cambridgehank

I haven't purchased music from the iTunes store in a while; have Amazon Prime, but haven't downloaded anything from there, either.

I always had an iTunes folder and never messed with it directly, just allowing iTunes to keep it organized and thought it worked great.  Swinsian gives you the option of monitoring your "Music" (the app) folder or a different one.  I built a folder with all of my music in it (basically my old iTunes folder), no more linking to "Music."

You can either create subfolders and put them in the folder it is monitoring, or just "drop them" onto Swinsian while open and it will do it.  It is nice, when/if you edit the Metadata in Swinsian it keeps it tidy.

If there is something I wanted from the iTunes store (and I assume the original files from Amazon could be found), I would download them to "Music," then drop the file onto Swinsian (and then in my case delete it from "Music"- I am keeping the folder with my music safe now).

I do have a "Music" library (with a separate folder), but it is just videos as Swinsian won't play them.  It otherwise really reminds me of the old iTunes.

Just try the demo, free for thirty days.  Make a folder labelled "Swinsian" or something, drop some files in it (or open it and drop them onto the app).  You simply have to tell it to monitor that folder (I think you can also monitor the Music app folder, but I am not doing that).  It was a big switch as I used iTunes for years, but I am happy with it.

Good luck!

Bill

Thanks, and I will give the demo a try and follow your ideas.