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wer:
If they are all in your library and they're all well tagged, and we should be able to get a very reasonable outcome without too much difficulty.

There's an extensive guide on the RMCF tool you should take a look at.
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Rename,_Move,_and_Copy_Files

It would also be helpful of you could describe or screenshot the existing directory structure that you say would would like to preserve whilst consolidating.

RoderickGI:
Absolutely do not create a new Library. Absolutely do not move the files outside MC. Absolutely do not re-import any files.

MC can do this extremely easily. You just need to use the Find & Replace function in RM&CF. It should be done in small bites, and I would do it no more than one external drive at a time, consolidating to the new drive(s). It is extremely easy to do one drive at a time, using standard MC Views to select those files.

Wer will sort you out with the details.  :D


PS: I'm pretty impressed you have come back to this thread two years later. That's commitment! But if you had bumped the earlier thread you could have resolved this in 2018. Brian's advice was very close to what I would do, except I would consolidte everything on the new drive under the equivalent of /Volumes/Music.

wer:
Haha... Not only is it clear that Rod feels quite strongly about his advice, but also I had totally failed to notice this was a 2 year old thread!   :)

Indeed there was nothing wrong with Brian's advice from back then.  It just seems a little familiarity with RMCF is needed.

Yes, engeee persevered, but on the other hand how important could it be if it could wait 2 years?   :P

engeee:
I'd still love to know how to make it work...ugh.

engeee

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