Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized

[harveymt]

Are there pros and cons to ticking this box in iTunes?

I had my music spread over a couple of computers until recently and I've finally got it all on one. I've organized it as Music/Artist/Album. On one computer I have the Keep Folder Organized option ticked and iTunes has changed the folder structure for a number of albums, I think based on the ID tags. This usually results in albums ending up in the Compilations folder.

It doesn't matter when using iTunes where the files are stored but I spent a bit of time organising and naming them how I wanted and would like to keep them that way. If I leave the box unckecked will it matter?

 

[visionary]

my experience of that is that letting iTunes do it meant I ended up with lots of folders extra for e.g. Elton John featuring Kiki Dee. The track involved gets its own folder courtesy of iTunes. As you say, not a problem if iTunes is the only program you use to access the tracks...

Not sure if it would recover if you untick the box. Never been brave enough to try

 

[cram]

If you uncheck the box just stop Itunes organising from that point on. Everything still stays in the same place. I have the box ticked when importing music but I uncheck it when importing movies because I like to keep them on a different NAS share

 

[visionary]

thanks for that