CD importing and organizing files

Let me try this again...

I've been going back through all my CD and re - import with better quality. I really hate the iTunes decided to organize my files. I don't I have a complaint about the iTunes Media > subfolders. I have a problem with iTunes is decide how organize the CD data itself.

For example:

I import the CD 'Something to remember' Madonna. ITunes has decided that some of the sounds "Feature" another artist that this is a CD of Various Artists and decides to locate files in iTunes Media > music > compilation > something to remember.

This then forces me to go find the Album in iTunes and select "Get Info" and him saying that the "Album Artist" is Madonna. ITunes then decides with this selection that the best way to organize the data must move all except tracks 1, 2, 8 and 14 in iTunes Media > music > Madonna > something to remember.

Now I have 2 sites with data from a CD (iTunes Media > music > compilation > something to be aware (for titles 1, 2, 8, 14) and iTunes Media > music > Madonna > something to remember (for the rest).)

It is quite frustrating if you like to keep things organized!

It wouldn't be that large agree if we could just manually move files and iTunes recognize where they are.

I understand that I can change the XML file and change places, but it's a lot of work. It would be nice if Apple would just make things simpler for us in us giving the possibility to organize the files by hand, and give us a way to make the iTunes to update the library of files (or give us a way to specify things like artist or some way to force the system to keep a whole album rather divide.)

Obviously I would prefer simply to allow to place the files where we want to and just tell iTunes to update itself with the locations.

Am I missing something obvious?

12.4 iTunes

MBP MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan)

iTunes is set up so that the user would not normally focus on the press kit at all.  Unless you have a reason to need to work with the media folder and then don't know how it's implemented. It is optimized for the use of iTunes.

You can organize the media by hand. Go to iTunes > Preferences > advanced and remove the check mark next to 'organize' and ' copy to '.  Add in the future all media to iTunes will use the original file everywhere where it is and, within limits, will follow a file if you drag it somewhere else (never to another drive).  Note This can have other disadvantages such as iTunes, refusing in the future automatically fix broken links.  Also if you download the iCloud elements or on the iTunes Store they still always automatically placed in the standard folder structure but you can remove them.  You will have to ensure that the music is organized and the files have names that make sense for you.  If accidentally, you drag a file into a directory of obscure and name 45hg%4p.mp3 iTunes uses there.  Moving from the library to another drive can also be more complicated in the future, especially if you end up with files outside the iTunes folder.

Editing the .xml has absolutely no effect on iTunes.  iTunes creates for other applications. iTunes uses the .itl file and only he can read.

I would recommend if you go to start to manage the media yourself, you need to learn how iTunes works really.  You are at the point where if you don't know the .xml and .itl but you start managing your media you are entering the scene of the advanced user.

On the iTunes library files - https://support.apple.com/HT201610 - does not mention that a complete library of work also includes other files and also files in the iTunes folder.

More about the library files iTunes and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

What are all these files in iTunes? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391

iTunes 9 [and later]: understanding iTunes Media organization - http://support.apple.com/HT201979 - more information on the Organization of the new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702

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