Originally Posted by
Patch
I haven’t used Beatynes for a while - but I think it only fixes tags...
The way to fix the file names, is to open ALL FILES in MP3Tag, select all, then hit “Convert Tags to Filemame”. You can specify which tags are used to generate the file name. I use %artist% - %title%.
So then all your tags are good, and all your file names are good, but your iTunes collection still only knows what your file names and tags were when your tracks were originally added to iTunes. Not a problem. Delete EVERYTHING from iTunes, then re-import all your music. I do this a lot. You’re only deleting the music from iTunes, so all your settings are stored, and all your smart playlists remain active. Your smart playlists will all auto populate immediately when you reimport all your music.
In iTunes, UNCHECK “ALLOW ITUNES TO MAKE COPIES OF FILES”. <This is the top, number fucking 1, important thing to do when using iTunes for library management!!! (In fact, do that FIRST if you have not already).
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