Folder Watching automatically imports files as they are moved or copied into selected folders. To add a folder to be watched open the 'Folder Watching' tab of the preferences and click the plus button. When adding a new Watched Folder, music files that already exist in the folder will not be added to the library. If you want to add a folder of existing files read the Importing Files page.
For folders on local disks new tracks should appear within a few seconds. Folders on network volumes need to be scanned at regular intervals to check for any new files. You can set the frequency of this scanning in the Folder Watching tab of the preferences.
Each watched folder has an option to determine what happens to newly found tracks, there are three options:
‘Just Add Tracks’ tracks will be added to the library, but the files will not be moved or copied.
‘Copy Tracks Into Library Folder’ — tracks will be copied into the designated library folder.
‘Move Tracks Into Library’ — tracks will be moved into the library folder.