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Same. Importing my mp3 collection into iTunes, for example, has been a disaster.

• TheSpiceIsLife 12y ago
  I often hear this criticism of iTunes, even from the tech savvy crowd, however there are two settings in iTunes: Preferences > Advanced (or whatever the Windows equivalent is) 'Keep iTunes Media folder organized' and 'Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library'. Just make sure these are both off and iTunes won't touch your existing directory structure. With those settings off the iTunes is just another media player, with the convenience of streaming to a couple AirPort Express devices. But otherwise, yes, I agree, it makes a mess. I've forgotten to make sure these are off on a new machine once and a fresh install once, and rather than unmangling what iTunes does I just restored meda audio library from backup.