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.  I'm trying to export an m4a file as 
>>>>>>>> mp3, if that matters.
>>>>>>>> Donna
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