When I was reading your message ffor a second time to get I Tunes
Importing settings it cut off the reading with a bong noise and
starts me from the top. What is this feature and how can I turn it off?
On Sep 23, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Jed,
There are a couple of ways you can do this, but probably the easiest
is to use the contextual menu to uncheck any entries you don't want,
and then import the CD.
So, this could work as follows:
You insert the CD, and it automatically shows up in the Sources
Outline
of iTunes. Tab to the Songs Outline and start interacting
(VO-keys+shift+down arrow). Review the tracks (you probably want
to do this by arrowing down under the Song Name column), and
use the contextual menu (VO-keys+shift+m) to select "Uncheck
checkbox" for any songs you don't want imported. (Or, if you want
to do it the other way around, select all with command-a, use
the contextual menu to "Uncheck checkbox" for everything, and
go through and check the songs you want).
After you're through with your selection, move to the "Search Text
Field" either with shift+tab (if you don't have the browser toggled
on" or option+command+f (which should always work). VO-keys
down arrow. You should here "Import CD". Just "click" however
you do it -- VO-keys+shift+space bar, clicking with mouse, etc.
You can also select individual tracks or groups of tracks in the
Songs Outline and use the contextual menu to "Convert selection
to ..."
(whatever your default format is set to).
The advantage of the checkbox method is that if you are only
importing a few tracks now, and later decide to import other
tracks from the same CD, iTunes will remember which boxes
were checked when the CD was last in the drive and show
you this when you go to the Songs Outline.
In any case, remember to set up your iTunes importing preferences
beforehand. (Command+comma then command+8 to go to
the Advanced menu; choose the Importing Tab and set your
options for format and bit rate). The default setting is AAC format
128 kbps -- or what iTunes calls "high quality" under the
Setting pop up button. Oops, that reminds me that you should
have the option "On CD insert" set to "Show CD" on the popup
button of this field so your CD doesn't automatically start importing
when you insert it.
Cheers,
Esther
On Sunday, September 23, 2007, at 11:31AM, "Jed Barton" wrote:
Hey guys,
Any idea how in itunes to select just a few tracks off a CD to rip?
Thanks,
Jed
