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Hi,

so far I used 'Auto-Organize Files' to organize the new imported files after I updated and corrected all their properties.
Now that I (finally) want to include some concert videos, I want to have two different way to organise the files based on their type.

After reading through all the threads, I believe it's the easiest to use Auto-Organize and set the filter based on the collection.
So far, so good: I don't like the idea of having run Auto-Organize automatically because many of the media I import is awfully or not tagged at all. So an automatic process would send them to a 'random' location before I can update them.

The doc says (somewhere)

Once rules have been configured you can either:

• Go to the Files to Edit > Unorganized Tracks node and use the Auto-Organize function to organize Tracks that don't match the desired format

Well ... and that's where I struggle: I see the 'Files to Edit' and the 'Unorganized Tracks node' but how do I trigger from here the 'Auto-Organize', or does this mean 'Use Auto-Organize Files and the correct filter will be used from the Auto-Organise rules based on the filter criteria'??

Two side-question:

• What happens when the filter criteria are not mutually exclusive? Are the Auto-Organize rules executed in the given order or is only the first rule used?

• Is there a way to modify the 'Files to edit' node and exclude (aka hide) sub nodes like 'Unknown Composer', 'Unknown Conductor' which I never use?

Many thanks

Auto-Organize and Auto-Organize Files are independent. So using one does not translate to the other. So you'd select what files to organize in the Unorganized Files node and then use Auto-Organize Files manually and set the Mask you want (drop-down will remember the last few used for easier switching.

Thanks Lowlander,

Yes I understood this ... but I'm still wondering what is the use of Auto-Organize when you don't switch on Automatic?
I.e. how can you tell MM: Apply Auto-Organize now! Can you?
And if you can, to which files does this apply? To all? All in the current collection? Only selected ones?

Many thanks again

You can't. If you don't enable it the only use is the Unorganized Files node to indicate which files don't match Auto-Organize rules.