iTunes Folder Watch for Windows

User Reviews

• worth persevering with

  prismaticmarcusJanuary 1, 2012

  Pros

  it. just. works.

  Cons

  removing cloned files is too tedious to contemplate as only one file at a time can be selected for deletion. fixing this will earn it five stars in my book.

  Summary

  i'd installed several versions of this with no joy whatsoever i.e. it just wouldn't do what it said it would. but now, finally it works like a charm. it remembers it's folders and updates itunes. finally, it works.

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• Works great

  gluchow75May 7, 2011

  Pros

  Goes through the whole library cleanly, has background monitoring so don't have to remind yourself to always run it. Quick and easy to use.

  Cons

  Wish it was on the Mac as well.

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• Great utility for Itunes - the best I have found

  niall_loftusJanuary 20, 2010

  Pros

  Quick and easy to use.

  Cons

  None so far

  Summary

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• Whew! I needed this!

  underthumbOctober 10, 2008

  Pros

  I ended up with thousands of duplications of tracks on a NAS. I have had to delete and re-build my iTunes library several times because of the way iTunes behaves when you import music from a folder. This should solve my problems.

  Cons

  It is a bit buggy, but I'm running it in Vista (in administrator mode as suggested) but nothing serious. Shame it does not spot WMA files. At least all my newly ripped CDs will be imported automatically (I now rip only in MP3).

  Summary

  If like me you are going mad trying to use iTunes in conjunction with a shared music folder that also serves other people in your home, Media Centre etc. This could be your answer.

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• Pretty useful, but painful to use

  rgmarkeySeptember 29, 2008

  Pros

  Great to be able to sync up iTunes across libraries on a single machine. Interface is uncomplicated and straightforward. Intuitive.

  Cons

  Several glitches, including an inexplicable and unpredictable tendency to forget which folders you set up to watch, an inability to delete all the broken links at once, and frequent and annoying (minor) error messages.

  Summary

  While the basic idea is great, and the user interface is thankfully simple and straightforward, I find the bugs and oddities of using this painful. I would feel much more enthusiastic about Folder Watch if it more reliably remembered which folders I set up to watch, deleted all broken links in a single interaction, and didn't create so many odd and undecipherable error messages. It works, but without giving me confidence that it's all going well.

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• Great Tool I've been waiting for!

  brighteyes1983August 27, 2008

  Pros

  Has an exclusions feature that makes sure you do not get multiples of the same song.

  Cons

  None discovered so far.

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• AWESOME!!! Should come with iTunes

  t2technologyOctober 11, 2007

  Pros

  Installed on a Win XP and a Vista machine. Worked perfectly on both. Unbelievable. Apple wants to tie you down to the iTunes music store and this little program sets you free. Install it and never think twice about reloading iTunes databases and duplicate imports.

  Cons

  Doesn't automatically import WMA files.

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