Now, you will see it disappear from the main screen in music. Open 'options' and change it from 'music' to 'podcast' and hit OK. It is still seen as 'new' to itunes.įourth, go to the 'music' at the top left of itunes menu. iTunes will put it in 'songs', but that is ok. Navigate to the 'movedmusic' folder you created on your desktop and select the mp3 file, and let it import into itunes.ĭon't worry about where itunes puts it. It will open a mini finder window of it's own. Third, go back to itunes main screen, click File, then 'add to library'. Now, the mp3 file is no longer in itunes at all. Now, go to the itunes music folder and drag the mp3 file over to the 'movedmusic' folder and drop it there. In that finder window, create a unique named new folder on the desktop, such as 'movedmusic'. Then open another finder window alongside the one that is showing the itunes music folder. Which is in machd/users/johnsmith/music/itunes/itunes music. Second, open up a finder window on the mac. This will remove it from itunes, and the iphone, which is what you want.
Then it will ask you if you want to put the file in the trash or keep the file It will remove it from itunes and the iphone, click OK. The instructions may seem long, but it really isn't hard to do once you've tried it.įirst, in itunes, find the mp3 file(s) in the music section, and hit edit, then delete.