organise music files software?

[paulhannon]

im finding music files in various locations on my mac.

is there any software out there i can download that will find and organise these for me? im finding far too many duplicates.

thanks

 

[Gav2k]

iTunes can do what you want why use anything else

 

[paulhannon]

How do i get itunes to search for files scattered around my hard drive? im finding mp3s/m4as in documents folder, home folder etc

 

[linuxidiot]

I think by default if you set iTunes to handle it, it will search your computer and then organize them in it's music folder.

 

[tofagerl]

1. Find all music files using Spotlight
2. Drag all search results to iTunes
3. In iTunes preferences, make sure "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" under advanced.
4. iTunes -> File -> Library -> Organize Library

This should then copy (COPY, not move) all files to one folder.

 

[linuxidiot]

1. Find all music files using Spotlight
2. Drag all search results to iTunes
3. In iTunes preferences, make sure "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" under advanced.
4. iTunes -> File -> Library -> Organize Library

This should then copy (COPY, not move) all files to one folder.

What they said, thanks for posting the instructions, Im not near a computer that has iTunes installed

 

[paulhannon]

Thanks for the replys

but if i COPY the found files that will make more duplicates of those music files and use up more space which i haven't a lot left.

i just wondered if there was a quick fix instead of manually searching etc

Thanks again

 

[tofagerl]

Yes, buy after wards you can do another spotlight search, sort the results based on location, and delete anything that's not in /Users/you/Music

 

[c.dub]

Try A Better Finder Rename, or do what has been suggested with iTunes, and delete the random scattered music files after.