Reorganizing Music Folder Structure

Lexicon Questions & Help
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Hi Christiaan,

Hope you’re doing well. I wanted to get your advice on a library housekeeping task before I make any major moves.

Currently, all of my music files are buried under:
PORTABLE 4T (J:)\MUSIC\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music

I no longer use iTunes and would like to clean things up by moving all my actual music folders up to:
PORTABLE 4T (J:)\MUSIC

My goal is to eliminate the extra layers (iTunes\iTunes Media) entirely. Before I do this, I want to make sure there’s a safe way to execute this kind of structural change without breaking anything inside Lexicon (file paths, library metadata, etc.).

Is there a recommended way to perform a bulk path update in Lexicon to reflect the new folder structure? Or should I handle this a different way to preserve my existing library integrity?

Thanks in advance. I really appreciate your guidance here.

Best,

Joe

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The best way to do that is to let Lexicon do the moving. You can do that by sending your tracks to the Incoming screen first, then set a Target Folder to J:\Music and then press All Done.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2P5JPLzSw

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I have thousands of songs and my fear is breaking something.
I’ve used the “Incoming Screen” and it is definitely clean and I do like and use it when importing new songs… but my fear is to add my entire library and somehow something breaks and there’s no undo.

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That fear can be alleviated with backups :smiley:

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Touche Touche… lol. I will brave through it and yes “backups” is the plan. Thanks as always Christiaan!

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