Hi, check to see if the file located in finder, is read only. That may prevent iTunes from saving changes, or allowing you to edit the tags. HTH Rob
> On Apr 18, 2018, at 4:40 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > I just modified an mp3 AudioBook myself that happened to be sitting in the > Music Library. It worked as it should. I'm also confused as to why you > might be experiencing these oddities. At least in my case, the mp3 extension > was not a factor. > > I, too, use iTunes Match instead of Apple Music. I suggest that you do > either of the following: > > 1. Bring focus to the main Music Library, not any of your playlists. If > "Kind" is not one of your columns, press cmd-j to bring up the View options. > Interact with the Scroll area. Expand the File View Options disclosure and > check the "Kind" checkbox. Close the View options with cmd-w. Now, Interact > with the Music Table and press VO-shift-back slash to bring focus to the > headers. VO right to the Kind header and press VO-space. This will sort > your song titles according to the Kind, which should be things like AAC, > Matched Audio File, MPEG Audio File etc. Since you once had Apple Music, one > of them will be Apple Music. So, VO-shift-back slash to toggle your way out > of the headers, VO over to the Kind column, then arrow down to the first > Apple Music title. Press the shift key and arrow through the titles until > the next non-Apple Music title is announced, then arrow up once to unselect > that last announced title. Press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu > and remove those titles from your library. > > Alternatively, you could do #2 below: > > 2. Create a Smart Playlist where the criteria is to find all the songs where > the Kind is Apple Music. You may need to locate one of those songs first to > determine exactly how it is labelled. That is, is it "Apple Music" with a > space between, or "AppleMusic" without the space between. I've found that > it's best to use the exact label in this situation. Now, once the Smart > Playlist is live, do a Select All and uncheck all those titles. You should > be able to simply interact with the table of results, do the cmd-a then > VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu. I'm pretty sure that the > "uncheck All" option should be there. Once they're all unchecked, go back to > the main Music Library instead of the playlist itself. You should then be > able to sort the songs by the Check/Not Checked column. With them sorted in > this fashion, they should all be together so selecting the entire group of > them will be quicker. Deleting is easy after that, just bring up the > Contextual menu and remove them from your library. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 18, 2018, at 12:52, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com > <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > I use iTunes match, although for a while I was using Apple Music, which > messed up my library in the sense that I have lots of entries that don’t work > any more since I cancelled Apple Music. I’ve been deleting them by hand as I > can’t find a way of ridding my iTunes library of the entries that are > basically useless. > > I know, Tim what you are saying: in many instances I’ve been able to edit the > Options tab in the way you describe. It’s just a few entries that persist. > I don’t understand why I only have one choice in their case, i.e. Music in > Options tab. I guess i may have to accept things as they are but I’m > puzzled and curious, and stubbornly looking for a solution to this. Could it > have something to do with the extension of the files in the iTunes library, > i.e. being mp3?Thanks for checking it for me. I don’t wish to waste your > time further - you are a busy man - and I do appreciate your insights. > > Andrew >> On Apr 18, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com >> <mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Not sure what's going on here for you. I am able to edit the Media Kind on >> purchased songs, iTunes Matched songs, AAC unmatched songs as well as mp3 >> titles. Logically, this shouldn't be an issue as what is really happening >> is that you are simply changing the info within your personal iTunes >> database. Do you use Apple Music or iTunes Match, or just a regular iTunes >> library? >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Apple Teacher >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 18, 2018, at 11:17, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com >> <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Tim, that’s what I thought would happen but in the Options tab under >> “media kind” there’s only Music and no other choice. Thank you for checking >> it for me. >> >> Andrew >> >>> On 18 Apr 2018, at 15:54, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com >>> <mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> No, sorry. I've never experienced this. The actual moving from Music to >>> AudioBooks, for example, will happen only when you modify the media kind >>> under the Options tab of the Info dialog. I'm not sure why this would be >>> happening for you as it should allow this no matter whether it's a >>> self-made title or a purchased title. I haven't done this in a while, but >>> will check later this morning. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Apple Teacher >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2018, at 01:19, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com >>> <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I’ve had this problem for a while. Some items in my music library that are >>> not genre music but either podcast or an audiobook in mp3 format won’t >>> allow me to edit its info so that they are removed from among my song >>> tracks and placed instead in either podcasts or audiobooks in iTunes. When >>> I call up album info, under details/kind there’s only one choice, i.e. >>> music. Further down the list there’s the genre list but when I choose >>> audiobook or podcast, it doesn’t seem to change anything. In the options >>> tab, again I don’t seem to be able to choose audiobook or podcast. And >>> thus these items are listed among the songs rather than properly where they >>> belong. 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