Adding music directly to the "iTunes music" folder

[Matt-Man-Plus]

I was under the impression that you could just put new songs right into this folder and they would show up in iTunes. I added a bunch of music files (correct format of course) to this folder and they don't show up. I still have to use "Add to library" and browse to the actual folder and song for it to show up. What gives?

 

[r.j.s]

iTunes doesn't monitor the folder ... the files have to be added to the database.

 

[JCastro]

Yes you do need to "add to library". Just like r.j.s. said, iTunes does not know that you put something in the folder.

Keep in mind that if you have iTunes setup to keep everything organized it will create a copy of everything.