For all the years I've been using iTunes, I've been reluctant to check off the "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized" option under Advanced Settings out of fear that it would shred my library.
Well, feeling a little cocky (and researching how to move the CEO's iTunes library from a Windows laptop to his band new MacBook Air), I decided to throw caution to the wind tonight and run it.
OMG. Instead of shredding the library, it brought order out of absolute chaos. I had incorrectly assumed all this time that iTunes unfortunate penchant for importing a single album into a half-dozen different folders was just something it did.
What a dork.
You can stop laughing now.
This is one of those things about iTunes (probably the ONLY one) that works fairly well, and they don't mess with every six months. The only problem I find is that an album credited to multiple performers (say Duets) either gets split into multiple fragments, or is listed as a compliation. Easily fixed or tolerated.
Would you believe me, when I say, We discovered and did the exact same thing yesterday!
What a find it was!
We are Borg.
My husband, the in house DJ, with his 7000+ tunes, uses those settings too, my talented geek.