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16 years PC, now over to MAC: Help! :)
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1192618"><p>Since you're coming to Mac from PC (and actually iTunes works almost exactly the same way in both) let me backtrack before I get to what I hope is the correct answer for you.</p><p></p><p>I'm probably wrong, but I can't shake the feeling that you are looking at your music files in the Finder and NOT inside iTunes (a typical PC approach). If that is the case, this is where you are going wrong. While you CAN edit music files directly in Finder, this is a dumb idea. Use iTunes.</p><p></p><p>So, if you are in iTunes, just ignore the above. In iTunes, the title of the song is found under the heading "Name." You can sort songs by any of the column headings (Artist, Time, etc) by simply clicking on those column headings. Clicking on the heading a second time will re-sort in reverse order.</p><p></p><p>To edit a song name (which is NOT the same thing as the song's filename -- again, DO NOT try to manage your music in the Finder! The filename is UTTERLY UNIMPORTANT. What's important is the song name in iTunes, which is handled by a tag, NOT the filename.), simply select the song and choose File -> Get Info (in iTunes) or press command-i. This brings up a window that lets you edit EVERY aspect of the song's information, add lyrics and artwork and more.</p><p></p><p>It sometimes take PC users a while to get used to the idea of not having to manually "manage" the files, but trust me -- you don't have to manually manage the files. Customization is fine, but do it within the program (iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto etc) not in Finder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1192618"] Since you're coming to Mac from PC (and actually iTunes works almost exactly the same way in both) let me backtrack before I get to what I hope is the correct answer for you. I'm probably wrong, but I can't shake the feeling that you are looking at your music files in the Finder and NOT inside iTunes (a typical PC approach). If that is the case, this is where you are going wrong. While you CAN edit music files directly in Finder, this is a dumb idea. Use iTunes. So, if you are in iTunes, just ignore the above. In iTunes, the title of the song is found under the heading "Name." You can sort songs by any of the column headings (Artist, Time, etc) by simply clicking on those column headings. Clicking on the heading a second time will re-sort in reverse order. To edit a song name (which is NOT the same thing as the song's filename -- again, DO NOT try to manage your music in the Finder! The filename is UTTERLY UNIMPORTANT. What's important is the song name in iTunes, which is handled by a tag, NOT the filename.), simply select the song and choose File -> Get Info (in iTunes) or press command-i. This brings up a window that lets you edit EVERY aspect of the song's information, add lyrics and artwork and more. It sometimes take PC users a while to get used to the idea of not having to manually "manage" the files, but trust me -- you don't have to manually manage the files. Customization is fine, but do it within the program (iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto etc) not in Finder. [/QUOTE]
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