Some tunes are in A, some are in B-flat, etc. Well, not only does my amplifier go up to 11, but my guitar goes up to I.
Some misconceptions:
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iTunes does default to organizing your files into an iTunes directory, but it copies the files… it does not move them. This can be turned off, the folder can be changed, etc. This is under preferences/advanced.
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iTunes does not delete any meta-data unless you tell it to. If you have Soundcheck turned on, it will add an iTunes specific tag.
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When iTunes copies files to a device, it does change the name, but the tags remain intact. If you copy the files from your device to a folder, then import them into iTunes, all of the information will show in iTunes. If you leave the default settings, iTunes will copy those files into the iTunes folder and give then coherent names.
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iTunes only wipes the device if you sync to a new library. Notice that I said library, not computer.
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If Genius updates are taking too long and you do not use Genius, turn it off. The setting is under the Store menu. If you use iTunes match, Genius is on by default. Note: if you do not use Match, Genius is off by default. That means that you turned it on.
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Deleting files from a device does not remove them from the iTunes library. FOAF tales to not count.
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Devices are no longer completely wiped by iOS updates. This has been true for a couple of years now. In fact, you don’t even need iTunes to update a device.
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iTunes does not care where you got your music, only that it is in a compatible format. My library is a mixture of MP3, ACC file purchased from iTunes, and AAC files that I ripped myself.
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iTunes does not use a proprietary format for music, and hasn’t for a few years. The iTunes store no longer sells DRM music files. Video files purchased from iTunes have DRM, but iTunes will import and play any non-DRM (and compatible) video file.
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If you are getting “Verifying iTunes Library”, that means that the library is corrupt. Start iTunes in safe mode, let it do its thing, and then shut down iTunes. After that, it should work.
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If iTunes is updating Genius info, and you want it to stop this time, click the little “X” in the status window. This will also usually work with the gapless playback thing, but not always (this is a valid complaint).
“File\Add File To Library” if you just want to add one song.
“File\Add Folder To Library” to add an entire directory.
The file has to be a compatible format (MP3, unprotected AAC, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, etc.)
Bolding mine.
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Switch to song view. This depends on iTunes version, but basically you just want a list of all songs.
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Add the “Kind” column to the view. This will show what kind of file it is.
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DRM files will show “Protected Audio File” as the kind.
Easy alternative: -
Click on “File\New\Smart Playlist”
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In the first dropdown, select “Kind”
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In the second drop-down, select “Contains”
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In the blank space, type “protected”
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Click OK
This will create a playlist of all of your protected files. It will probably be names “Protected”
Next:
- Click on the “Protected” playlist
- Make sure that these are the tracks you want to delete
- Hit CTRL-A (for PC) or Command-A (for Mac)
- Hit Shift-Delete
You should get two prompts. The first will ask if you want to delete the files from the library. The second will ask if you want to keep the files or move to recycle bi (or Trash, if you are on a Mac).
Run iTunes Match, and you’re gold.
- Click on the Protected playlist
Also, iTunes Plus is not a format. It’s just the name Apple gives to standard AAC files at a higher bitrate of 256kbps. AAC is not in any way proprietary to Apple, and is actually the same audio format used on Blu-ray or most other HD video. It’s just the successor to the MP3.
Note, I don’t discount the idea that iTunes lost your library. It does happen. I’ve had it happen. All I did was import my “iTunes Music” folder back into iTunes. I did it before leaving for school or going to bed or something, and when I came back, it was finished. (Then I had to sync it to the device, which took forever.)
Wolf333, thank you so much for this concise and helpful information. When I get back from work today I will attempt to rebuild the music onto my iPad.
Great info !!!
Wolf, thanks for the tips. Now my entire music library (minus one Aimee Mann iTunes-only cover of “Voices Carry”) has been converted to the new format which allows me to play it on my sweet Sonos system.
Thank you!
i have no words to describe my frustrations over this useless piece of low life fucked up itunes.
the more updates you give your iTunes and iPhone the more shit you get your self into.
It took me fuckin 1 whole day to google around on how to fuckin upload a fuckin 3 seconds ringtone into iTunes and yet i still can’t find the ‘‘sync tones’’ like i used to see in under preference in general tab. iTunes 12 fucked it all up !!! well done apple… well done !
at fist it was the convert mp3 to aac shit !! then the aac file extension m4a to m4r shieet !! then you drag and drop in the tone folder. Then the folder won’t sync… :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack:
WTF apple is thinking !!!
launching a rocket is much easier than this !!! fuck iTunes and hello android !!! you’re going down apple, you’re going down!!
Oooh yeah, they’re going straight to the dustbin of financial history!
They are indeed all the talk of the Financial News cable outlets. I know. I work at Yahoo News and shoot all of the Financial News segments that stream on our website. It’s frequently the lead story.
What do you do with unlimited funds? Decide to teach the auto industry a thing or two. Why do that? Because operating a motor vehicle ( or large motor coach type of bus :eek: puts demands on your attention that takes your attention away from being sold things on your smartphone.
The aggressive push by Google and Apple to develop a truly self-automated mode of transportation like the ones seen in the highly popular documentary film Minority Report has zero to do with deaths on the roadway per year.
Zero.
The auto manufacturers have for decades fought any and all safety developments because it impacts their bottom line.
Now we are presented with the ongoing battle between safety and revenue. Revenue always has won and always will. Hence Google’s push for self-driving cars. Will it saves lives? My god yes. Will it allow faster travel times? Of course. When the system works, it will work very much like the clip I linked. Vehicles become a part of the flock, moving in synchronous motion. Entering and departing the collective flow without errant motion.
This is all being done so we can use that (as for now) uncaptured time surfing the Internet and buying shit from Amazon that we had no idea we needed until our every move online predicated that we had to have it- and have it delivered by drone within the hour.
Re: Apple. Further proof that Steve Jobs was not of this world. He was so familiar with time travel that he helped create this Iconic 1984 Macintosh launch commercial for the Super Bowl, ushering in the era of the Graphical User Interface computer and thrusting a dagger into the fascist evil heart of Microsoft…but ah the irony now.
Now who is the fascist??
Missed the edit time window.
Here is the until-recently hidden video of Steve Jobs doing a product demo of the first Macintosh.
For a company that created the easy to use iPhone and iPad, I have to say I find iTunes incredibly un-intuitive and confusing to use.
It’s not supposed to be easy to use. It is their flagship P.P.P. ( Portable Profit Portal ).
Any features, or benefits, that make it easier to use but get in the way of the profit stream are immediately removed from the code.
This is not true. There are things that iTunes will do for (or with) tracks bought from the iStore that it won’t do for other tracks.
Your comment is self-contradictory.
If it is a “profit portal”, it would need to be easy to use it, or at least easy to use iTunes Store, in order to maximize revenue. Actually, it would need to be easy to use so people actually use it, and then their first thought is always “I’ll just get it from iTunes store!”
But of all the functions of iTunes, I think the store has the most annoyances. It is difficult to do searches when you don’t know exactly what you are looking for. There’s no way I can see to have an ‘advanced search’. Searches for songs that have common words return far too many matches, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to filter the results.
I wish sometimes we could have a thread about the real annoyances of iTunes, which there are several “petty” ones that I can’t figure out why they felt they needed to change the functionality, rather than page after page of “problems” that are just user errors.
Apple knows what is the best for you and what you want.
OK, everybody, let’s see some biiig smiles!
Just relax and let the hooks do their work.
So Google and Apple are making automated cars so that Amazon can make more money?
You need to start taking your meds again.
iTunes can be very frustration inducing. I’ve lost the ability to drag albums into my iPod Touch. I even held my breath and updated the Touch. I don’t want to sync everything every time I buy an album.
Um. Yes. Well.
Amazon was an obvious example.
I am very picky about the way my songs are organized and metatagged in Itunes and I have spent a lot of time meticulously editing the information and the sort fields.
Some of my rules are common: If an artist’s name is the name of a person, I alphabetize by family name first, I drop “the” when alphabetizing, that kind of stuff.
Some of my rules are idiosyncratic: I always change “&” to “and,” I alphabetize names like “McCartney” as if they were spelled “Mac Cartney,” I alphabetize Wings albums under “Mac Cartney Paul”, but keep the artist as “Wings,” I order albums by “album artist” and “year” instead of by title (the sort field for Quadrophenia is “Who 1973”), I alphabetize “Simon and Garfunkel” as “Simon Garfunkel,” I alphabetize classical music using sort fields such as “000CLASSICAL Beethoven Ludwig Symphony 09,” or soundtrack albums with “111SOUNDTRACK Various Artists High Fidelity,” etc. Essentially my purpose is to have my Itunes organized as I use to organize my LPs, cassettes, and CDs on my shelf.
A few days ago I discovered that at some upgrade, Itunes decided it was smarter than me and even though it still had the metadata that I had entered into it, that it had decided to reorganize them using its own ideas. I had to view info for each file, tab through the sort fields, and then save it and only then would it recognize the data I had entered and sort accordingly. Took me hours.
I get most of this, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why you change McCartney’s name.
mmm