Folders in Library??!

As you can tell I am brand new to Itunes, I have a very extensive collection of cds that I want to dump into the itunes library. Is there a way to create folders in the Library section so I don't just have a list of 1000s of songs? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you are asking if you can create folders in the main display window, in the center the answer is no. However you can create folders in the left side Source list that can contain Playlists.
To create a folder in the Source list pull down File > New Folder.

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I have recently replaced my notebook with one running Windows Vista, and have a fairly annoying problem with adding music to my iTunes library.
All of my music is stored in a shared folder on the hard drive of a different computer on my home network. The folder (and all of its contents, down to the individual MP3 files) are visible from the notebook. In fact, I can choose the "Add a File..." option in iTunes, and browse to and select individual songs to add to the iTunes library.
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Not sure if I made myself clear. I meant the folder where it stops, minus the one before it.
Might be something to report to Apple support. Since it works if you drag it over...something's wrong. The music data is the same but the method iTunes is using to get at the data is different.
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Hello.
After upgrading to iTunes 5.0.1.4 I noticed much of my library entries had disappeared.
I then attempted to re-add my hard drive files by doing a File | Add Folder to Library, like I always have done in the past. iTunes will then add up to 1,722 songs (11.62 Gb), then stop. It just stops like it's finished the process -- no error, nothing.
It adds the files as they are sequentially stored on my drive. I was able to locate the point at which the adding stops. I removed what I thought might be the offending folder from the storage device, then re-attempted. The next time, it stops at the very next folder.
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Bueller, Bueller??

Not sure if I made myself clear. I meant the folder where it stops, minus the one before it.
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Long long long time MusicMatch User and have started using iTunes thanks to Pepsi's promotion.
When trying to import my existing music into iTunes, the process comes up about 20% short. A vast majority of my song files are in mp3 with a handfull of unprotected wma's which have already been converted by itunes.
Continue to do either 'add files' or 'add folder', even dragging individual files doesn't work.
Is there a limit to the number of files in the iTunes library, or a limit to the number of folders down a file can be?
The files it seems to be skipping are completely random. Of the ones I've tracked down specifically, all but one or two song from an album will have imported. But when there are about 500 songs that are not importing, I haven't looked for a pattern yet.

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Mail folders in Library are a Mess!

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3) I keep track of all of this in my head and it has basically all worked up until recently when it seems to be getting the better of me. When I rebuild my mailboxes on the laptop they no longer seem to contain all the messages I need or they appear but say "download from server"
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6) And last - I have 4 duplicates of each message - so how do I get rid of these (maybe this why I have 118,000) . I have Duplicate annihilator and it doesn't work - I think it would take 3 weeks for it to go through them all..
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1) In my desktop Mail app I have 3 pop accounts set up and including my .mac account which is set up as a POP - does this make any sense? I want all 3 of these accounts synced - is this possible?
You cannot sync POP account mailboxes with the server. Received messages with a POP account are downloaded from the server by the email client used to access the account. The account settings in Mail and with other email clients such as the Mail.app provide for removing received messages from the server when downloaded but the account's Inbox mailbox in Mail or with any email client is not and cannot be synchronized with the server. Synchronization with the server is available with a .Mac type or IMAP account with Mail or as an IMAP account with other email clients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostOfficeProtocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP
To utilize the IMAP account sync function with the server requires accessing your .Mac account as either a .Mac type account or as an IMAP account with Mail. To change the account type for the account will require deleting and then recreating the account in Mail selecting .Mac or IMAP as the account type when recreating the account.
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When deleting an account with Mail, the account's mailboxes in Mail are also deleted at the time.
2) When I turn on the Sync with mac options - it works for my address book but not for my mail accounts?
Don't confuse the two sync functions - really 3 different sync functions available with a .Mac account.
1) .Mac or IMAP account access with Mail and/or with IMAP account access with other email clients such as Mail on your Mac or on a different computer.
2) Syncing Bookmarks, Calendars, Contacts, Keychains, Mail Accounts (Mail account information only) and Mail rules, signatures and smart mailboxes. This provides for keeping the same information available and kept synchronized with multiple Macs. I also have an old TiBook G4 and all this information is kept synchronized for me on both Macs.
3) Keeping iDisk storage information synchronized.
All 3 are different and separate functions.
3) And what I don't understand is that nowhere does it say it will sync my folders/mailboxes - simply my account settings, rules etc...
True because what is says is all that it does. You cannot keep the mailboxes for different email accounts or user created "On My Mac" location mailboxes in Mail (which are stored locally on the hard drive) kept synchronized with the .Mac account server. You can keep .Mac account server stored mailboxes synchronized with the server only.
4) I bought SyncTogether which is a syncing software only to realize that it wouldn't sync my MAIL FOLDERS/MAILBOXES ( like SENT MAIL and the dozen or other folders I have) - it does the same as .mac sync and syncs simply the settings and accounts and smart mailboxes which I don't understand how to use...
Sounds like you wasted money on software for features included with a .Mac account.
5) I separate all my incoming mail into folders/mailboxes and then either have rules sort it or sort it myself..I need my mailboxes and I need to be able to access them from both my macs...I never use the online .mac mail - I just use it from my desktop -
When accessing a .Mac account as a .Mac type or IMAP account with Mail, you can also create server stored mailboxes for the account with Mail. When creating a new mailbox with Mail, you will also have the account name to choose from as a location choice (in addition to "On My Mac") when creating a mailbox. You can choose .Mac account location (server stored) mailboxes for your rule criteria.
You can also move/transfer existing "On My Mac" location mailboxes to the server.
After deleting and then recreating your .Mac account as a .Mac or IMAP account with Mail, you will also have a .Mac account icon in the mailboxes drawer. This is for server stored mailboxes with the exception of the account's server stored Inbox mailbox which will be located and remains under Inbox in the mailboxes drawer.
When creating a server stored mailbox for your .Mac account, it will be created and located under your .Mac account named icon in the mailboxes drawer. You can select/drag an existing user created "On My Mac" location mailbox under your .Mac account named icon in the mailboxes drawer which will copy the mailbox and contents within to the server.
All account mailboxes under your .Mac account icon in the mailboxes drawer in addition to the account's Inbox mailbox under Inbox in the mailboxes drawer will be available and kept synchronized automatically with Mail on both Macs and when accessing the account as an IMAP account with another email client on your Mac or on a different computer.
I access my .Mac account as a .Mac type account with Mail on my Mac and as an IMAP account with Outlook Express on my PC notebook running Windows XP at work. All server stored account mailboxes including any user created server stored mailboxes created with Mail or with OE are available and kept synchronized automatically with both email clients and all server stored mailboxes are also available when accessing the account via webmail using a browser. Any server stored mailboxes created via webmail access will also be available with Mail.
5A) Should I be creating Smartmailboxes instead of Mailboxes? From what I could understand, this won't really help me as it just virtual.
Smart Mailboxes will not help in this regard. Smart Mailboxes are virtual mailboxes only but any new Smart Mailbox created with Mail on one Mac will also be available with Mail on the other Mac automatically as part of the .Mac sync function for Mail Rules, Signatures and Smart Mailboxes.
6) and last - how do I upload to my .mac account? Is syncing through .mac different than Idisk - where does Idisk come in?
First part of this question already answered - select and drag an existing "On My Mac" location mailbox to/under your .Mac account named icon in the mailboxes drawer which will copy the mailbox and messages within to the server.
Think of iDisk as a separate server stored hard drive which includes .Mac account server stored mailboxes and messages which go against your total available iDisk storage space. Check .Mac account Help on the server when logged in to your .Mac account via webmail access using a browser or search the Help function locally on your hard drive.
7) Thought I was finished but - one more question - .mac sync only has a certain amount of storage on it - is the only way I can have all my stuff in sync to spend lots of money on more storage space...I have thousands of messages in my mailboxes...so what do I have to archive those somewhere? And how do I do it?
A .Mac email account has a default amount of server storage space allocated which you can change/adjust. You have 1 GB total iDisk server storage space available to you as part of a .Mac account which includes email account storage.
I have 120 MB of storage space allocated to my .Mac account but I can allocate more or less as I need and see fit but this goes against your total 1 GB of total iDisk storage space available.
Since I have 120 MB allocated to my .Mac account, this leaves me 880 MB of iDisk storage space available for other such as for Apple's Backup software to keep backup data stored on the server, iWeb for iWeb created websites and for your .Mac account Public folder which you can use to place large files, etc. for others to access and download which are too large to send via email.
You probably don't need to store every single message that you received and sent not deleted on the server so at some point you may need to decide which messages need to remain on the server and if you want to keep all messages on the server, you will need to purchase additional .Mac server storage space when you exceed 1 GB total for everything stored on your iDisk combined.
When I reach my allocated 120 MB, I transfer received messages that I want to keep but no longer need on the server from the account's Inbox mailbox to a user created "On My Mac" location mailbox. This process stores the transferred messages locally on the hard drive AND also removes the messages from the server at the same time.
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Again, thanks.
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tmx3 wrote:
Hey, I've been using someone else mac imac 8,1 osx 10.5.4 and finding it buggy i've reinstalled some software, deleting an on plist in the process. When i wentinto ~/library/preferences i noticed a bunch of weird empty folders (about 35) with strange names eg.'¡PñÁ∆Ùøˇ‘ ñÙxÄñÁ…, or )—†gXøˇœ∞è¿ƒ. when I drag these into terminal and do a ls -l@ it says no such file or directory. I have never seen anything like this - apparently windows has never run on this machine. Any ideas?
some buggy 3rd party software is known to do that. I've heard some Epson printer drivers can do this and some Adobe apps. harmless but annoying. you can safely trash those folders but they may come back.
Also permissions for all folders at ~ level read drwx------+ - is the + normal for these folders?
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I have used iTunes for years (so I know how it should work), but just started running into problem yesterday when trying to add new music to my library. When I go to 'Add Folder to Library' it lets me browse and select a folder with mp3's, but it won't add them to my library; nothing happens. The 'Add to Library' screen closes and does not give me any error messages. I tried adding individual mp3 files my library, but nothing happens. I can play the file in iTunes if I go through the browser and opt to play the file with iTunes, so the file is good and recognized. Also, I was just curious about what it did when I went to music that is already in my iTunes library, so I tried to open a folder or files that are already in my library and the same thing happened....nothing.
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