JustInSane Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It's always a challenge to track down tracks after adding them to the library if they did not have proper ID3 tags to begin with. I can usually find the files, eventually, and fix the ID3 tags. However, I've recently added some files that seem to vanish every time I try to add them. I have a smart playlist that tries to show all the songs with incomplete or bad info, but they are not showing up there. Is there something I can do to micromanage the add to library process? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36416-add-to-library-loses-music/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I've set up my itunes to "Copy files to music folder when adding to library". That option is under the advanced tab of the preferences. Whenever I want to add a song to the itunes library, I double-click the song, let itunes copy that file to the music library and then I delete the original file. That way, iTunes never loses track of the files, unless you carry the files to some other folder manually. Double clicking is to ensure that no duplicate songs are created in the library. Make sure you don't drag and drop them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36416-add-to-library-loses-music/#findComment-259041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInSane Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 I've set up my itunes to "Copy files to music folder when adding to library". I use that feature. I was able to find that the tracks got stashed in a "unknown artist/unknown album" folder, but there was no database record created for them. So then I did a "add to library" again, this time specifying the "unknown artist/unknown album" folder that it put them in to begin with. That just made it worse. iTunes deleted the files, and still did not create a database record. Now when I try to add them from the original location, nothing happens. There is no database record, and they don't get copied. My next attempt will be to use a 3rd party tool to correct the ID3 tags, then add them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36416-add-to-library-loses-music/#findComment-259103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Maybe there is an Applescript to help: http://www.apple.com/applescript/itunes/ http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php http://www.dwipal.com/itunes.htm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36416-add-to-library-loses-music/#findComment-259109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInSane Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Maybe there is an Applescript to help: http://www.apple.com/applescript/itunes/ http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php http://www.dwipal.com/itunes.htm I solved the problem. I had a batch of MP3s that had corrupt tags. There was information in the tags, but totally irrelevent. I would not have discovered it had I not examined the tags of the original files. So there was a database record that was buried. It's a shame iTunes doesn't simply highlight newly added files. I don't think any of those scripts would have helped me in this case; but those will be some useful scripts to have around. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36416-add-to-library-loses-music/#findComment-259153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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