Hi Max, When you insert a CD it should be highlighted in the iTunes sources list, and if you press Command-I (Get Info) you should bring up a "CD Info" window. If the CD is in the GraceNote database, then the information about Artist, Composer, Album, disk number, genre, and year may be filled in. Even if it is, you can always override this information for all tracks on your CD with your own data.
I find it easiest to fill in this information in the CD Info window, since the information in these fields will be applied to all tracks at once. If this is a compilation album (e.g. one artist playing works by many composers), you can leave the "Composer" text box blank, and check the box for "Compilation". For multi-disc albums, fill in the boxes to indicate whether this is disc "1" of "1" or disc "1" or "2" of "2", etc. Add the year if you like, and choose a genre. Using VO-Space on the "OK" button or simply just pressing "return" when you are done filling in entries will apply your selections and close the window. Now you have a choice: you can either start importing the CD, which will have the Album, Composer, Artist, etc. information, but no track titles, or you can decide to fill in the track titles before importing the CD. If you want to fill in the track titles before you import your CD, navigate to the songs table, interact, and select the first track (VO-Shift-Space). Use Command-I to bring up the Get Info window for that track, and navigate (VO-Right arrow or Right Arrow) to the "Info" tab and select it (VO-Space). Then move to the first text box and type in the name of the track. Then navigate to the "next" button and press it with VO-Space. (You can also reach this button by moving to the end of the window, and Left arrowing or pressing VO-Left arrow twice.) You'll be shown the "Info" tab for the next track, where you can fill in the name (and other information you want). If you get lost, the track number is one of the pieces of information that is automatically filled in. Continue to use the "Next" button to move through all the entries. Alternatively, you can import the CD, then location the album and fill in the track names the same way from your iTunes database. That might be easier, since you can just press space bar to start the track playing for your identification. The main difference from Alex's instructions is that the "CD Info" window is easier to use as a quick way to fill in the Album information. To print a list of album names by artist press Command-P to bring up the "Print" window, then navigate to the "Album list" radio button and select it (VO-Space). Then continue navigating to the pop up button, VO-Space, and set it to "List of albums". Press "return" or VO-Space on the "Print" button. In the "print" window navigate to the "PDF menu button" and select "Save as PDF". (Of course, you can do this however you want -- or even view this in Preview or actually print.) HTH. This may not be exact because I'm not running the latest version of iTunes on the Mac which has a CD slot. Cheers, Esther On Nov 12, 2012, at 17:06, Alex Hall wrote: > When you rip the cd, it may mark the files as unknown. I would do a > search for "unknown" with the group by album radio button checked, > then vo-space on your album (each unknown should have a date on it). > Once the cd is open, cmd-a to select all, then cmd-i to open the info > window. Select the second tab (I don't remember what it's called) and > you will have a bunch of checkboxes and edit fields to fill in (I > don't know what the checkboxes do, but I always check the one for any > edit field I fill in). Since this is for all the tracks, not just one, > only enter things like album name, artist, and other information that > applies to all the tracks as a group. Cmd-w to close the window once > you're done. Now you can go back and look up all those disks, naming > each track if you want to and entering other optional information like > track number, with that cmd-i command on any track or group of tracks. > Note that if you select multiple items, you will get a warning when > you press cmd-i; this warning does not come up for individual tracks. > I know it's a pain, but eventually you'll have a great database of > music searchable by track name, album, artist, and so on. Best of all, > with the right settings this makes it incredibly easy to sync only the > music you want onto your iOS device, if you have one, especially with > smart playlists. I hope this all made sense. > > On 11/12/12, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all, I am starting to import my CDS to iTunes. How do I import CDS >> that are not in the Gracenotes database? If I import the tracks it just >> splatters among other CDS. Is there a way to create the album then import >> the tracks? Also is it possible to print a list of albums by album name and >> artist? I can print a list but it includes the track names. Thanks as always >> for the great help. >> Max. >> -- 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.
