Is iTunes touching my library files automatically and/or in the background?

Posted by Rich on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Rich
Published on 2012-10-11T15:33:56Z Indexed on 2012/10/11 15:39 UTC
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I am currently using a service called Cubby (it is like Dropbox) to sync my iTunes library between several computers. I would expect then that syncing only occurs when I add to or delete from the library. But I notice that often the Cubby app will be actively syncing when I haven't made any changes, and it will give notifications that (for example) a song changed which I definitely did not recently add/remove.

Likewise I have lately been seeing weird changes in filename and track number tags. I wonder if this is iTunes trying to organize something automatically and failing?

So does anyone know if iTunes will routinely modify your library files and how/why? What is it doing?

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