by RenaissanceMan1020 » Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:48 am
I need to re-open this post and seek detailed instructions. I want to move my entire file of all MM songs (about 25,000 including classical) to an external hard drive (but keep MM on my C drive to interact with the existing music files and add more). In the past, when adding music, I have usually fixed spelling mistakes on titles auto-found, checked album names, and added composer names and occasional notes. I have inserted very specific traditional titles on classical music and its subparts.
Both my external and internal drives are solid state and speed is not an issue. Several discussions in the knowledge base recommend the use of 'Auto-Organize", with the choice of the Move sub-option. OK, then, how? From your perspective, I am an old man who went to college when punch cards were very high tech (over fifty years ago), but now I am a Gold member of MM (I think).
Undoubtedly, I need to create a folder on my external HD. Moving to my questions about the Auto Organize screen:
Which of the choices in the destination drop down menu is best? Why are the additional options provided?
The find destination wizard seems to be clear. Following the icon for the destination wizard is a 'fast forward' button. Why does this button provide a drop down menu of various fields? Next is a Configure option. Why is the Configure option provided?
The screen then seems to automatically offer a new path for a single song, and leaves the old path fields blank, and the fields for title, artist and album are also blank. Do I need to choose a different option in the destination drop down menu? Should I care if the old path is blank?
Why is only one song listed to be moved? How do I instruct the Auto Organize window to move all existing digital music files? How do I instruct MM to automatically save new digital music files to the external drive?
I am sorry to take your time with what you probably consider to be easy questions. MM seems to be the best music collector program of its type on the market. However, the flexibility which MM offers presumes a level of programming expertise that regrettably not all of us possess. I would appreciate your help, to use the Auto Organize feature to move my music to an external hard drive. Thank you very much.
As a postscript, I usually refrain from these questions for detailed instructions, because inevitably I receive some snarky responses from young nerds without manners. However, I am confident that MM users are mature and professional and respect the efforts made by less skilled users.
I need to re-open this post and seek detailed instructions. I want to move my entire file of all MM songs (about 25,000 including classical) to an external hard drive (but keep MM on my C drive to interact with the existing music files and add more). In the past, when adding music, I have usually fixed spelling mistakes on titles auto-found, checked album names, and added composer names and occasional notes. I have inserted very specific traditional titles on classical music and its subparts.
Both my external and internal drives are solid state and speed is not an issue. Several discussions in the knowledge base recommend the use of 'Auto-Organize", with the choice of the Move sub-option. OK, then, how? From your perspective, I am an old man who went to college when punch cards were very high tech (over fifty years ago), but now I am a Gold member of MM (I think).
Undoubtedly, I need to create a folder on my external HD. Moving to my questions about the Auto Organize screen:
Which of the choices in the destination drop down menu is best? Why are the additional options provided?
The find destination wizard seems to be clear. Following the icon for the destination wizard is a 'fast forward' button. Why does this button provide a drop down menu of various fields? Next is a Configure option. Why is the Configure option provided?
The screen then seems to automatically offer a new path for a single song, and leaves the old path fields blank, and the fields for title, artist and album are also blank. Do I need to choose a different option in the destination drop down menu? Should I care if the old path is blank?
Why is only one song listed to be moved? How do I instruct the Auto Organize window to move all existing digital music files? How do I instruct MM to automatically save new digital music files to the external drive?
I am sorry to take your time with what you probably consider to be easy questions. MM seems to be the best music collector program of its type on the market. However, the flexibility which MM offers presumes a level of programming expertise that regrettably not all of us possess. I would appreciate your help, to use the Auto Organize feature to move my music to an external hard drive. Thank you very much.
As a postscript, I usually refrain from these questions for detailed instructions, because inevitably I receive some snarky responses from young nerds without manners. However, I am confident that MM users are mature and professional and respect the efforts made by less skilled users.