Hi Colin, Not sure I answered this, but thanks for clearing things up. We may someday share music in our house, but for now we don't, hence the method I described. Sorry I didn't have a way to make it easier for you! Best, Donna On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:58 AM, focus wrote:
> Hi Donna!! > Mystery solved! > The clue is in your method, part of it is you go to macintosh [ hd ] what I > call hd! > So we go to the same place! > Mine is slightly different because I have a shared library, so mine is the > same as yours until I get to users then I have to open shared folder and the > rest is the same again! > Sorry the confusion was I thought you were getting direct from Itunes [ from > the doc ] where all your play list's are! > Its funny though you can burn a disc from there, but you can not put music to > your phone! > Colin :-] > Skype focus_66 > ps its my fault for not putting macintosh before hd! > hahahahahahaha > On 19 Aug 2010, at 12:51, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hi Colin, >> >> Well, it sounds like one of us knows something that the other doesn't, but >> not sure who. I get to the itunes\music folder by doing the following >> 1. Go to Desktop, and open Macintosh HD with Command-O >> 2. Go to users and open. >> 3. arrow down to the folder with your username and open it. >> 4. Arrow down or press M to get to Music, and open >> 5. Press I to select itunes, and open >> 6. PArrow to your Music folder, and open. >> >> You will see all your music displayed in a finder Window, and from there I >> just copy to my phone's storage card. >> >> Don't know if this is easier than your method or not, but it's what I've >> been doing. >> HTH, >> Donna >> On Aug 19, 2010, at 6:40 AM, focus wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna! >>> Well I hope this does not sound bad! >>> If it does I'm sorry! >>> There is only one place where the actual music files are! >>> That's the hd library and this is where Itunes plays music from! >>> So this means that you might know something I do not. >>> I have to get my tracks from hd because Itunes will not let me! >>> If you can move tracks from Itunes to your phone without going to hd! >>> Give me an step by step [ i.e. idiot guide ] on how you do this! please. >>> Colin :-] >>> Skype focus_66 >>> On 18 Aug 2010, at 22:59, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Wow, Colin, thank you. I kept looking under advanced settings, which, of >>>> course, is why I didn't find it. :) >>>> >>>> Interesting about the HDLibrary. I've just been copying stuff from my >>>> itunes\music folder. Do you know if it makes a difference which folder >>>> you copy from? >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:25 PM, focus wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Donna! >>>>> I hope you are sitting comfortably! >>>>> I've gone through it on mine and this is what I have for you! >>>>> To convert to mp3! >>>>> 1, Open Itunes and select preference's by pressing cmd and , >>>>> If it's like mine you should be on general if so very good, if not go to >>>>> the tool bar and interact with it by pressing vo and shift and down >>>>> arrow, in there you have a selection of different options the 1st being [ >>>>> general button ] >>>>> use vo space bar to select then stop interacting with the tool bar! >>>>> So if you are on general you'll have options to scroll along right arrow, >>>>> go along until you find import set >>>>> press vo space to open menu, in there you can select different formats >>>>> including mp3, scroll down to it then vo space bar to select this! >>>>> After that scroll all the way to the right until you get to the ok button >>>>> and vo space bar that! >>>>> You should now be back in Itunes! >>>>> Now find the album or track you want to make mp3, [ if it is a whole >>>>> album I think you have to select all tracks ] but if just one track sit >>>>> on it and then press vo+shift+m and scroll down to make mp3 version and >>>>> press vo space bar! >>>>> There will now be 2 versions of the track\album one of which will be the >>>>> mp3! >>>>> Note if you leave that import setting the same way! All future imports >>>>> from cd will also be mp3! >>>>> So if you want to always have mp3 versions leave it that way, if not go >>>>> back to import settings and change it back! >>>>> Next getting the track's from hd library! >>>>> All your songs are stored in the hd library and this is where I get them >>>>> from to put on my nokia! >>>>> If you know how to get to your hd list open and scroll down to Itunes >>>>> open in there should be an music folder in side should be all your music, >>>>> Scroll through them until you find the track you are look in for! >>>>> There should be 2 versions one of which will say mp3 at the end the other >>>>> will say acc or something else! >>>>> So get on the mp3 one and then copy and paste on to your phone! >>>>> If it helps when I've got my phone connected by usb open at the place >>>>> where i'm putting the songs, I can scroll through windows from hd list to >>>>> phone by pressing cmd tilde, that way I go to hd copy track then cmd >>>>> tilde and then paste to phone! >>>>> I hope you are not asleep now! >>>>> Colin :-] >>>>> ps maybe someone else can give you a better way! >>>>> Skype focus_66 >>>>> On 18 Aug 2010, at 18:39, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi coinl, >>>>>> >>>>>> Nope, you're barking up just the right tree. *grin* But what is hd >>>>>> library, and how do you convert to MP3. The latter is what I really >>>>>> need to do, the Android phone really doesn't seem to like my m4a content. >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:51 AM, focus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Donna! >>>>>>> I do not know if I'm barking up the wrong tree! >>>>>>> But if you are talking about moving an file to another place like a >>>>>>> mobile, [ not Iphone ] I use usb and export from hd library, so if you >>>>>>> can convert to mp3 then find it in hd library you should be able to >>>>>>> move it! >>>>>>> That's of course if I've got the right idea! >>>>>>> Or someone else has a better method!! :-] >>>>>>> Colin >>>>>>> Skype focus_66 >>>>>>> On 18 Aug 2010, at 13:56, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How does one go about doing this? I've looked in the menu system, but >>>>>>>> don't see an option to do it. 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