There is, but it's purpose is to bring copies of external music files into iTunes. It doesn't re-examine files iTunes already knows about but may have been moved or changed by Windows or other programs, as, for instance, the Winamp re-scan function does. I think most other players with a library can do that. The lack of it in iTunes is something that has been complained about for years by iTunes users. The suspicion is that Apple keeps it that way to discourage people from using other players and making them stick to iTunes. Many people lose access to lots of their music files and never really realise why because of this.
John John -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: 22 November 2013 16:13 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Itunes Isn't there a consolidate feature found in the menus? Think it's under file, library submenu. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 22/11/2013 15:44, John Gurd wrote: > Regarding iTunes itself, one of my biggest frustrations is that it is > impossible to refresh the library if music files are moved or > re-tagged using other programs. Has anyone found a good workaround > other than deleting the library contents and starting again? > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > John Gurd > Sent: 22 November 2013 15:25 > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Itunes > > I subscribe to it but don't use it as much as I thought I would. I did > start a project to download 256k replacements for my lower bitrate > files and got several thousand tracks but I ran out of steam a few > months ago. I've got around 70000 tracks so I find the 25000 limit > annoying. This especially as Amazon do a cloud service for a similar > price but allow 250000 matches. The only thing is, the Amazon service > isn't accessible to Jaws users. The Apple radio service isn't coming > to the UK until next year so I can't comment on it. For £25 a year the > iTunes Match service is still worth it though. I use Windows and only have one IOS device that being my iPhone. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: 21 November 2013 22:21 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Itunes > > The last message from Chris got me wondering, what do people think of > iTunes match? > > I use it here all the time and have found it very useful and not just > for syncing my music library between 5 computers and 3 IOS devices. > > Some time ago I was sampling some LP records, I scanned the covers and > entered the track names into iTunes, Itunes match then provided me > with 256 > AAC+ versions of the songs i'd sampled, thought that was rather neat > AAC+ and > just showed me that I'd wasted hours of time given that the AAC+ > versions were far better quality than anything I could have done <smile>. > > You can use iTunes Match with iTunes Radio, this service is very > similar to spotify in the way it works. > > The basic iTunes Radio is supported by advertising and is free but if > you subscribe to iTunes match the advertising goes away and you can > search/play to your hearts content and purchase where appropriate, if > you think your Match subscription is enough then just search for what > you want and add it to a playlist for playing at your leisure. > > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > . > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
