Preferences

Access: Menu > File > Preferences, <Ctrl+P>

Note: Many preference changes are not retained between sessions in the unregistered program.

Use the Preferences section to inform the program of how you want it to behave in situations where options are available.

Archives Folder

Browse to a default path to use as the storage location for archived iTunes libraries. Archives can be saved and restored to and from iTunes using the Save and Restore iTunes Archive tool (<Shift+F8>).

Backups Folder

Browse to a default path to use as the storage location for backup copies of iTunes library files. Backup copies will be automatically created and sent here whenever a replacement library is installed in iTunes (automatic creation of backup copies can be suppressed, if desired, by holding the Control Key depressed while performing any save or update operation that would normally create them). To restore a backup, go to "Main Menu > iTunes > Restore iTunes backup" (<Shift+F9>). To browse, rename, or delete backups, go to "Main Menu > iTunes > Backup file maintenance" (<Shift+F10>).

Rename Root Folder

Enter or browse to a fully-qualified default path to use as the root folder for saving files renamed from a template, when renaming results in one or more files being moved to another location (a "Directory Restructuring" rename - see section "Add Backslash" in topic Auto-Renaming Files). All subfolders that are either used or created for rerouting renamed files are made to fall directly beneath the root folder specified here. Alternatively, check option "Rename path follows file path" to use each file's original path as the root folder below which subfolders are either created or used (note that in Tags Mode this will be a single path for all files, while in iTunes Mode this could mean a different path for each file). This option applies only to file renames that involve Directory Restructuring, and does not apply to files that undergo a simple rename-in-place, and thus remain in their original location.

Misc Output Folder

Enter or browse to a fully-qualified default path for saving playlists, images, tag lists, etc. created by the program. Or, click the Browse Button to select a path from a mini-browser. The path shown here is presented by each file "Save Dialog," whenever there is no previous file-save history for that particular dialog in the current session. Otherwise, each Dialog returns to the last folder it displayed. Alternatively, you can instruct Library Clinic to always use the current folder being viewed in Tags Mode for this purpose. Check the "Path follows active tags folder" checkbox to activate this option.

Clicking picture column executes ...

Choose the image browser you would like to run when the "Pic" column is clicked on Main Editor page 2: either the main Picture Viewer or the Thumbnail Browser (either can be selected at any time via context menu popup).

Put Single-Cell Popup tools on ...

Choose the location for the placement of auto-editing tools (e.g. Capitalize, All Upper, All Lower, Space to '_', etc.) on the Single-Cell Popup Menu.

Main level: Tools are always visible and available for use at the top level of the context popup menu as soon as it appears.

Submenu: Tools are placed on a separate submenu called "Tools." You must click the "Tools" menu selection on the main top level to be presented with the choice of tools to apply to cell text.

Sub-Editor Access Method

Button: Sub-editors, such as the Comment, Miscellaneous, User Text, Origins Detail, Commercial, URL, and Lyrics editors, are executed by clicking a small "ellipse" button that appears on the right in respective cells when they are selected in the Main Editor.

Dbl-Click: Comment and other sub-editors are executed by double-clicking the mouse in respective cells in the Main Editor.

Either: Sub-editors can be executed by using either of the two methods above. In this mode, a single click is used to enter a cell, then either a double-click or a click on an ellipse button executes the editor.