I've looked through the help but I can't see the answer. Can I get iTunes to monitor a folder such that when I add new files to that folder they are automatically picked up? So far I've only been able to add books as files, not by adding a folder to the library.
iTunes Library help - adding books
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There's already a folder that does this that iTunes adds to the library folder.
So if you look in ~\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media (Mac) or Music\iTunes\iTunes Media (Win) there is a folder called 'Automatically Add to iTunes' which does what it says on the tin!
So if you look in ~\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media (Mac) or Music\iTunes\iTunes Media (Win) there is a folder called 'Automatically Add to iTunes' which does what it says on the tin!
Thanks, what I probably should have said is I want to keep a single copy of these files on my NAS drive. If I copy stuff to this folder they'll live on my Air's SSD which is not big enough to store everything along with all the usual stuff an OS drive contains.
That's an interesting idea however I assume I'd have no access to media when I wasn't connected to the NAS.
When I used to use Windows Media Player the library was made up from a random collection of folders across local PC / NAS (and other PCs if I so wished). If I added a new album to the NAS storage I'm sure it would appear in the library(am I imagining that?). If I added it to local storage again it would appear in the list but I could carry it around with me.
I want some music I can carry around on the Air but books, that I don't want to read on the Air but do want to sync to the iPad, I want on the NAS. However I don't want to manually have to update iTunes each time I add a new book. Am I asking too much?
When I used to use Windows Media Player the library was made up from a random collection of folders across local PC / NAS (and other PCs if I so wished). If I added a new album to the NAS storage I'm sure it would appear in the library(am I imagining that?). If I added it to local storage again it would appear in the list but I could carry it around with me.
I want some music I can carry around on the Air but books, that I don't want to read on the Air but do want to sync to the iPad, I want on the NAS. However I don't want to manually have to update iTunes each time I add a new book. Am I asking too much?
I wouldn't imagine that it would have automatically appeared in Media Player (if I remember correctly from when I used it!), I think you would have had to store it on your NAS or locally, and then import it into Media Player.
You can still do this in iTunes, but you need to tell iTunes not to manage your library for you (which basically means stop copying everything into the iTunes Media folder!)
Off the top of my head, you need to go to Preferences, Library tab, and untick 'Let iTunes manage my media'
Like I say, that means you'd have to import things into iTunes manually.
Another idea, if you want to have *all* your music on your Air would be to store the iTunes library on your Air, but then symlink all the folders for the media types you don't need to carry with you on to your NAS, so you'd keep the music folder locally, but everything else would be a symlink to a folder on the NAS if that makes sense?
You can still do this in iTunes, but you need to tell iTunes not to manage your library for you (which basically means stop copying everything into the iTunes Media folder!)
Off the top of my head, you need to go to Preferences, Library tab, and untick 'Let iTunes manage my media'
Like I say, that means you'd have to import things into iTunes manually.
Another idea, if you want to have *all* your music on your Air would be to store the iTunes library on your Air, but then symlink all the folders for the media types you don't need to carry with you on to your NAS, so you'd keep the music folder locally, but everything else would be a symlink to a folder on the NAS if that makes sense?