Obviously, a duplicate is one thing that you consider to be a copy of another thing.However, it has been my experience, based on a countless number of email queries, that there are many kinds of duplicates.If the problem is only moving everything inside the i Tunes folder to the external drive, a simple cut and paste would solve it. Nobody wants to re-fill hundreds (or thousands) of song information, re-assign all the ratings, re-paste all lyrics and re-hunt for the cover art.The only thing that should be different after the move is the location.

I will try to sort out the different types of duplicates below. • "Music file", "audio file", "sound file", or just plain "file": A music file is a computer file that contains sound data.i Tunes Roon can easily import your i Tunes playlists, and in most configurations, it will update them automatically if you make changes in i Tunes.Our i Tunes integration has changed as of Roon 1.3, so read on if you're unsure about the changes, see the [_What's Changed_](https://kb.roonlabs.com/i Tunes#What_39_s_Changed_in_1_3) section below.These are the things you see in the Finder, or download from the i Tunes Music Store, or rip from a CD, and so on.• "Music track", "audio track", "i Tunes track", "track": A track in i Tunes is a , if you will. When you import or add a file to i Tunes, the actual file does not get put into i Tunes.If you want to know more, or if you're having a problem setting up i Tunes sync in Roon, read on!# Setting Up i Tunes i Tunes can create a file called an *XML file*, which contains a list of all the songs in your i Tunes library, as well as all your playlists.