Yes, what I was trying to say was the correct name comes up for the CD before I import it. But although it shows the album it imports it as separate tracks. Max. On 24/11/2012, at 8:54 AM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, doesn't this mean iTunes is not identifying the tracks in the cd as an > album but only as the tracks? > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, I don't have any problems identifying the CDs it is iTunes not >> importing all CDs as one album but separate tracks. This only happens with a >> few albums. >> Max. >> On 24/11/2012, at 8:45 AM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> First of all, you should check each cd before you let it be imported. It's >>> possible for iTunes to identify a cd incorrectly and also, the database may >>> come up with several possibilitiies from which you have to choose. >>> >>> If you know that your cd is being misidentified, you can use cmd-i on all >>> the tracks together and enter the correct information for the album >>> manually before importing and also can do each of the tracks individually >>> for a cd. Or you could wait until you have imported the cd and then select >>> all the tracks to put the album information in. But if you wait until all >>> the hundreds of cds have been imported, it will be a much more difficult >>> job. >>> >>> I understand the problem somewhat as I have a slightly different but >>> related one. I unfortunately didn't have the foresight to know that someday >>> iTunes would come along. So several years before iTunes became accessible, >>> before I even owned a Mac, I ripped all my cds and then gave the cds away >>> to friends. That was okay except that iTunes, when I began using it, was >>> not able to identify a lot of my ripped material correctly; apparently the >>> id tag information was done differently. So to this day I don't have a lot >>> of my music in iTunes because it would be too scrambled up and I don't have >>> the time to spend straightening it out. Since you have original cds, as >>> long as you proceed with your importing systematically, I would think you >>> shouldn't have such a drastic problem. This is as much as i know and >>> probably others on list will have more detailed advice. I would just say: >>> Proceed with caution as you import each cd. >>> >>> >>> Hth. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> May the words of my mouth >>> and the meditation of my heart >>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, I am importing hundreds of CDs in to iTunes. I am finding that >>>> some CDs are imported track by track and not as a complete album. I have >>>> selected the tracks to an album and gone in to the info section but could >>>> not find any to check to be part of a compilation or similar. >>>> Can anybody help here? >>>> Thanks as always. >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
