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Hello,
I'm new to Mac and I would like to start using iTunes. On my Windows 7 PC, I have a harddisk dedicated to storing a very large collection of MP3 files. In WinAmp, I set the Library folder to be the whole E: drive, WinAmp scanned it and I was ready to go (I emphasize that WinAmp doesn't move files to some obscure locations, doesn't rename them - nothing, it just scans the contents of the drive. I emphasize this because I have a feeling that Apple applications do a lot of rather nasty things on the sly - e.g. when I opened a remote mp3 file, iTunes copied it to its obscure folder on my Mac, I had to switch this behaviour off). Now I want to do the same "WinAmp-ish" stuff in iTunes. I've already hooked up a Mac-Pc network and can access the E: drive with the mp3 files from my Mac. I want iTunes to scan the content of the E: drive and use it as my mp3 library. No renaming, moving or whatever of the original mp3 files - they and the folders they are residing in must stay absolutely intact.
Any suggestions?
I'm new to Mac and I would like to start using iTunes. On my Windows 7 PC, I have a harddisk dedicated to storing a very large collection of MP3 files. In WinAmp, I set the Library folder to be the whole E: drive, WinAmp scanned it and I was ready to go (I emphasize that WinAmp doesn't move files to some obscure locations, doesn't rename them - nothing, it just scans the contents of the drive. I emphasize this because I have a feeling that Apple applications do a lot of rather nasty things on the sly - e.g. when I opened a remote mp3 file, iTunes copied it to its obscure folder on my Mac, I had to switch this behaviour off). Now I want to do the same "WinAmp-ish" stuff in iTunes. I've already hooked up a Mac-Pc network and can access the E: drive with the mp3 files from my Mac. I want iTunes to scan the content of the E: drive and use it as my mp3 library. No renaming, moving or whatever of the original mp3 files - they and the folders they are residing in must stay absolutely intact.
Any suggestions?