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Hi All,
Probably me being stupid, but how do I copy tracks from iTunes onto an SD card?
Ta
Dave


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:43 pm
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Click on the track in iTunes and then drag it to the SD card.

Rachel


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:44 pm
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True drag & drop... 🙂


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:44 pm
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Drag & drop? You shooer?

If not, you have to find the folder it's in (right click, information) and copy it from there.
Most will probably be in
C:\Users\[user]\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music (windows 7)
or
C:\documents and settings\[user]\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music (XP)


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:58 pm
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Thanks guys, I'd already tried that, seems it won't let me do more than an album at a time, which is a shame as I want to transfer nearly 6gb!


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:59 pm
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Oh, I'm on a Mac by the way.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:59 pm
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Oh the irony if a Mac won't allow you to drag and drop from iTunes when a PC can


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:26 pm
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Why use iTunes for it just use the folder.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:27 pm
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Oh the irony if a Mac won't allow you to drag and drop from iTunes when a PC can

Put that irony down son, I just dragged and dropped to a SD card on my Macbook Pro. Several albums as well.

Why use iTunes for it just use the folder.

Because it's easier to drag and drop from iTunes silly! 😉

...especially for multiple artists.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:29 pm
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I've spent all yesterday and today reloading CDs onto my Mac.

iTunes seems to have eaten* several hundred of them over the years and I'm gradually putting them all back in.

*or it could have been our teenage monsters thinking that's crap, and deleting it.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:31 pm
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Make a playlist of the music you want and then drag & drop from there - all in one go.

Otherwise, find the files and drag & drop from there. To do his on a Mac, you'll find that the iTunes Munsic folder (inside the user's home folder, inside Music, acts a bit odd. What you need to do is right-click on it and choose Package Contnets and then you can see all the files inside...

(It is a .app folder and start iTunes when you open it, automatically. This is also how all the applications work too - try right-clicking on them and having a poke around inside. DON'T change anything!!!)

Rachel


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:31 pm
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Oh the irony if a Mac won't allow you to drag and drop from iTunes when a PC can

You can drag and drop on a mac, works fine.

I assume it's to fill music onto a phone or similar? Can i recommend:

http://ilari.scheinin.fidisk.fi/itunemywalkman/


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:32 pm
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Otherwise, find the files and drag & drop from there. To do his on a Mac, you'll find that the iTunes Munsic folder (inside the user's home folder, inside Music, acts a bit odd. What you need to do is right-click on it and choose Package Contnets and then you can see all the files inside...

(It is a .app folder and start iTunes when you open it, automatically. This is also how all the applications work too - try right-clicking on them and having a poke around inside. DON'T change anything!!!)

Rachel

I have no idea what you are going on about.

...and I am a freakin' mac genius 😉


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 3:34 pm
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Hi,
Thanks for the advice, but none of it's working I'm afraid.
I have a separate playlist in iTunes with the music in it, and with that playlist selected. I have the sd card in the Mac and it's coming up as a no name drive, but if I highlight all the tracks and try and drag to it, it then just moves back to the itunes section without copying. Fine one album at a time however. Just weird.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 4:05 pm
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If you just want to sync a playlist with a SD card, try iTuneMyWalkman as I suggest above - handles doing it for you.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 4:29 pm
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Must be a Mac thing. Works OK on my 9 year old PC 😉


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 4:31 pm

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