Itunes duplicating files....

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gregdrummeraz

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Original poster

• Jul 1, 2008

• #1

Is there a way I can delete all the secondary rights that itunes makes of songs...

for instance.. I add Layla - Eric Clapton, it writes into itunes, and writes another file on my hard drive. there fore DOUBLING the space...


Please help...


LOOOOTS of songs on my hard drive...


Thanks,
Greg 😱

 

Ivan P

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• Jul 1, 2008

• #2

gregdrummeraz said:

Is there a way I can delete all the secondary rights that itunes makes of songs...

for instance.. I add Layla - Eric Clapton, it writes into itunes, and writes another file on my hard drive. there fore DOUBLING the space...


Please help...


LOOOOTS of songs on my hard drive...


Thanks,
Greg 😱

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Can you explain this in more detail? Is the "copy" on your hard drive in User -> Music -> iTunes -> iTunes Music? I'm getting the impression that you're worrying because the track is appearing on your hard drive as well as in iTunes, even though that's exactly what's supposed to happen (after all, the track needs to be stored somewhere on your computer for iTunes to access and play it).
It isn't making two copies of the track, just the one. iTunes merely acts as a player of the file on the hard drive.

 

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gregdrummeraz

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jul 1, 2008

• #3

Like this..

Is there a way too make the original file delete its self so then is only takes 3.5 MB instead of 7(song(3.5 mb)-put in itunes- makes two of the file- there fore 2 x 3.5 mb

Like this.

 

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liquidh2o

macrumors 6502

• Jul 1, 2008

• #4

gregdrummeraz said:

Like this..

Is there a way too make the original file delete its self so then is only takes 3.5 MB instead of 7(song(3.5 mb)-put in itunes- makes two of the file- there fore 2 x 3.5 mb

Like this.

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I only know of being able to do it the other way around. You can go to preferences>Advanced>General and the uncheck the box that says "Copy files to itunes music folder when importing"

 

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gregdrummeraz

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jul 1, 2008

• #5

liquidh2o said:

I only know of being able to do it the other way around. You can go to preferences>Advanced>General and the uncheck the box that says "Copy files to itunes music folder when importing"

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Thanks that did it!