How to selectively choose what music to add to itunes from my computer?

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How do you choose what music goes onto your iPhone?

My iPhone has finally hit capacity, mostly with music. I don't want to delete things from my library, because my comptuer has plenty of space, but I want to limit what gets sync'd to my iphone. I.E. There is old music that I don't listen to regularly anymore that I don't want on my iPhone, but I would still like to keep.
I know one option would be to create a playlist and just sync that playlist, but I don't want to have to drag new stuff into a playlist every time (Because I know I will forget.)
Does anyone have any suggestions? I already have "Convert to 128kbps AAC" selected.

kevinfromfontana wrote:
I wish there was an option to sync all music EXCEPT what is in a certain playlist.
Piece o' cake...
Create a regular playlist and name it something like Not on iPhone.
Add songs to it you do not want to sync.
Create a smart playlist named something like Sync to iPhone.
Match all rules;
Playlist is Music
Playlist is not Not on iPhone.
Like this...
Select the iPhone in iTunes and click the Music tab.
Tick Sync music and tick Sync selected playlists, Artists Albums and Genre.
Tick the Sync to iPhone playlist and click OK.
If you want to change what is on the iPhone, simply add/remove items from the Not on iPhone playlist then plug in the iPhone.

How do you choose what account to send an iMessage from?

I have one account set up on iMessage, but it can accept messages sent to my phone number, email address, plus email aliases.
I want to retain this ability to receive messages on several accounts but I also want to force the system to send messages from my phone number, especially when using Share buttons elsewhere in the operating system.
My default account to send messages from IS my phone number, but every time that I send a file from somewhere else in the OS it sends from my email, so I'm not sure what's going on here.
Does anyone know a fix? Thank you

HI,
I understood from the first post but was not in a position to actually test it at the time
I went to my Contacts App > My Card and removed the iPhone number.
It syncs via iCloud to the iPhone.
I went to the iMessages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages account and changed the bottom drop down to read "Start From" my iPhone Number.
In iPhoto I highlighted a Pic and then chose the Share Menu > Messages and typed in the iPhone Number.
This meant it should have appeared on the iPhone as a Stand alone iMessages "from Itself" effectively.
However it listed another Address Card that did not have the iPhone Number on it. (only the Apple ID in Use)
As you say, the Share option seems to override the Send From option in Messages itself.
One way it can be done is to disable the Apple ID in the Receive At list which then leaves only the iPhone Number.
This will send by the iPhone number.
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How do i transfer all of my itunes from one computer to another

how do i manage to transfer all of my itunes from one computer to another?

Copy the iTunes library folder from one computer and restore it on the other. Use an external hard drive.

HT3819 how do i choose what I want from my itunes library on my iphone

How do I choose what I want to put onto my iphone from itunes? I dont want all my kid's music and apps

Hey Dodge50,
Great question! You can choose to sync your entire library, or selected playlists and other items. For more information, check out this resource:
Sync your iPhone, iPad and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1386
You can also opt to manually manage the content that is on your device. For more information about this option, see the following:
Manage content manually on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht1535
Thanks,
Matt M.

How do I manually transfer music with the new itunes update for Windows? I don't want to sync my library and lose all of my music for what I have in my current library.

How do I manually transfer music with the new itunes update for Windows? I don't want to sync my library and lose all of my music for what I have in my current library.

The same way it was done in every previous version.
Connect the device to the computer.
Right click on the device in iTunes and select Transfer Purchases.
Why would you lose any content by syncing with iTunes?
Is this not the computer that the device is normally synced with?

How do I choose what songs will be on my shuffle.

I also own a classic ipod that holds lots of songs. I wanted something smaller to take to the gym. I connected my new ipod shuffle registered it then it automactically started downloading songs from my library. I have certian songs selected or checked to go on my classic, not all my songs are on my classic from my library. How can I choose what songs will be on my shuffle? Do I have to uncheck all my songs then check only the songs from my library that I want on my shuffle? If this is the case that is a bummer...because it would mean that I would have to redo all of the selecting again for my classic. Please tell me this is not the case! Does anyone know how to go around this so I don't have to reconfigure everything everytime I want to synch different songs to put on my shuffle...there has got to be a way...I don't think that apple would be that uninformed to let this happen...Maybe I need to load a whole different itunes for my shuffle and have two seperate programs????

Depending on the type of iPod you are using, "Other" can be various things such as Album Artwork, Notes, Contacts, Firmware etc. or files that are on there if you are using the iPod as a removable storage device.
If you feel that Other is being incorrectly reported then try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes

TA44475 I have just bought a new macbook and trying to add all my music to my new itunes from a previous version of itunes (iTunes 9) in my seven year old Mac. I can import all the MP3 songs but iTunes ignores all the m4a format files. What to do?

I have just bought a new macbook and trying to add all my music to my new itunes from a previous version of itunes (iTunes 9) in my seven year old Mac. I can import all the MP3 songs but iTunes ignores all the m4a format files. What to do? I have copied them into the music file along with the mp3 files but they still dont open in iTunes.

From your OLD computer...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
Also... have a look at these 2 Videos...
http://macmost.com/moving-your-itunes-library.html
http://macmost.com/moving-your-itunes-media-to-an-external-drive.html

How can i bulk rename music files in reverse order from artist - song name to songname - artist

How can I bulk rename music files in reverse order from artist - song name to songname - artist.
I actually dont need to rename the actual files.
Its just i have a huge txt list of 100,000 music names that are listed as so..
Artist - Song Name
Artist - Song Name
Artist - Song Name
Artist - Song Name
Artist - Song Name
Artist - Song Name
and i need this list to reverse it self so it is listed in the list as
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Song Name - Artist
Im sure there is some kinda way to auto a mix of applescript/automator/terminal to do something like: all char before the "-" replace with the chars after the "-".
Please some one help me if you know how I can pull this off

How can I bulk rename music files in reverse order from artist - song name to songname - artist.
I actually dont need to rename the actual files.
Its just i have a huge txt list of 100,000 music names that are listed as so.
I wonder if we haven't misunderstood what you were asking for. Could it be that you have not a huge file, but just a huge list of names in many small files. If that's the case, you should rather use the following script instead of the previous one.
Since this script does not rename the files, make a backup of your files before running it.
set theFolder to choose folder -- the folder containing your text files
tell application "Finder"
    set theNames to name of files of theFolder whose name extension is "txt"
end tell
set theTextFiles to {}
set theFolderPath to POSIX path of theFolder
repeat with thisName in theNames
    copy theFolderPath & thisName to the end of theTextFiles
end repeat
repeat with thisFile in theTextFiles
    set F1 to open for access thisFile
    set theText to read F1
    close access F1
    set theParagraphs to paragraphs of theText
    set bigList to (a reference to theParagraphs)
    set theNewParagraphs to {}
    set bigNewList to (a reference to theNewParagraphs)
    repeat with X in bigList
        set P to offset of " - " in X
        if P = 0 then
            set Y to X
        else
            set Y to text (P + 3) through -1 of X & " - " & text 1 through (P - 1) of X
        end if
        copy Y & return to the end of bigNewList
    end repeat
    set theNewText to text 1 through -2 of (bigNewList as text)
    set F2 to open for access thisFile with write permission
    set eof F2 to 0
    write theNewText to F2
    close access F2
end repeat
display dialog "Done!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 1
Message was edited by: Pierre L.

How can i import a music CD including all sounds from 5Hz to 30KHz?

In order to be really lossless what configuration must be used?

+"how can i import a music CD including all sounds from 5Hz to 30KHz?"+
+"In order to be really lossless what configuration must be used?"+
That is two different questions. If you want "lossless," which is defined as being sonically equivalent to the source CD, iTunes has 3 choices, as thicks noted.
However, that does not provide frequency content as high as 30 kHz, since normal CD encoding is based on 44/16 PCM, and rolls off well before that. If you want all those frequencies, you have to use studio quality masters based on 192/24 encoding, which is far beyond iTunes's capabilities to handle.

How to add .m4r files from my computer to my tones in iPhone 6 iOS 8.1.1 ?

How to add .m4r files from my computer to my tones in iPhone 6 iOS 8.1.1 ?

You've sycned other content via your computer's iTunes to the phone ?
You can sync photos to your phone via your computer's iTunes : connect your phone to your computer, click on its icon towards the top left of the iTunes screen, and select Photos on the left-hand side of the screen :
Photos that you sync from a computer can't be deleted directly in the phone's Photos app, instead they are deleted by not including them in the next photo sync - so you will need to include all photos that you want from your computer in each photo sync.

I have new music I am adding to my itunes. My ipod has the existing music from my itunes. I want to delete the existing music from the ipod and only select the new music just imported into itunes be sync'd on to my ipod?

I have new music I am adding to my itunes. My ipod has the existing music from my itunes. I want to delete the existing music from the ipod and only select the new music just imported into itunes be sync'd on to my ipod?

Open itunes, connect ipod, select what you want to sync ( in the music tab) sync.

I just got got a new phone and want to put my music and pictures on it from my computer. My music is in in itunes and when I sync my phone the music does not come over. What's going on?

I just got got a new phone and want to put my music and pictures on it from my computer. My music is in in itunes and when I sync my phone the music does not come over. What's going on? I'm using itunes ver.11.0.5.5

Hi, gcmar.
I would double check to make sure that you have selected the options for syncing. Look over the article below to make sure you have the items that you want selected to sync over.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Syncing overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12311
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Jason H.

HT4946 How do I get what is on my devices back onto the computer?

My Ipod, Ipad 2 each are working fine but my computer died and new OS installed, the computer is now blank, I downloaded Itunes onto the computer. How do I get what is on my devices back onto the computer?
Thanks,
Craig

Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
As for you own music, you may have to use a third party software. A good Free one is called Sharepod which you can download from Download.com here:
http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2
Take note that sharepod does not support iPad at the moment.

How do I load photos & Music to my iPhone 3G from iPhoto /iTunes?

How do I load photos & Music to my iPhone 3G from iPhoto /iTunes?
If I want to use photos as wallpaper on the phone do they have to be resized or can I just load them?

With your iphone plugged into itunes go to the tables for music, photos, etc and set to sync with the album,playlist you want.
Sounds like you might need to read the owners manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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