When Tunes Organizes Music In The Tunes Folder On Your Computer, Is It Safe To Delete The Others?

From Other - Computers Forum:

When tunes organizes music in the tunes folder on your computer, is it safe to delete the others? Basically, I turned on the tunes preference to organize the music on my computer in the tunes folder, but I ended up with two of every song. When they're copied into the tunes folder on your computer, is it okay to go ahead and get rid of the other ones?

Answer: I'm not sure what u mean but u can just delete the songs that show up twice by opening tunes > View > Show Duplicates then Ill get songs that are there more than once and u can delete the extras.... maybe if u can give me some more details I can Eloy...just email me (my e-mail is open) cuz I'm really Gd with tunes..gd luck!! xD

My Tunes Wont Work It Says I Need To Add A Liabry?

From Music & Music Players Forum:

My tunes wont work it says I need to add a liabry? I click to open up my tunes but all it says is "Itunes needs a library to continue. You may choose an existing Libra or create a new one" anyone know how to do this? Hey thanks Eric but my tunes wont open up at all. I click on the in tunes but that message pops up I click OK and then that's it. Thanks anyways!

Answer: you need to look in the tunes folder on your hard drive and REMOVE any files saying library before restarting tunes (the files have be com e corrupted) start tunes again then add music to the library manually. When you add songs to tunes you don't add the actual song - just a link to it's location.  The "!" means that that song is no longer findable . For example the memory stick has been removed.  To avoid this you need to do the following:- In tunes preferences set both  "let tunes manage my music" And "iTunes keeps local copy in music folder " - the exact wording and location in preys will depend on version of tunes you are running Once you have done this, plug in your memory stick again and add the tracks again to The library (this time the screen in tunes will say copying songs briefly). Then to let tunes manage your music select "consolidate library " from Either the file or advanced menus again this depends on The version of tunes you are running . Your music is now stored as links in the library plus the actual files are in Your tunes music folder and to be safe you should back up the contents of your tunes folder on my music

How Can I Organize My Tunes Music Folder Without Tunes Having Problems Locating The Files?

From Software Forum:

How can I organize my tunes music folder without tunes having problems locating the files? I went into my tunes music folder and created a music and a spoken word folder... Now Tunes cant find the destination files. Can I keep them in these 2 folders and teach tunes how to recognize them there?

Answer: 1) Open the tunes Preferences screen and click on Advanced options. Locate the tunes folders. The new screen that appears will show you the General music file options. The first thing you will be able to adjust is the location of your tunes music folder. This location can be changed by clicking on the “Change…” button and browsing for a new housing location. To organize future files. Next you will see the option to “Keep tunes Music Folder Organized.” By clicking on this feature, you will remove yourself of the burden of future file organization. tunes will organize all new and imported files into categories such as album and artist. # Step 6 Store music files. You can store all of your music files in one location by placing a check mark in the box labeled “Copy files to tunes Music folder when adding to library.” This will make finding and working with Apply your changes. When you are done with this screen you can click “OK” to apply all of the new management changes or you can click “Cancel” to exit without applying any of the changes you may have checked.

How Do I Burn The Tunes Program To A Cd To Install To Another Computer?

From Software Forum:

How do I burn the tunes program to a CD to install to another computer? Or burn the tunes setup? Because my other computer does not have Internet, and I cant get tunes on it unless I burn it to a disc and install it. Thanks.

Answer: Download tunes setup from the website and then use your current CD burning software to create a data CD with that .exe file on it. Make sure to save the download and not run.

How Do I Make My Tunes Music Folder Organize My Files Automatically?

From Software Forum:

How do I make my tunes music folder organize my files automatically? I'm using tunes, and for some reason when music files go into my tunes music folder, it won't organize it into artist automatically even though I enabled that option in the tunes preferences. Instead, the file just sits inside the tunes music folder unsorted.

Answer: Hello, my impression is that you are wanting to have the tunes folder on your computer (in the file browser) to appear organized and not within the tunes interface itself. If that is the case then you may have to do a few more steps to get your folders into organized heaven. iTunes automatically organizes music based on the I'D tags stored inside your music. These are things like Artist, Album and what-have-you. If your music came from the tunes Music store, then this music should be already organized, however if your music has come from your private ripped music collection and you didn't fill in this information or it was not able to be downloaded automatically from the Internet, then you are going to have to fill this in yourself. This can be true if you get your music from "other sources" and the people who ripped those didn't do a great job in labelling the tags. Anyhow, how you fix this is to look in your library for songs that don't have the Artist and Album information added. An easy way to do this is to create a Smart Play list. Go to the File menu and select "New Smart Playlist…" then create a play list with the following rules: "Artist" "is" "" (basically leave the text field empty to look for all Artists who's name is blank.) Click the + to create another rule: "Album" "is" "" (to look for all Album who's name is blank.) Change the conditions of the rule from "Match all of the following rules" to be "Match any of the following rules". Leave Live updating checked and the other two unchecked. Click OK and name the Play list "Songs to tag" or something like that. You will then have a Smart Play list that lists all of your songs that need fixing. Just ignore the videos in your list if you don't care about those. Now that you've identified the trouble songs, then next step is to fill in the ID tags. Click on the first song in your list and then from the File Menu do a Get Info. Fill in the correct Artist and Album information and when done that song, click the Next button below. Feel free to fill in any other information for the some such as year or track number that you know and assign a Genre. But the main ones are Name, Artist, and Album. You also will see a check box "Part of a compilation". This means that your song is from a CD or collection that is a mixture of artists. An example would be a CD "Best of the 70's" or a Movie Soundtrack this may include songs from various artists but are all from the same album. If this box is not checked you would find that you would have 10 or so "albums" with the same name all with just one or two songs in it. To get them all into the same album a check on this button will combine all the artists into one album. Once you've done all this and you have no more songs listed in your "Songs to tag" Smart Play list, you should have a neat and tidy tunes Music Library folder! Hope that helps, let me know if you need any more clarification. Cheers, Skip.

How To Transfer Tunes Play lists From One Windows Computer To Another?

From Software Forum:

How to transfer tunes play lists from one Windows computer to another? How do you transfer individual tunes play lists from one Windows computer tunes account to another Windows computer/iTunes account? Is there a way to do it without having to manually recreate each playlist? I mean, I know how to share libraries, but I want to completely switch over my tunes fully to the new laptop, play lists and all, if that makes sense?

Answer: You could simply drag the folder that all your tunes music is in and put in on your flash drive and on your other computer.

How To Move Tunes Library To Another Computer?

From Software Forum:

How to move tunes library to another computer? I have my computer where all my tunes music is in one folder(consolidated). And that folder is in a external hard disk Now I have a new computer. What is the easiest way I setup tunes in my new computer? If I just install tunes in my new one and plug in the external hard disk, would everything start working like old times?

Answer: If you are a Windows user and don’t want to go through all of this hacking, you can buy tunes Transfer software at my partner site. It will help you back up your library – with play lists – and transfer it to your other computer. If you’re trying to transfer music from your pod to your computer, unfortunately, Apple won’t let you do this freely, but you can buy pod to Computer software for PC (free trial download), or pod to Computer software for Mac at my partner site that will allow you to do this. if you just have the hard drive of your old PC, Ben has shared with us how to make the transfer if you aren’t keen on messing with XML files – and play count isn’t important to you - Ogden has a simple process, involving smart play lists, for retaining song ratings when you transfer your tunes library. Collin has a simple way to find out those duplicate songs that you may end up with when transferring your catalog. Aaron devised a clever way to transfer while retaining play lists in your collection. If you are transferring between Macs, Baron has a method involving Fire Wire mode.

How Long Does An Tunes Gift Card Last After It Has Been Redeemed?

From Other - Entertainment Forum:

How long does an tunes gift card last after it has been redeemed? I have recently been given an tunes gift card. This is my first time using the tunes store and I was wondering after I have redeemed it in the tunes store how long do I have to spend it or do I have to use it there and then. Thanks.

Answer: To my knowledge, your tunes balance doesn't expire. I've had around $15.00 in my tunes balance for at least a year and have not heard anything about having to use it before it expires.

How Do I Stop Tunes From Automatically Adding Files I Download To My Tunes Library?

From Music & Music Players Forum:

How do I stop tunes from automatically adding files I download to my tunes library? I'm not all that computer savvy, and my tunes is somehow set to automatically add each music file I download to my tunes library. This is incredibly annoying because sometimes the files are corrupt and I have to delete them. How do I set tunes so that it will not add files to my library automatically? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you!

Answer: Don' buy files from tunes, buy from Amazon. Cheaper price and you can add them where you want.

How Do I Get Tunes To Refresh Its Database?

From Music & Music Players Forum:

How do I get tunes to refresh its database? After installing tunes and loading up my new pod, I discovered that my I'd tags were a mess. I used an external editor to do batch changes (the godfather), and things now appear to be much cleaner. However, tunes does not reflect the changes that I made. Can I force tunes to re-scan the music files on my hard drive?

Answer: the only way I can think of is to "delete" the songs in the library, without deleting them from your computer and then import them back into tunes.

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