Launch Automator and select Service as the type of document to create.Ĭhange the option for Service receives selected from Text to Files or Folders. Instead, we can use Automator to create a service for the Finder that will provide a means of moving any items to the folder through the contextual menu. I prefer to only have folders I regularly access in the sidebar and the folder’s name is so long it has to truncate, which I dislike (vanity, thy name is the Finder). Drag the folder to the sidebar to create a shortcut and you can drag any files you may want to add to iTunes quickly and easily. A Finder Service For Moving Content into iTunesĪs the watch folder is buried a few levels deep, a useful way of accessing it is by placing it in the Finder’s sidebar. iTunes then places the incompatible file within a date-stamped subfolder for you to remove. If you attempt to add a file that isn’t supported by iTunes, a new subfolder is created named Not Added. If I had imported this using the more traditional way of dragging the file to the dock icon, iTunes would have created a copy of this file and left me with the task of deleting the original once it had finished. Within a few seconds, the file is moved into the appropriate folder (in this case, it would be the Movies folder) and instantly appears within the Movies section of iTunes. iTunes isn’t running at the moment so the file will remain in this folder until it’s next launched.Īs soon as it’s launched, iTunes scans the folder and detects the new video file. Here’s a video file I’ve added to the watch folder. It’s a far more efficient method as any content added is instantly available since there’s no wait for files to be duplicated. While iTunes is running, any new items found within this watch folder are moved into the correct subfolder and the iTunes database is updated accordingly.
We can skip the entire process of needless duplication by moving files into a watch folder named Automatically Add to iTunes instead. Furthermore, importing a large amount of content can take some time since iTunes is busy duplicating these files. The import process is rather redundant as iTunes needs to be running and is just duplicating any files you’ve likely just wanted to move into your iTunes library, leaving you to manually delete the original files that are now taking up unnecessary disk space.
If it’s an artist or album that doesn’t already exist, a new subfolder is created. The most common way of importing content into iTunes involves dragging media to the dock icon, or even the app’s window, where it’s copied into an appropriate subfolder and the iTunes database is updated. Within this folder are a number of files related to the iTunes database and the main folder containing all of its media, named either iTunes Media or iTunes Music (the naming is synonymous and simply depends on how long ago you started your iTunes library). The iTunes Libraryīy default, the iTunes library is located at ~/Music/iTunes. We can also create some useful Automator workflows that, when combined with this useful folder, will make moving content into iTunes a quick and simple process. By placing content into this folder rather just dragging content into the app, you can save both time and disk space when wanting to import media into iTunes. A little-known feature introduced back in iTunes 9 is a special folder named Automatically Add to iTunes, located within your iTunes library.
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