Hi Ian, If you want to join tracks on your CD when importing, you'll find the option under the "Advanced" menu on the iTunes menu bar. I'll assume you have already set up your importing settings under iTunes preferences, so that your format is MP3 instead of the AAC format that comes up as a default. (For other list members reading this post, changing the default format of imported CD tracks is done from the "General" tab of iTunes preferences. Bring up preferences with Command-comma, then on the "General" tab that comes up by default, navigate to the section for "When you insert a "CD" and press the "Import Settings…" button to get a dialog window to select your options for encoding format and bit rate or quality.)
Once you've inserted your CD you'll want to click on tracks listed in the songs table for the CD and use Command-A to select all. In principle you could join subsets of contiguous tracks when importing with the "Join CD Tracks" option, so in an audio book CD with short stories I could select and join tracks that belonged to the same story by selecting and highlighting the first track of a story by clicking with VO-Shift-Space, then pressing on the Shift key and arrowing down to the last track of the story. The "Join CD Tracks" option in the "Advanced" menu of the menu bar stays dimmed if there are no tracks selected for joining. So after you have selected your CD tracks for joining, use VO-M or Control-F2 to move to the iTunes menu bar and press "a" to navigate to the "Advanced" menu. Arrow down and press "j" to move to the "Join CD tracks" option and press "return". Then proceed to import your CD as usual. HTH. I'm giving instructions from memory, since I'm using a MacBook Air with no CD drive at present. Jane can probably tell if I've made a mistake in these instructions, since she frequently imports audiobooks using the "Join CD Tracks" option in iTunes. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
