Sorry, I seem to be doing this a lot today. Turned the mouse off now LOL. > 1. How do you import a song into Itunes using the keyboard? Right now > I just click it in its location in the finder (or my external drive) > and let Itunes play it, which seems to import it automatically. > Needless to say, though, this can get laborious!
With my set up, I can just copy entire albums or whatever to the itunes folder. My full path is: ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically add to iTunes Then iTunes moves it round, and everything's good. > > 2. Is it possible to import entire folders, say of a whole album or > audio-book, from the finder or my external drive into Itunes? Also, > is there anything analogous to the ability you have in Winamp to open > and play an entire folder? See my suggestion for importing above - that'll chuck everything into it's propper place, be it a 2 second MP3 loops, or 500 folders of M4A files. Also, if it's an audio book, I've been using AudioBook Builder (available from the app store now). It's about £6, and it's totally accessible, not to mention brilliantly simple for making M4B's out of straight MP3 / M4A files. I usually use it in conjuction with Soundgrinder and / or Macs (not sure if they're available from the App store or not), they convert between file types, then I can use Audio book builder to create the final result, chapter markers, the works. As for playing a particular folder, not as far as I know, but you'll get used to not needing it (the same as me, as a Winamp user originally); and interacting with the "Playlist browser" instead, and finding the appropriate artist / album. > > 3. Is it possible to add songs to an already created playlist? Yes. I tend to go by album, but by song will be the same result. Find and select whatever you want, so if it's a collection of songs, you can use the shift and arrow keys in the songs list (make sure you've interacted first for next step to be successful). When you've got the ones you want, use control + option + shift + m (so VO-shift-m), which does a right mouse click or something, not sure what the sighted equiv is, which should bring up a menu. Then go down to "Add to playlist", and find the playlist you want. That's how I sync my iPhone, iPod, and my friend's iPod, which is also syncing with my library, without any leakage. If the menu doesn't come up, chances are, you're not interacting with the songs list, do this with VO-shift-down arrow. > > 4. Can you move files to a different playlist-folder? For example, I > have a couple of descriptive movies and audio-books in my library, but > because of the way I imported them, see question 1, they've ended up > in my "music" folder. But I want them to go in my "movies" and > "books" folders respectively. Can I move them there, and if so how? Don't forget, iTunes is first and foremost designed for the sighted, so I would honestly be surprised if you can put sound files (Which I assume your described films are), into the movies area. Instead, you could build them into an audiobook (see my answer above), and chuck them into your books section, same with the books, or just go command i, and tell iTunes they're books. HTH, and sorry for all the ramblings. Phantom.Vader wrote: > Hi again everyone! > > These are some questions I've been meaning to ask for a while now, > because I haven't yet been able to figure them out on my own yet. > Excuse me if they're dumb! Relative Mac newby. What can I say? > Anyway, my questions are as follows: > > 1. How do you import a song into Itunes using the keyboard? Right now > I just click it in its location in the finder (or my external drive) > and let Itunes play it, which seems to import it automatically. > Needless to say, though, this can get laborious! > > 2. Is it possible to import entire folders, say of a whole album or > audio-book, from the finder or my external drive into Itunes? Also, > is there anything analogous to the ability you have in Winamp to open > and play an entire folder? > > 3. Is it possible to add songs to an already created playlist? > > 4. Can you move files to a different playlist-folder? For example, I > have a couple of descriptive movies and audio-books in my library, but > because of the way I imported them, see question 1, they've ended up > in my "music" folder. But I want them to go in my "movies" and > "books" folders respectively. Can I move them there, and if so how? > > Anyway, those are all my questions so far. Any and all help is > greatly appreciated! > > > -- > "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death > your right to say it." (either Thomas Pain or Voltaire) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
