Importing music now from library--states, "Determining Gapless...

Now I can import music to the library category. But I have to individually name every track and album.
Then when i attempt to drage each track individually to my Ipod music, the task bar at the top of Itunes states, "Determining Gapless...." something or other and scrolls through each and every song on my Ipod.
What is going on?
Why can i just import music as easily as i have on other peoples computers?

The information should be retrieved from the tags in the file. If your tags are empty that would explain not getting information filled in automatically. Would probably be easier to fill in tags before importing by using a tag editor.
Syncing automatically is much easier than doing drag and drop. Have you tried it? Auto syncing will also update playcounts, ratings, and other changes to tags.

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