With all this talk about adding files to itunes I thought i would mention the little problem I'm having doing that. Maybe you guys have some ideas how I can fix it. I had a *large* music collection, about 35 GB at the moment, and always growing. I moved it into an external TB drive that we have on our wireless home network. When I got my Mac, I just copied and pasted my music into a new subfolder under "music" from the network drive, to my Mac. then I copy and pasted it into the empty music selection table in itunes. Not all of it copied over though. I have at least 12 gigs missing. I have no idea why. I've deleted the music from Itunes completely and re copy and pasted it several times. I've tried pasting the "transferred music" folder directly in the itunes media music sub folder and nothing seems to work! I'm always just getting the same 22 gigs of music and it's over looking at least 12 gigs of other music and I can't figure out a way to fix this. Any ideas are welcome.
thank ou very much for any ideas. On May 19, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Carolyn > On May 19, 2011, at 16:24, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> So, Esther now I'm curious: >> Why not simply open the file in iTunes from the start, since it should land >> there anyway? Sometimes, the flexibility of this OS makes it more >> daunting.:)) >> >> Carolyn > > Well, the basic problem is that I don't really know what Chris wants to do, > since his subject line is about "converting" (my emphasis) files to iTunes. I > figured that if I told him how to QuickLook the file he could listen to the > track and check that it is really one he wants to import into iTunes. The > files at this repository have names like: "cubs-cyl3768d.mp3" so if he is > downloading in bulk, it can be hard to keep track of titles. The one good > thing is that they are correctly tagged, so when they show up in iTunes they > have names and artists. (The example track was a fiddle tune named "Birlin' > Reels" that was recorded in 1910 and played by an artist named James Scott > Skinner.) Also, since a lot of people read the list for related information, > a question that we often get from people is how to Preview tracks without > opening them and adding them to iTunes -- especially how to avoid adding them > multiple times! So I figured that new users, especially, would find the > QuickLook feature of interest. Incidentally, you can QuickLook PDF files, > jpegs, and many other types of files, and you can QuickLook attachments to > mail posts that you receive to decide whether you want to save them. It's a > quick way of "playing" the file content. You can't edit or do detailed > navigation within the file (like jumping to a certain point in a PDF or music > file) to play out of sequence, because you haven't "opened" the file in an > application. However, it is very low profile usage and convenient. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > >> On May 19, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> I'm a little confused about what you are trying to do here. I went to the >>> Cylinder Preservation web site (found with Google), and browsed their web >>> site. They appear to have tracks stored as mp3 files. Since there is no >>> "right click" on the Mac, I assume you are trying to bring up a contextual >>> menu (VO-Shift-M), or else you just want to directly download the files to >>> your computer, instead of playing them in your browser. If you want to >>> download the linked file directly, you can press Option+Return when you are >>> on the link you want, and you'll automatically force a download without >>> having to find the option to "Save Linked File" in your context menu (or >>> bring up the context menu at all). In this case, it will go to your >>> default location for Safari Downloads which, if you have not changed the >>> location in your Safari Preferences, is a folder named "Downloads" under >>> your home directory. Depending on how your Mac is set up, you might have a >>> "Downloads" folder in your dock, or you can check your Safari Downloads >>> window by pressing Command-Option-L. If you navigate to the bottom of the >>> window (VO-Fn-Right Arrow on the laptop), and interact with the group >>> (VO-Shift-Down Arrow), you can monitor the size and progress of the >>> download, and also VO-Space on "Show in Finder" once the Download is >>> complete to bring up a Finder window with your downloaded file selected. >>> If you want to play the file without necessarily adding it to your iTunes >>> library, just press space bar to QuickLook the file, and be able to review >>> the title information tags, etc. If you just open the file, it will >>> automatically be added to iTunes. In case you are not sure where the file >>> has been placed in your iTunes Music library, you can always navigate to >>> the "Recently Added" smart playlist in your iTunes sources table, and be >>> able to find all tracks that were added to iTunes in the last 2 weeks (that >>> are not podcast subscriptions) in chronological order. >>> >>> I don't understand the subject line of "Converting files to iTunes". The >>> mp3 format is one of the standard file formats supported in iTunes, and you >>> are not ripping the file from a CD or other format, nor are you trying to >>> use a special version of mp3 encoding, such as the LAME encoder, to >>> digitize your tracks. (Even that's possible in iTunes, incidentally). >>> >>> Possible things to check: is your mouse cursor on the link you want to >>> download or view the context menu for (i.e., perform your "right click" in >>> your words)? You can do this with VO-F5. I hear VoiceOver speak the >>> number of the link (for the performer, title, issue source, and year >>> listed), followed by the words "clickable". Your results may depend on how >>> your cursor tracking is set (e.g., you may have to route your mouse cursor >>> to your VoiceOver cursor with VO-Command-F5), and whether you are >>> navigating the web page in DOM mode or group mode. For a very few web >>> pages with idiosyncratic HTML encoding, the main Blind Cool Tech web page >>> being the prime example, you may have to interact with the link before you >>> view it in either the context menu or use Option+Return to download. Note >>> that you may have an easier time with some of these issues if you use a >>> Magic TrackPad (or TrackPad Commander) to navigate. >>> >>> If you want to set up your Downloads folder in the Dock (provided there is >>> one in your setup) to be easily viewable in Finder, you can also do that, >>> and navigate to that folder to check downloads instead. You'd have to use >>> the context menu (VO-Shift-M) and choose the menu options to display as a >>> "Folder" instead of a "Stack", and view content as "List" instead of "Fan", >>> "Automatic", or "Grid". You could also choose to sort the displayed files >>> by "Date Added" instead of "Name" if you wanted to easily find the latest >>> download from the dock. Each setting change would have to be applied one >>> by one with a separate VO-Shift-M. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On May 19, 2011, at 15:00, Christopher Peppel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ricardo and everybody, >>>> >>>> What I am trying to do is a right click with the keyboard. It seemed to >>>> work before, but now, nothing happens. These are music files from the >>>> cylinder preservation website. I went to the genious bard today and I >>>> don't think they understood what I was trying to do. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> On May 19, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm a little unclear on what you want to do. What are you converting, >>>>> and what do you wish to convert it to? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>>> www.mobileaccess.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On May 17, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>> >>>>>> I was trying to do a right-click to bring up the menu to convert music >>>>>> files to play in Itunes. It was working, but when I tried to do it the >>>>>> other day, nothing would happen. If I do Command I, I'm asked if I want >>>>>> to E-Mail the page which is one of the choices. If there are some files >>>>>> missing for some reason, and if I run the CD installer, will it replace >>>>>> my whole system or just add back any possible missing files? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for any ideas in advance. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > Dawn Benbow email: d-ben...@live.com Messanger: d.ben...@sbcglobal.net Messanger: d-ben...@live.com Twitter: DawnAndBaskin Skype: d.ben...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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