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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1482528" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>Me too. I had a data structure that I liked - even before Windows enforced the "My Documents" folder (This probably is giving away how old I really am). And even when that came along I fought against it. I kept my old structure. The same was true when I got my first 20GB hard drive iPod. I downloaded iTunes but I didn't let it manage anything for me - I kept my own structure - and I kept that for quite a long time. I finally stopped fighting around 2006 - when I had to move my library to a 4th computer (since I started with iTunes) - Letting iTunes organize and keep the data has simplified my life - and has made migration to new computers much easier. (There are two programs I got in a bundle - Tune Ranger, and Cover Scout which has helped me organize my library and keep the metadata up to date) As others have stated - you can fight the computers or you can be assimilated. I have accepted that computers are much better at organization and search is your friend.</p><p></p><p>That being said - I think the OP wants to keep his directory structure on the slave devices as well - not just on the computer - hence the statement drag and drop. In that way it would match and manage the same as the computer hard drive. </p><p></p><p>If you want to play it in the built in Music Player the answer is - you are out of luck. iTunes wants and will manage your music and that is that. </p><p></p><p>If you want to try to keep your own files organized and drag and drop (and use an App to play music) then you could try something like iFiles.</p><p><a href="http://www.ifilesapp.com/index.html" target="_blank">iFiles for iPhone</a></p><p>Which makes your iOS device look like a drive in finder. You open the App, connect to it via wifi - and it shows up as another file server. You can drag and drop whatever directory structure you want. If you hit play - it will play everything in the folder. Not a full featured player but it will keep the same structure as you drag and drop.</p><p></p><p>There are other remote disk type apps - but I had iFiles and it does as I described.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1482528, member: 145676"] Me too. I had a data structure that I liked - even before Windows enforced the "My Documents" folder (This probably is giving away how old I really am). And even when that came along I fought against it. I kept my old structure. The same was true when I got my first 20GB hard drive iPod. I downloaded iTunes but I didn't let it manage anything for me - I kept my own structure - and I kept that for quite a long time. I finally stopped fighting around 2006 - when I had to move my library to a 4th computer (since I started with iTunes) - Letting iTunes organize and keep the data has simplified my life - and has made migration to new computers much easier. (There are two programs I got in a bundle - Tune Ranger, and Cover Scout which has helped me organize my library and keep the metadata up to date) As others have stated - you can fight the computers or you can be assimilated. I have accepted that computers are much better at organization and search is your friend. That being said - I think the OP wants to keep his directory structure on the slave devices as well - not just on the computer - hence the statement drag and drop. In that way it would match and manage the same as the computer hard drive. If you want to play it in the built in Music Player the answer is - you are out of luck. iTunes wants and will manage your music and that is that. If you want to try to keep your own files organized and drag and drop (and use an App to play music) then you could try something like iFiles. [url=http://www.ifilesapp.com/index.html]iFiles for iPhone[/url] Which makes your iOS device look like a drive in finder. You open the App, connect to it via wifi - and it shows up as another file server. You can drag and drop whatever directory structure you want. If you hit play - it will play everything in the folder. Not a full featured player but it will keep the same structure as you drag and drop. There are other remote disk type apps - but I had iFiles and it does as I described. [/QUOTE]
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