Should I get a new iTouch? Or ditch iTunes and start fresh with something else? Get an Android tablet? New phone? Plus a new OS for my laptop? Feeling overwhelmed!
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posted by wannabecounselor
on Feb 11, 2013 -
5 answers
So, I definitely want to convert all my high bit rate mp3 songs in iTunes to a lower bitrate of 190. I have the bit rate setting changed in iTunes, and I know when I right click and choose "make mp3 copy" it does exactly that. BUT, I don't want the original around anymore in iTunes and don't want to manually go through and delete them or go into the folder to do that. The threads I have looked at tell me how to do the first but don't address the issue that I still have the higher bit-rate copy in iTunes. I have a lot of music, I don't want the higher copies cluttering it. (I have a backup of the originals anyway). Is there something I am missing so it just lowers bitrate but doesn't make it a copy?
posted by snap_dragon
on Jan 17, 2013 -
6 answers
Is there a clean and simple alternative to iTunes for getting music
from my Macbook Air
onto my iPhone 4S?
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posted by gottabefunky
on Jan 2, 2013 -
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I have an album by The Cult called "Electric" that was in Unknown folder in iTunes. I moved it to the proper music group folder in iTunes "The Cult" where all their other albums are. BUT when I open iTunes, it won't show up with the search of The Cult or under their name. I can find particular tracks in iTunes, go an hit Play and it then asks for me to locate that song. There are other screw things going on (like some albums thrown into compilations, but I can probably fix that) but this is the most frustrating. Any ideas? Do I have to go buy Tune Up or some other application? (I am running the newest iTunes on an iMac w/ Snow Leopard)
posted by snap_dragon
on Dec 30, 2012 -
9 answers
Winamp, I love you but you're bringing me down. I'm finally ready to make the switch to iTunes, but I'd like to preserve my ratings, play counts, and last play data. How to best migrate my media library?
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posted by muckster
on Nov 11, 2012 -
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CD Ripping - how to break tracks into smaller chunks? itunes or MediaMonkey. I recently got a copy of Stay Awake, a CD of new artists doing covers of old Disney songs, and I want to rip it to my computer. Several tracks are medleys - 3 or 4 songs running into each other as a single track. I know I can rip these individually, and then use a cutting program to make an individual copy of the songs, but is there an easier/automated way?
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posted by RevRob330
on Jul 16, 2012 -
14 answers
Best practices for burning vinyl to digital on an Ion Turntable?
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posted by Miko
on Apr 23, 2012 -
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I need to replace iTunes. I have a very large (600 GB of only music) library and iTunes can't handle it anymore. All I want is something that will show me all of my music sortable by artist, album, or title. I sort all the music myself and don't want a program to do that for me. Playlists would be nice but are optional. That's literally all I need. (I'm on a Mac running OS 10.5.) Thanks MeFi!
posted by reductiondesign
on Apr 12, 2012 -
13 answers
What's the best - and ideally free - way to get a LOT of AAC's onto a memory card that will play in my car?
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posted by rileyray3000
on Feb 24, 2012 -
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I have 300gb of music, a house, several Mac laptops, a Mac G5, a router, two iphones, an ipad, and several external HDs where the music is stored. I would like to be able to play music anywhere in my house, control it wirelessly without the laptops and update libraries as well as all my devices with whatever I like anywhere in the house, without having to drag out the external USB HD to plug into various laptops like I do now. I'm willing to buy equipment to let this happen. Bonus if it lets me move movies onto a USB stick to plug into my nifty new tv. Details under the fold.
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posted by nevercalm
on Nov 19, 2011 -
14 answers
How can I batch rename filenames to match a list from another folder (or text file) on a Mac?
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posted by snarkle
on Nov 7, 2011 -
11 answers
What's the best program to use to quickly and automatically add album art to my mp3 collection?
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posted by turkeyphant
on Jan 12, 2011 -
5 answers
Specifically: How can I write a script to find out what songs are on my iPod that aren't in my MacBook iTunes library? And, more generally: What's a convenient and low-WTF scripting languge/library/bridge for iTunes/mp3 scripting needs on OS X?
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posted by weston
on Jan 6, 2011 -
7 answers
Does anyone know what happened to SoundJam MP, and possibly where I could find the source so I could create something for my use?
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posted by Bathtub Bobsled
on Jun 27, 2010 -
7 answers
How can I make an iTunes smart playlist with randomly selected songs including no repeats from any one artist?
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posted by tractorfeed
on May 4, 2010 -
7 answers
Okay Apple has killed something beautiful named
Lala. Need help finding a replacement. Requirements inside.
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posted by occidental
on Apr 30, 2010 -
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How can I consolidate music files from two computers (one windows, one linux) into one folder without duplicates? I'm thinking of using rsync.
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posted by double block and bleed
on Mar 14, 2010 -
3 answers
I can't seem to be able to download certain episodes of the
Answer Me This! podcast from the iTunes Store. Although the titles show up in my iTunes podcast library, they seem to be streaming links with no mp3 files actually copied to my machine.
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posted by blueberry
on Feb 26, 2010 -
2 answers
Can I use the iPod Nano MP3 player with my own headphones and non-itunes music?
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posted by katala
on Dec 30, 2009 -
10 answers
iTunesFilter: I got an iTunes gift card for Christmas - $15. What could I possibly buy on iTunes that I couldn't just download somewhere else?
posted by Bobby Bittman
on Dec 28, 2009 -
25 answers
What audio format would you rip the recently remastered Beatles albums in for optimum iPod listening?
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posted by Avenger50
on Oct 27, 2009 -
15 answers
Help me iTunes Playlist Gurus to figure out a killer set of manual playlists for my 20,000+ song library
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posted by arniec
on Oct 15, 2009 -
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Help me fix this absolute mess of my digital music collection which is in iTunes. Over 2300 CDs, but some are missing.... HELP!
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posted by arniec
on May 28, 2009 -
15 answers
how (on a mac) to share and browse an external hard drive full of music , all of which is stored as numbered files with the music details only in the mp3 meta data.
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posted by compound eye
on May 23, 2009 -
10 answers
Help me manage multiple versions of my digital music collection across several computers. Geeky details inside.
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posted by philosophygeek
on May 12, 2009 -
6 answers
I need to move several gigs of music files from one external hard drive to another. But, there are a few problems...
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posted by reenum
on Apr 23, 2009 -
16 answers
Asking for my friend, here's his dilema....
"Of course this happens THE DAY I leave for vacation. All of the music files on my iPod Touch have "disappeared." I say that in quotes because the "Other" file section is suddenly the same size as the music section was last night. Here's a
screenshot:"
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posted by lee
on Mar 12, 2009 -
6 answers
What is the best way to get music onto the iTunes store for sale? Not something of my own, but popular music from the 30s and 40s which the institution I work for has the rights to.
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posted by Toekneesan
on Mar 3, 2009 -
4 answers
