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RoderickGI:
If you are ripping using MC, with its internal ALAC encoder, and the data is available in the MC Library then I would expect that the tags are saved to the file correctly. So you shouldn't have to separately run the "Update Tags (from library)" function. There have been some discussions around issues with ALAC though. I use FLAC, so don't have experience with those issues.

If you had to or have run the MC "Lookup Tag Info From Online Database" function, then I would also expect tags to be written correctly to the file.

If the files were ripped with some other tool, it may or may not write the tags so that they are readable by MC on a new installation on a second PC.

You can check what tags are saved in a file using the "Tag Dump" section of the MC Tag window. With FLAC files tags are written to a Vorbis Comment Block by MC when ripped using MC, and these are shown in the Tag Dump.

nwboater:
RoderickGI - Thanks very much for your excellent write up. In the past I have had some difficulties in copying very large audio collections. It should be a simple process using Windows Explorer, but it isn't always. The glitch that got me most often was file paths being too long.

In frustration I did a lot of Googling and ended up purchasing GS Rich Copy 360. It's designed and used for copying huge amounts of files by large corporations. It was a bit annoying paying for something that the OS should accomplish, but the end results warranted my purchase. I know there are some other solutions such as SynBack that may be free, but I just wanted something that I knew would work perfectly.

http://www.gurusquad.com/GSRichCopy360/GSRICHCOPY360  I have no connection with the company - just a satisfied user.

Cheers,
Rod

rsg:
Wow...thanks for a very detailed response. The thing is, I am not copying large amounts of data, just a few albums (up to 10) at a time. So, I am looking for a simple procedure. Windows Explorer works to copy files on to the second external drive, but with some errors...missing album cover for some tracks but not all, other changes too...the genre field 'rock' might be changed to 'date' or every track is listed with the performer and track name rather than just the track name. One thing I am wondering...maybe WE is still writing data when I disconnect the drive. I am going by when the blue light stops flashing on the second drive, but I should do a safe eject. I tried that with one triple album today and it worked fine.

UPDATE: Windows Explorer drag and drop does work perfectly! Just be careful that it has really finished copying files over. I just copied ten albums on to a second external drive by dragging, for instance, the album Nebraska into the Bruce Springsteen folder on the second drive. All perfect...track names, album artwork etc. This is probably quite obvious to all of you out there, but I have seen some very complicated explanations of how to copy files when in reality it is very simple when done right.

RoderickGI:

--- Quote from: rsg on January 07, 2018, 05:58:10 pm ---Is running 'Update Tags (from library)' something that should be done as a matter of course after ripping CDs to make sure everything is as it should be (talking about ALAC files here)?
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If this was a regular issue it seems there was a problem and it has been fixed. Look for it in an upcoming public release.


--- Quote ---23.0.94 (1/12/2018)
10. Fixed: File tagging following CD ripping wasn't working.
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JimH:
That build is at the top of the MC23 board now.

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