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Importing music and video already on your computer

If you have audio or video files on your computer, you can import them into iTunes so that they appear in your iTunes library.

To import a file into iTunes, do one of the following:

If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.

By default, iTunes places a copy of each file in the iTunes Music folder; the original file remains in the current location. For information about adding a pointer to the file (instead of creating a copy), click the link below.

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Adding files to your library without copying them to your Music folder

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