Hi there! If you are selecting all of the tracks of one album then select the options tab and in that window you will find part of a compilation and like part of a gabbles album! And if you only pick one track the option to do that is in the Info tab just after genre! Hth Colin
On 23 Nov 2012, at 23:15, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Yes, what I was trying to say was the correct name comes up for the CD before > I import it. > But although it shows the album it imports it as separate tracks. > Max. > On 24/11/2012, at 8:54 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, doesn't this mean iTunes is not identifying the tracks in the cd as an >> album but only as the tracks? >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, I don't have any problems identifying the CDs it is iTunes not >>> importing all CDs as one album but separate tracks. This only happens with >>> a few albums. >>> Max. >>> On 24/11/2012, at 8:45 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> First of all, you should check each cd before you let it be imported. It's >>>> possible for iTunes to identify a cd incorrectly and also, the database >>>> may come up with several possibilities from which you have to choose. >>>> >>>> If you know that your cd is being misidentified, you can use cmd-i on all >>>> the tracks together and enter the correct information for the album >>>> manually before importing and also can do each of the tracks individually >>>> for a cd. Or you could wait until you have imported the cd and then select >>>> all the tracks to put the album information in. But if you wait until all >>>> the hundreds of cds have been imported, it will be a much more difficult >>>> job. >>>> >>>> I understand the problem somewhat as I have a slightly different but >>>> related one. I unfortunately didn't have the foresight to know that >>>> someday iTunes would come along. So several years before iTunes became >>>> accessible, before I even owned a Mac, I ripped all my cds and then gave >>>> the cds away to friends. That was okay except that iTunes, when I began >>>> using it, was not able to identify a lot of my ripped material correctly; >>>> apparently the id tag information was done differently. So to this day I >>>> don't have a lot of my music in iTunes because it would be too scrambled >>>> up and I don't have the time to spend straightening it out. Since you have >>>> original cds, as long as you proceed with your importing systematically, I >>>> would think you shouldn't have such a drastic problem. This is as much as >>>> i know and probably others on list will have more detailed advice. I would >>>> just say: Proceed with caution as you import each cd. >>>> >>>> >>>> Hth. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheryl >>>> >>>> May the words of my mouth >>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 23, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello all, I am importing hundreds of CDs in to iTunes. I am finding that >>>>> some CDs are imported track by track and not as a complete album. I have >>>>> selected the tracks to an album and gone in to the info section but could >>>>> not find any to check to be part of a compilation or similar. >>>>> Can anybody help here? >>>>> Thanks as always. >>>>> Max. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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