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16 years PC, now over to MAC: Help! :)
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<blockquote data-quote="Oneironaut" data-source="post: 1192781" data-attributes="member: 88633"><p>Cutting and pasting is one of those things that OS X differently from Windows. You cannot simply cut and past files the same way. If you hold Command while dragging a file to a new location it will be moved. But you still need two Finder windows open.</p><p></p><p>There are third party tools that add that ability to cut files. It's called Move Addict. I use it occasionally. </p><p></p><p>As for editing file names independent of the tagged information iTunes uses to name songs, go into iTunes Preferences and under the Advanced Tab, deselect the box that says "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized". However, keep in mind that this could put your music files all over the place, songs split into different albums, compilation songs in their own album folders. It's going to base things on a literal interpretation of the tags. So if the tags in your files are inconsistent, so will your file structure. Once this happens, you can't undo it. So only do it if you're sure your tags are very very accurate. </p><p></p><p>Not sure why you'd need to edit the file names to put them on another mp3 player. Don't other players also use the tag info, not the file name, to organize things too?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneironaut, post: 1192781, member: 88633"] Cutting and pasting is one of those things that OS X differently from Windows. You cannot simply cut and past files the same way. If you hold Command while dragging a file to a new location it will be moved. But you still need two Finder windows open. There are third party tools that add that ability to cut files. It's called Move Addict. I use it occasionally. As for editing file names independent of the tagged information iTunes uses to name songs, go into iTunes Preferences and under the Advanced Tab, deselect the box that says "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized". However, keep in mind that this could put your music files all over the place, songs split into different albums, compilation songs in their own album folders. It's going to base things on a literal interpretation of the tags. So if the tags in your files are inconsistent, so will your file structure. Once this happens, you can't undo it. So only do it if you're sure your tags are very very accurate. Not sure why you'd need to edit the file names to put them on another mp3 player. Don't other players also use the tag info, not the file name, to organize things too? [/QUOTE]
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