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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1000903" data-attributes="member: 59143">First to answer your question:  You have to disallow iTunes from managing your music. You have to do it manually. This can be a real pain the the arsenheimer, but possible. Look at my screen shot below first. Un check both those top two boxes you see if they're checked. That will ensure no copying or auto management is going on. But now, every time you add more folders to your external HD, you'll have to remember to add it to your iTunes library by either dragging the folder to the main window, or by selecting import from the menu. I always chose the latter method. Otherwise I think you'll get dupes. Now that I've answered your basic question: I don't use iTunes because its management sucks. It lacks the very basic thing which a media player needs in order for it to be hassle free, and that thing is "watched folders". I use Songbird which is a Mozilla product. No, it won't manage an iPod or iPhone. It's a media player. It plays Ogg and FLAC files natively, as well as the other standard formats. It also does exactly what you've asked for iTunes to do, but without the hassle. It sees when you've added or removed folders from your external HD (because you've told it to watch that main folder) and will remove or place those items in its library accordingly, without you having to do a darned thing. It also has a host of other very useful features which seem to allude iTunes (now playing list anyone?) and the features are expandable via extensions just like Firefox. (same company). Doug[ATTACH=full]12271[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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