music folder.I can't fix music itunes libraries.
I get SO annoyed everytime I get a new Mac, trying to transfer my music (and photos) libraries!
I like to keep my music files on an external drive, and this used to work fine. Trying to transfer/get a different Mac to read from them is SO FRUSTRATING!
I've done everything I sed to know how to do...delete any media on actual (newer) Mac, point library to external drive, re-'load' ALL my msic files by dragging them onto itunes, try to fine-tune within itunes when it can't find this (and when it keeps relabeling Audiobooks), consolidate library, etc...and then again, deleting this whole thing and trying again by doing this trhought 'add' in Finder, etc etc
I've spend at least 4 hours each day, for the past week, doing this, and STILL there are files missing, mistagged, 'not found' etc etc.
I also noticed a 'music' folder INSIDE the itunes music folder, that (almost) recursively had all the media again inside it. (see screenshot, where I tried to line up some of the same files).
I re-deleted, re-did (of course re-read posts here and elsewhere) and still it's happening and now this recursive 'music' folder seems to have mostly the Audiobooks (which are also in the 'audiobook' folder under the 'A's), mixed in with music media.
I have deleted, and re-tagged most of the Audiobooks manually, again and again, many times, and still it keeps doing this.
super annoying.
And naturally I've given up, years ago, on itunes saving my tags and ratings...I realized with the last 2 computer transfer that this is never going to happen
I'm loath to pay for external cloud drive(s), because i doubt their ability to find the odd treasures of international music/books that I own on CD and transfered to mp3 years ago. I know from other people they discover things missing from their drives.
I HATE COMPUTERS at these times. It would have been easier and less time-consuming to keep old Albums or CDs.
And I haven't dealt with the photos library horror yet....
