# iTunes genre editing info

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420 "2009-12-08T07:40:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/1 "2009-12-08T07:40:15Z")

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My friend downloaded the new iTunes & doesn’t know how to access the new archive information to be able to change it. She wants to change the Genres as the information given doesn’t always fit.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/2 "2009-12-08T12:09:18Z")

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Highlight the track you want to edit, and under the File menu, go to Get Info, and then to the Info tab. Genre is down at the bottom.

Or am I completely misunderstanding your question? What is the “archive information”?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/3 "2009-12-08T13:35:56Z")

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Or select the track (or tracks if you Shift+select or Ctrl+select) and right click on it, and select “Get info”.

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/4 "2009-12-09T08:22:33Z")

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I’ll have to admit this: I was pretty amazed when I copied W.A.S.P.'s “The Headless Children” CD to iTunes.

The genre came up as “Gospel”

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/5 "2009-12-09T13:56:25Z")

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Bit off topic, but if you don’t want to mess with iTunes or you want a great free tool in addition to iTunes try out [Mp3Tag](http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Mp3Tag/mp3tagde.html), it’s a powerful but free program, that makes it really easy to see how something is tagged and to chage them.

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-genre-editing-info/520420/6 "2009-12-18T10:07:41Z")

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She hasn’t said anything lately, so I’m assuming she actually figured it out. Thanks!