Why does itunes keep creating a music folder

Tip: If you want to now move your current files to the new location. To make your songs appear in the iTunes window again, try the following in this order:. You see the songs in your library again. Briefly, I have the file structure on as shown on the right of your diagram for itunes 9 or later.

Not sure why I did this, but I selected the 'Consolidate files' option and iTunes created a 'Music' subfolder within my existing 'Music' folder, so that I now also have a subfolder 'Music in the same level as Artist 1, Artist 2 etc Also, this 'Music' subfolder contains the actual music files. Is there a simple way to move all contents of the 'Music' subfolder up one level?

I recall having done this before since I have several itunes libaries for lo-res and high res files etc. I think it had to do with deleting the iTunes Libray. Dec 1, PM. Jan 5, AM. Jan 5, PM in response to nikolayfromeaston In response to nikolayfromeaston.

You can set the root of a drive as the media folder, but I wouldn't advise it. You'll also have a clear distinction between the iTunes library and anything else you might decide to store on the same drive.

Jan 5, PM. Sounds like my kind of fix, but how do you find all of iTunes hidden files to delete them in one single or several, not many steps?

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So, where is the iTunes Media folder? We will give you the location of the Media folder for both Mac and Windows, and give you a quick overview of its content: Movies, TV shows, Music, Podcasts, etc.