Hi Guys,
Just moving from a Windows computer, so I think I've got some perception problems that I wanted to bounce of the forumers before I made a decision
In Windows I normally keep my photos and files in a older e.g. Cmp3\julie\julie - song.mp3 and pictures in cphoto\birthday\birthday.jpg.
Now the issue is when a copy a folder with some mp3 files somewhere to my Mac, and import the songs, iTunes copies it to the itunes media\music\<artist name> or something like that...so should I delete the original files that I had?
I'm generally wary about deleting my original files, since I'm not sure what iTunes does to the file. From the most obvious point is that I see the files in the iTunes media folder have been renamed to <songname> instead of <artist - songname>.
The same deal goes for iPhoto I guess, no point repeating myself.
I obviously want to be able to copy out my pictures/songs to be put into a flash drive and taken around with me as and when I feel like doing so. (These aren't purchased tunes, ripped from normal CD using my Windows PC).
Summary: Should I delete the source files after importing to iPhoto/iTunes? Worried I may need the originals in case of some mistake.
Cheers and thanks in advance.
Kinson.
Just moving from a Windows computer, so I think I've got some perception problems that I wanted to bounce of the forumers before I made a decision
In Windows I normally keep my photos and files in a older e.g. Cmp3\julie\julie - song.mp3 and pictures in cphoto\birthday\birthday.jpg.
Now the issue is when a copy a folder with some mp3 files somewhere to my Mac, and import the songs, iTunes copies it to the itunes media\music\<artist name> or something like that...so should I delete the original files that I had?
I'm generally wary about deleting my original files, since I'm not sure what iTunes does to the file. From the most obvious point is that I see the files in the iTunes media folder have been renamed to <songname> instead of <artist - songname>.
The same deal goes for iPhoto I guess, no point repeating myself.
I obviously want to be able to copy out my pictures/songs to be put into a flash drive and taken around with me as and when I feel like doing so. (These aren't purchased tunes, ripped from normal CD using my Windows PC).
Summary: Should I delete the source files after importing to iPhoto/iTunes? Worried I may need the originals in case of some mistake.
Cheers and thanks in advance.
Kinson.