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Automatically Add to iTunes
17/03/10 08:16
Having ripped thousands of CDs over the last seven years I think we’ve got the hang of it, except that every so often Apple via iTunes or the iPod lob something in to muddy the waters. Just such a bouncing bomb is the facility Automatically Add to iTunes.
You may have noticed a new folder gets created called Automatically Add to iTunes, right in the folder where you previously had you music living in disciplined peace. The idea is that this is a “drop box” feature, you can just slot tracks in there and next time iTunes opens bingo, your music is sucked into you library. As if by magic. Except we’ve been finding it disrupts the otherwise smooth running of the Add Folder to Library command.
I’m trying to get us into the habit of deleting this folder each time we try to import music, which can be 5 or 6 times a day. Unfortunately you can’t get rid of it forever, a new one pops up each time you start iTunes, but at least we escape temporary confusion. Next time Apple, take pity on a humble CD ripping service, if you lob in another confusion factor please flag it up.
You may have noticed a new folder gets created called Automatically Add to iTunes, right in the folder where you previously had you music living in disciplined peace. The idea is that this is a “drop box” feature, you can just slot tracks in there and next time iTunes opens bingo, your music is sucked into you library. As if by magic. Except we’ve been finding it disrupts the otherwise smooth running of the Add Folder to Library command.
I’m trying to get us into the habit of deleting this folder each time we try to import music, which can be 5 or 6 times a day. Unfortunately you can’t get rid of it forever, a new one pops up each time you start iTunes, but at least we escape temporary confusion. Next time Apple, take pity on a humble CD ripping service, if you lob in another confusion factor please flag it up.
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