Automatically Add to Music; will folders work, or just files? Best way to manually transfer iTunes?

Will this work if I drag folders into the folder, or only files? I got a Mac mini, want to manually transfer all files from 2017 iMac; what's the best way to get all my iTunes music into Music?

Mac mini, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 23, 2021 02:42 PM

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Posted on Feb 23, 2021 07:21 PM

Yes, you can drag files or folders into the 'Automatically Add...." folder (do this while Music is running) and in a short while it will add them to your library. Anything that is non addable (such as photons in the same folder) will get placed in a "Not Added" folder.


If you upgrade from a pre-Catalina release to Catalina or Big Sur, Music will pick up your existing iTunes library. Otherwise, you can just take your files and add them yourself, as above.

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Feb 23, 2021 07:21 PM in response to slornx

Yes, you can drag files or folders into the 'Automatically Add...." folder (do this while Music is running) and in a short while it will add them to your library. Anything that is non addable (such as photons in the same folder) will get placed in a "Not Added" folder.


If you upgrade from a pre-Catalina release to Catalina or Big Sur, Music will pick up your existing iTunes library. Otherwise, you can just take your files and add them yourself, as above.

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