Media - folder where media content files are kept.NOTE: These media file locations are also valid with 'Big Sur' The details for the various apps and storage locations are described in turn. ~/Library/Containers//Data/Documents/iBooks/Books - iBooks were moved into a special container sometime ago, again to some surprise and have a habit of disappearing.~/Library/Group Containers/.podcasts/Library/Cache - podcasts are now held in special container and not directly manageable.~/Movies/TV - for your movie and tv files.The default locations for media in this new world are: Books - for your books which was moved out of iTunes some time agoĮach of these has its own media storage location, but depending on how you started, the actual media content could still be held within your prior iTunes Library (above).Music - for your music content and music videos.With macOS Catalina what was once handled by one big iTunes application is now handled by three big applications and Books -). This is no longer the case with Catalina. This was nice as you could move the library by just copying/moving the entire directory structure and all was well. If you have set iTunes to manage your library then all your media files will be sitting under this directory structure, including: Music, Movies, TV & Podcasts 'iTunes l' - the new library index file.'iTunes Music Library.xml' - the old library index file.'iTunes Music' or 'iTunes Media' - folder (depending on how old your library is) where your various media files were kept.With iTunes all your media was contained within:

This note provides guideance as to where the various media files are stored and what you can do to make things managable. This is likely to be problematic, for many Mac users, as media content is one of the most valuable things on a well used Mac. The impact is that upgrading to Catalina changes quite a lot of macOS media handling. In Catalina the iTunes media swiss army knife has been replaced with three seperate applications and some functions that are now 'hidden' in sharing. Status: Dec 2020 - Confirmed that Big Sur uses the same Media file locationsĪpple decided to abandon iTunes with its Catalina macOS release.

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