Playlists
- Creating Playlists
- Special Playlists
Opening Files
Audio CD
On a Mac, press the eject key on the keyboard and place your CD in the disk tray. Pressing the key again will bring the tray back in. Note: NEVER push the tray back in manually! This strips the drive's gears.
The computer will automatically display an icon for your CD on the desktop. It will most likely be labeled "Audio CD." If your computer is connected to the Internet, iTunes may automatically search for the artist and title of the CD through the Gracenote CDDB (see the hint in the Playlist section for more about this database).
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For example, I put Purple by Stone Temple Pilots into the drive and, after a few seconds, CDDB correctly identified the CD. Once iTunes launches, click on your CD's icon in the Source column. This will list the CD's tracks. Double-click on a track to begin playing it, or highlight the track and click on the Play button. |
Homemade / Compilation CD
Homemade CDs operate almost exactly like store-bought audio CDs. The major difference is that their tracks will not be labeled. The computer may try to search the CDDB ffor information, but compilation CDs will not be recognized.
To enter information about your CD as a whole, right-click on the CD's icon and click "Get Info." The information entered here will be applied to each of the tracks.
To enter information about a particular track, right-click on the track and click "Get Info." Here, you can enter information that will only be applied to the selected track. If you want to add information to several tracks (for example, tracks by the same artist), highlight the desired tracks, right-click, and select "Get Info." The same window will appear, and any information entered will be applied to all of the selected tracks.
Data & MP3 CDs
When you burn a CD, you can convert the files into an audio format that can be played on home and car stereos, or you can leave the files in .mp3 format. Leaving the files in this format allows hundreds more songs to fit on one CD. However, finding programs and stereos that can play them is trickier.
When you put a .mp3 CD into your computer, iTunes may not launch automatically. On a Mac, an icon for the CD will appear on the desktop. Drag the CD to the icon for iTunes in the dock and release when the icon is highlighted. Or, you can click on the iTunes icon to open the program.
A CD icon should appear in the Source column of the iTunes window. Highlight the icon and you can listen to tracks, copy them to your library, and manipulate them just like tracks on a traditional audio CD.
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