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Punky

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 23, 2007
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Hey guys,

I'm a bit new at this Mac thing, so I was hoping you could give me a hand.

I've been using the LAME codec for iTunes to do my ripping and I've been using an external HD for storing the MP3s. The default directory is EXTERNAL HD/MP3.

Normally it works great. Sounds fine right? Not quite. Here's where the problem comes in.

At one point, I started ripping a CD without my External HD plugged in. So iTunes / LAME went and created this odd ghost folder tree called EXTERNAL/MP3 which can only be seen by iTunes, Torq (my DJing program which has iTunes integration), and XNJB (my PC-compatible MP3 player workaround program). In the "choose default iTunes folder" screen, this EXTERNAL/MP3 folder tree appears alongside my Network, HD, and EXTERNAL HD icons.

However, this folder tree doesn't appear in the finder!!! So I can't move, control, or address these freaking files! I like keeping my folders very clean cut, so this is very irritating.

How can I get rid of these folders and files and make sure this doesn't happen again? Any advice will be welcomed and appreciated. Thanks!!!!!
 
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