How to edit song info

I have always been able to edit song information in I-tunes. Today, I downloaded a song, and I cannot edit the genre. I right click on the name of the song, select "get info," and get the page, but the page is sort of faded. I cannot edit anything. I recently joined Match, do you think this has anything to do with it?

Double check to see that the song file, or the folder it resides in (the ‘iTunes’ folder) is not read-only.
Using Windows Explorer, right-click on the file (or folder) name, go to Properties.
If it is, then close iTunes, change it, and reopen iTunes.

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well i just bought an ipod nano and when i transfered all my music to my nano i obviously had to different band names (example: ACDC and AC/DC)and came up as to completly differnt bands on my nano. So i figured if i could edit the song info i could fix this but when i go to "get info" and i attempt to change it but it wont even let me change a thing so that it my how do u edit song info in itunes so it changes on my nano?
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If I knew how to edit that field I would have stated so - it is possible that the programers didn't allow editing for a particular reason - blame them - not the people trying to help you find a way around the your particular issue.
I know that you cannot edit the field that you want to edit - I only offered a viable suggestion as to how to get around the problem. I have the same beef - but I found a suitable way around the problem. Is no longer an issue for me.
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I just downloaded itunes 10.6 and it will not allow me to edit song info! Why?

why won't itunes 10.6 allow me to edit song info?

Have you moved your iTunes library recently? Are you using a different profile?
Right-click on your main iTunes folder and click Properties, then go to the Security tab and click Advanced. If necessary grant your account and SYSTEM full control of this folder, subfolders and files, then tick the option to replace permissions on child objects which will repair permissions throughout the library. This is the XP dialog but Windows 7 shouldn't be too different.
If it won't let you change the permissions use the Owner tab to take ownership from an account with administer privileges.
Also in iTunes properties tap the read-only check box until it clears, then click OK. When prompted apply the change to the folder and all files and subfolders.
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can anyone help me? I am trying to edit song info in iTunes on my new PC - Dell with Vista? When I try to change a field such as genre or song title, whatever, I can type the info in, but iTunes does not change the info.
Any help is much appreciated.
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*Make sure the files are not marked Read Only and that you have Read/Write permissions to the files and the folders they are in.*
Can I get a bit more Info then this Were to I look to see if they are Read Only

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I am currently organizing and fixing some errors in my itunes library and i'm having extreme difficulty editing song info.
For example about half of my songs show up as blues in the genre category. So i've gone through and changed them to rock, electronic, etc. The info will change but when i double click on the track (play the track) it changes the info back to the previous settings. I went to itunes help which instructed me to uncheck "organize itunes library" in order to write the new info to the file. But this has not worked either. this is a very frustrating problem because GNDB has given some very wrong info about album names and and info and i can't reorganize it.
Another example is a CD by Blockhead the album title is Music by Cavelight. Only 3 tracks have the correct album title the others are Blockhead Music by Cavelight, for some reason the artist name is included in the album title. When i correct the tracks that have the improper album name they do change untill the song is double clicked on, and then it resets to the previous name.
Please help i am a DJ with lots of music and organization is KEY!
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Select one or more tracks, press CTRL-I to Get Info.
Are the tracks in question in .wav format? No tags there, so nothing for iTunes to read other than the filename. I have a script that get more data provided iTunes hasn't "helpfully" rearranged them.
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Editing song info. doesn't work

Hi
When i try to edit song info. ,I am able to fill the required fields after right clicking and get info. buttons; but once i press ok ; nothin seems to happen. Its as if itunes ignores the change
please help

Is your music folder set to read-only?

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Would I have to edit the song titles in iTunes and then sync it with the iPad?
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Im having trouble editing my song info. A problem i haven't had in the past. I just got a new computer today, but all of my media is on my external hard drive. On my old pc, i had no troubles editing song info off of these files. and now it seems to not be working. Every time i hit "get info" everything comes up grayed out. Ive checked the properties on the hard drive and its listed as "read only" when i uncheck it it applies all the attributes and turns the read only off. But for some reason it doesn't keep. I cant get read only to stay off. So unfortunately i am unable to edit any of my song info. Has anyone out there had this problem? If so any suggestions?
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Problem Solved:
#1) after you install iTunes and reboot as it tells you to you must start up the program then log out of the program
#2) reboot 1 more time (this is redundant but you must do it to get your equalizer working and the ability to edit your song information).
Everything is working correctly now.

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I swear I've edited the info in my music library for songs so that the artist name, song title, etc. are correct. However it seems like iTunes is not permanently saving these changes. I could be wrong...
My question is: If I edit song info in "Get Info" will it be saved permanently?
It is tedious to keep doing this. I just want to know if my efforts are futile.
Dell Desktop Windows XP Pro

All settings are saved during backup.
I manually setup my mail accounts and don't sync them.
With each update of the firmware, all is wiped and put back on and my settings are always there.
I beleive the only thing that doesn't get backed up is your Camera Roll (photos you took with phone). Could be wrong though. Think they may of changed that somewhere along the line.
Settings of everything are saved (preferences, cookies, saved data from applications you installed, etc). All other content is on your computer (music, videos, apps, etc).

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iTunes keeps me from editing song info or art on some tracks.
This happens all of the time, with no ryhme or reason that I can understand as to why it picks the ones it picks...for example:
I just tried to edit 4 tracks i had imported the mp3s of. I highlighted all of them, and changed the album art. 2 tracks changed, and the other two still had no art. I highlighted the two of them, and changed it again, this time 1 of them changed. I tried playing the stubborn track, and now it has a odd characteristic that wasn't there before i started this...now when I start the file playing, it plays the first 1.5 seconds, then plays them again, then plays the song. iTunes seems to think this is normal, and doesn't skip backwards...it just plays it like it was added on making the song longer. I try to add the art again...no luck...now there are 3 unwanted introductions...try again? now there are 4. Still no art. This completely perplexes me.
I am using windows xp media center, I have already stopped both WMP and WMC from accessing track info from the internet.
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Sounds like the ID3 tags are messed up on those songs.
iTunes imports using v2.2 tags. Convert the tags to v2.3 and try adding the artwork.
Right-click > convert ID3 tags
Also, make sure they are not read-only files.

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for some reason, i am unable to edit song info in itunes 10.6.3, MAC OS X 10.7.4
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See this -> Windows XP: To set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions

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I go right click and get info on a track and it simply wont let me edit any info, it never did this before I activated the most recent itunes update. Please someone tell me how to fix this ? its driving me crazy

I had the same problem and I noticed that the songs that I could not edit were all ACC format. The Apple Lossless songs could be edited. To check to see if this is the case with your songs, right-click on a song, select "Get Info", and, under the "Summary" tab, the version is listed as "Kind".
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1. Highlight a song that you can't edit.
2. Under the "Advanced" menu at the top of your iTunes screen, select "Create Apple Lossless Version". This will create a duplicate song in your library.
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1. Highlight a group of songs (I have been choosing groups in alphabetical order).
2. Click on the "Create Apple Lossless Version" option in the "Advanced" menu.
3. When all of the duplicates have been created, the original "bad" versions will stay highlighted in blue.
4. Right-click on a blue area and deleted all of the original versions.
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Editing Song Info

I'm trying to edit song information in itunes, I right click on the song and it brings up the dialog box. When I click on the "Info" tab the fields are filled in, but I cannot edit them as they are sort of grayed-out. Does anyone know how to fix this so I can once again edit song information?
Thanks!

fixed it lol, turns out that, even though i'd set the permissions on the file to let me read/write it, i forgot to set the permissions of the folder as thus ^_^;;;
EDIT:
[quote]Are you talking about editing the name of the song? This is the problem that I have had ever since iTunes 6.0 Does Apple read these comments? [/quote]
[quote]I recently upgraded (if that is the term) to iTunes 6.0.5. I just noticed that when I play certain songs the song name changes. The same thing happens if I choose Get Info from the File menu (or use. the equivalent key combination). I can change it back in the Get Info dialog, but the change does not "stick." The next time, the name changes again.
As far as the Summary tab of the Get Info window is concerned, these files (so far) are all QuickTime Movie files. (A few that I tried are holdovers from when I was running under OS 8.6, and the creator is not QuickTime.) I played one of them using QuickTime 7.1.1, and the song title QuickTime displays is the same one that iTunes "prefers" (rather than the one I prefer).
I did not have this problem wiith earlier versions of iTunes. It is very unpleasant having the name suddenly change to something I do not recognize. I think I should be able to decide what I want a song to be called. If I want to refer to Yankee Doodle as Dixie, why shouldn't I be able to?
I would like to report this to Apple as a bug, but I can't find out how to do that. Can anyone tell me how? I notice that another poster mentions having problems with names. Has anyone seen the same behavior I am reporting? [/quote]
Lock the actual song file. Go to the song file in the iTunes folder, go to file>get info, tick the box that sais "Lock" or something like that.
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