What is the easiest and best way for me to share my large iTunes multimedia library amongst 4 Macs? [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 12 answers

How should I go about formating and re-installing Mac OSX on a computer I've been upgrading and using for five years? I want to start fresh and clean with a new install of OSX, but with all my songs, photos, movies intact in iTunes and iPhoto on the new system. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm looking for an itunes plugin for OS X that will let me have a playlist separate from my library that would monitor a folder. The goal is to have a folder of new music on my computer and have it automatically loaded into itunes without having to add the songs to the actual library. Limewire does something like this for its download folder in windows, but I'd rather not install a whole program to do something like this. Any ideas?
posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 18 answers

Is everyone else having as much trouble with the iPod Classic 160 as me? What can be done? [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 11 answers

Updated to iTunes 7.5 on my Macbook Pro and now all of my meeting times on my iPhone are 1 hour off (but are displaying OK in Entourage). Help! [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 3 answers

Is there any way that I can make the maximum volume of my UK iPod Classic louder? [more inside]
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 13 answers

A couple of iTunes/iPod questions ~or~ How do I make my 2 computers and 2 iPods love each other? [more inside]
posted on Oct 15, 2007 - 16 answers

What's playing on Airtunes? At my office, anyone can play music through a little Airport Express box we've got hooked up to a stereo. Is there any way to monitor what's being played (title & track info) and who's playing it? I want to know who to yell at about this god awful hair metal that's disturbing me as I type this . . . [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2007 - 4 answers

Having switched to a Mac (love it!) and bought an Apple TV, I have used the Elgato Turbo.264 to covert a few years of TV/video to the H.264 mp4 format. When I try to import it to iTunes to use with Apple TV, only about half the files will add to library. All of the files open with Quicktime, and there is no error message from iTunes, they just don't add! [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2007 - 9 answers

My friend's 1GB iPod Nano is recognized in iTunes, but only kind-of... [more inside]
posted on Aug 16, 2007 - 1 answers

What's the best way to turn an iTunes (Mac) playlist into a self-contained Flash player that will play the music in that playlist? It seems like someone should have already figured this out and created some kind of script that can do it, but I haven't been able to find any such thing.
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 4 answers

Can someone with an Apple TV tell me something? When you listen to a music track on your Apple TV, does the play count of the song in the relevant iTunes library increase?
posted on May 14, 2007 - 4 answers

I just received my new Airport Extreme. I'm eager to make use of its ability to connect to a USB drive. I'd like to transfer most of my data — songs, movies, and TV shows, in particular — to this drive, and then use it as a central repository for most of my Macs. But these computers already have existing iTunes libraries. What's the easiest way to make this transition? What's the best way? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2007 - 11 answers

My iTunes seems to only show 10 podcasts in the pane/tab of my iPod as viewed in Itunes. [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2007 - 5 answers

iTunes puts cover art in one of two places: embedded within the MP3s, or in a separate folder (~/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork). I prefer the latter. Is there a program that will take the embedded cover art out of my files and store it in the Album Artwork folder instead? I'm on an Intel Mac.
posted on Feb 8, 2007 - 4 answers

A fairly simple iPod/iTunes question—when I plug in the iPod, I would like the browser on iTunes to automatically be there (so I don't have to press apple + b), and I'd like it to be arranged by album, by year (so I don't have to click the "year" field every time). Is this possible? Is there a setting that I'm missing?
posted on Jan 14, 2007 - 2 answers

Any way around these two (Mac) iTunes annoyances? First, iTunes apparently cannot remember my password for "Check for Purchases". Second, iTunes always jumps the focus back to the next song it's playing despite how much further down I'm browsing and adding songs to playlists. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2006 - 11 answers

Is there a way to back up the songs on my iPod to a USB flash drive?
posted on Oct 18, 2006 - 5 answers

I would like my iLife applications to have their libraries and assorted bumf (ie iDVD themes and Garageband loops) on my networked drive, clearing up space on my powerbook. I recently read about an application that did this but two days of googl'n later I'm stuck. Anyone? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 5 answers

Are their any competitors to Airfoil for Mac? I like the program and can't find anything else, but want to make sure I'm not missing something cheaper and/or better b/f I shell out 25 bucks. Thanks.
posted on Sep 24, 2006 - 3 answers

All the audible.com audiobooks vanished from my iTunes library, and iTunes won't let me re-import them. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2006 - 17 answers

EarlyAdopterFilter: I've been very excited for iTunes 7, but it seems I've screwed myself during the process. I can no longer run iTunes 7 or install Quicktime! [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2006 - 5 answers

So the new Itunes 7 was just released but I am a little wary. Is there anyplace I can go (or keep my eye on) to see what, if any, restrictions have been introduced by the new Itunes. I am thinking things like Network-sharing (incompatibility with Ourtunes?), Limits on how many times you can burn, etc.? Or will I just have to watch and wait?
posted on Sep 12, 2006 - 31 answers

How much does iTunes know about mp3s I add to my library? I buy from emusic; download the occasional podcast; and get stuff from archive.org--nothing from the iTunes store, ever. Nevertheless, does some kinda list of what I have in iTunes get beamed back to the Apple mothership via the iTunes software?
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 3 answers

How many podcasts are in the iTunes directory? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2006 - 2 answers

How do you get songs purchased on Napster into the iPod? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2006 - 11 answers

Why can't I buy music from itunes using a bank account? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2006 - 15 answers

So Apple Computer is being sued again by Apple Corp, and it is likely that Apple Computer will settle. Question: Why doesn't Apple Computer just outright make an offer to buy Apple Corp? (And while they are at it, buy their music collection as well?)
posted on Mar 27, 2006 - 22 answers

Where can I find a changelog for iTunes? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2006 - 8 answers

iTunes (Mac) crashes when seeking from one CD track to the next. [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2006 - 5 answers

It's my turn to have ipod woes. Has this particular problem happened to you? Please help before my ipod dream is tragically ended. [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2006 - 16 answers

How do I listen to last.fm via airtunes? [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I get a Playlist off my iPod and into iTunes? I know how to get music on and off my iPod, but how can I transfer just the Playlist not the music files? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2005 - 9 answers

What happened to www.itunes.com and the podcasting XML DTD that used to be hosted there? [more inside]
posted on Dec 8, 2005 - 8 answers

Why does my iTunes keep opening (unprovoked)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 20, 2005 - 9 answers

Since iTunes won't let me purchase music from other territories, what are some good services that have worldwide coverage so I can download the tracks I want? If such a service even exists. [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2005 - 14 answers

I have iTunes 5 installed on two machines, one at work, one at home, with my iPod set to sync automatically to the iTunes library on my home machine. When using iTunes 4.x, I was able to attach my iPod to my work machine and then configure the iPod (in the iTunes preferences) to 'manually' update, rather than automatically, enabling me to play files directly off my iPod on my work machine. When I returned to my home machine, I would switch the home machine's iTunes/iPod settings back to 'update automatically', causing iTunes to update the files on the home machine with a new Last Played date and Play Count. iTunes 5, however, seems to have a bug in this regard: it notes a random 10 or 15-song selection of tracks played via the work machine's iTunes 5, but that's all. A day's worth of listening to tracks isn't logged as played, messing up Smart Playlists that grab music I haven't heard in a while. 1) Is this unusual or universal 2) Any fixes? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 4 answers

I just managed to delete my entire iTunes library. But I have it on my iPod. Problem is, the iPod is set to auto-update, and if I plug it into a computer with no music on it, it'll all vanish. Help. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2005 - 10 answers

One iPod (60 GB). One PowerBook. One XP Box. One keswick. How do I keep all four happy? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2005 - 9 answers

How much does Apple Computer gross for every dollar spent on iTunes? [more inside]
posted on Aug 28, 2005 - 14 answers

When I add mp3 files to my iTunes library, iTunes automatically starts playing them. How do I turn this off? I'm not talking about importing music by ripping CDs, I'm talking about adding pre-existing MP3 files to the iTunes Library. [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2005 - 5 answers

I hate iTunes. What else can I use to manage songs on an iPod? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2005 - 28 answers

Is there any way to export ratings along with your library in iTunes? Pretty please?
posted on May 13, 2005 - 6 answers

I want to move a chunk of my music collection from a folder on one drive to a folder on another, without losing metadata in iTune's library and without reconnecting each and every file. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2005 - 13 answers

Do you think that 128kbps AAC files are good enough? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2005 - 19 answers

Every once in a while, my iTunes just seems to start playing without any reason (I have it running in the background with no music playing). This seems to happen when I mis-type something, leading me to think there's maybe some weird key-combo set to "Start playing music in iTunes", but there's no such setting possible, afaik. There's nothing in the CD-Drive, either. If it's any help, i'm on a Mac mini.
posted on Mar 28, 2005 - 6 answers

Waugh! (Pronounced the Snoopy way or the Evelyn way.) My iTunes will no longer burn AAC files onto CD. I've followed Fearless Leader's lead and de-DMRed all my Apple Music Store purchases with hymn, but I can't burn protected songs that have been hymned, protected songs that haven't been hymned or unprotected songs that used to be hymned. (I guess I didn't try an AAC rip since I mostly rip to mp3, so there's a missing data point.) When I go to burn a playlist, it deselects all the AAC tracks, although it will burn mp3s made from unprotected AAC files. Does anyone know what's up? Is there another Mac app for making audio CDs from AAC files? I'm not much of an audiofile, but don't want to go through the quality loss of converting 128 kbps AAC to 128 kbps mp3 for all these songs.
posted on Dec 8, 2004 - 3 answers

I'd like my iTunes to look at a library stored on an external drive. Unfortunately, every time I think I've got it doing that, it turns out iTune's just copied the contents of that directory onto my computer. Is there any way/thing out there to solve this?
posted on Nov 29, 2004 - 10 answers

PC verson of iTunes: all my mp3 & aac files are on my C drive, which is almost full. I want to lighten the load on that drive by moving all the songs to my E drive, which has much more space. Is there a way to do this without wrecking iTune's database? I don't want to have to re-import everything.
posted on Oct 21, 2004 - 6 answers

In iTunes, why do songs I uncheck not play during shuffled playback? I just want to uncheck songs I don't want on the iPod and let 'em play normally in the library. It's easier than making a playlist for the iPod each time I add new albums. Alternatively, how do you manage your library when it exceeds the size of your iPod?
posted on Sep 12, 2004 - 12 answers

Here's what I think will be a softball question: My iTunes auto-opens several times each day. I've looked in the HELP section, scanned for some sort of OPTIONS feature, but I'm drawing blanks. Why does it auto-open, and how can I stop it? Thanks (no more inside).
posted on Aug 10, 2004 - 13 answers

Is anyone else trying to win a free iPod during Apple's iTunes Music Store promo? My strategy is to wait until the counter get close to a 100,000 mark and start buying like mad. Do you think it even matters?
posted on Jul 5, 2004 - 10 answers

Why does the iTunes music store have partial albums that are missing only one track? That makes it outrageously expensive to buy a CD with more than 9 tracks and seems a pretty dumb business move on their part. [Specifically, I tried to buy "Sign O'The Times" after the Prince thread, and it's missing a track.]
posted on Mar 16, 2004 - 10 answers

How do I go about finding how many different number/letter combinations are possible with the 10-digit codes on the iTunes Pepsi bottles? [more]
posted on Mar 1, 2004 - 12 answers

AskAppleFilter Is there any way of shutting my iBook without it going to sleep? Specifically I want to play music via iTunes with the li' puppy shut up snug.
posted on Dec 10, 2003 - 13 answers