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iTunes questions
Topic Started: May 13 2006, 11:18 AM (241 Views)
Jack Frost
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I use iTunes to interface with my iPod and also organize music on my computer and an external hard drive. Frequently I want to rename the "Artist" or the "Album" to conform with other songs (for example, to change "Beatles" to "The Beatles") or to add information (such as add the date of a live recording to the Album name).

Seems to me the only way to do this is to make the change one song at a time. Is there a way to select a group of songs and change the "Album" name for all at the same time?

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George K
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On the Mac, holding the "command" key while selecting individual songs will allow you to select several (non-contiguous) items. Holding the shift key while selecting song #1 and song #12 will select all 12 songs.

On a PC, I assume it's the alt key, or the control key.
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Another solution:

Just click on the album (in the album list), and then "get info" (on a mac, that's "apple-i"; I don't know what the keyboard shortcut is on PC -- maybe "control-i"?)

An alert box will pop up that says, "Are you sure you want to edit information for multiple items?"

Click "Yes."
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There are also some download programs that can "tag and rename" your files in bulk.
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George K
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Speaking of "tagging" the files. One important thing that you should do is to go to the "advanced" menu and "reset ID3 tags" for all of your music. That way, should you move the file to another computer, the information that you so diligently entered into the tags will stay with the file, not just with the computer upon which it resides.
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Jack Frost
May 13 2006, 03:18 PM
Seems to me the only way to do this is to make the change one song at a time.  Is there a way to select a group of songs and change the "Album" name for all at the same time?

jf

The answer is YES -- all you need to do is get the list of songs that you want to edit in the bottom window of your iTunes. Then you need to do a "group select" as follows:

1. Click the first song in the group to highlight it
2. Scroll (if necessary) to the last song you want to make the group change to
3. Hold the <SHIFT> key and click the last song in your list
4. While these songs are highlighted, RIGHT CLICK, GET INFO (or <CTRL>i also works here)
5. Make the change to Artist, Album or whatever, and say OK

Note -- instead of <SHIFT> click, which will select a contiguous block of songs, you can use <CTRL> click and select songs one at a time, adding them to the highlighted group. Then as before, hit <CTRL>i to group edit the tags.

At that point, the group edit will be made to the songs you had highlighted.

Hope that helps. Funny you ask about this - I've been doing this exact thing for the last hour or so.

Gotta keep those tags updated. It really helps in keeping a tidy iTunes library.
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May 13 2006, 03:21 PM
On the Mac, holding the "command" key while selecting individual songs will allow you to select several (non-contiguous) items. Holding the shift key while selecting song #1 and song #12 will select all 12 songs.

On a PC, I assume it's the alt key, or the control key.

True, you can select them but you can't change the field on more than one as near as I can figure.

jf

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Jack Frost
May 13 2006, 08:36 PM
True, you can select them but you can't change the field on more than one as near as I can figure.

Just checked on my PC. Control click on the tracks that you want to edit if they're non-contiguous in the playlist. Shift click if you want to select a range of titles.

Once they are selected, right-click on the selection and 'get info.' You'll be asked "Do you want to change the information for multiple tracks?" Say yes, and your info box will open.
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Jack Frost
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WOW! What a timesaver.

Thanks Lindy and George.

George, I see "convert ID3 tags" but not "reset." Same thing? Seems to me I tried the "convert" command some time ago and it started to undo all the changes I had made so I canceled it.

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George K
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Convert is what you want to do. It should write the new info to the file. Because I did something stupid last week, I lost my iTunes library (not the music, just the library database), and we're talking a couple of hundred gigs of music. I was able to just drag all the mp3s from their folders into the iTunes window, and it was all back, with all the info that I had entered. Took a long time, but it worked fine.

Try it on one or two songs, and make sure it's ok.
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Jack Frost
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So when I do "Convert ID3 TAGS", it asks me for a version and/or to check "reverse unicode."

I can't find anything in HELP about this.

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George K
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Have no idea what that is. I leave it unchecked and all's well.

You may want to read this doc that sorta explains it.
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Jack Frost
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OK, I picked version 2.3.

Random choice.

jf

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If you use non-English alphabets (e.g., Asian characters, Arabian alphabets, Russia alphabets, accented characters, etc.), Unicode will make a difference. Otherwise, don't worry about Unicode.

ID-3 Tag version 2.3 is quite OK. You can choose higher version, but some media players out there may not support the higher version. 2.3 is a good compromise.
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