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[okvaal]

I must admit I am far from skilled on my Mac (as a new user), but I thought I could figure this out. I was wrong.
On PC, there was a feature under Drives and devices, from which I'd choose "Explorer" and then I would find "Downloads", which is where I used to keep my newly added music before listening to it and deciding whether I would include it in MC library.

I thought the same would be possible on my Mac, but apparently it's not so. Leaving a folder in "Downloads" can not be found unless I import it to MC, is that so? Thing is, I WANT to keep some folders outside the library until I've decided what to do with them.
Any ideas? What is it that I don't get?

[ugee]

(1) I'd say it's not really that much different on a Mac. By default the Downloads folder is available either from the dock of from the Finder (there's a shortcut in the Finder sidebar for it).

(2) If you haven't told MC that it should not auto-import files from the Downloads folder (you may have to check "Configure Auto-Import") and if you haven't set the General Option to auto-add files you've played the files should not get added to your library.

[okvaal]

Sorry, I was a bit hasty: yes, I've put a folder into Downloads and it appears in Finder, but I can not access it in MCs left hand panel. Which is a pity, as I'd liked to listen to it before eventually putting it in my MC library. So I suppose my question will be: how to I find the Download folder from MC? This would apply to your point 2) as well, as far as I can see.

[ugee]

Well, File > Open Media File ... should work. I don't think that explorer style file browsing from MCs side panel is implemented in the Mac version. But I may be wrong.

[okvaal]

With File/Open Media File I'm ALMOST there!  But it seems I'm able to open one song at a time, not an entire album. And yes, I also think that this must be different from the PC version.

[okvaal]

Got it! By going to the new folder in Downloads, open the album folder, mark all and right-click "Open in Media Center"!
Thanks for helpful input"
:-)