Importing... reading cds

i'm not exactly sure where this belongs, exactly. . . whether it's for iBook G4 or iTunes. but i have problems importing a lot of CDs to itunes. it seems like the ibook or program has a problem reading the discs. and the discs are clean and not scratched much at all. sometimes i tunes won't even play them - it just gets stuck and clocks with that spinning color wheel. what's up with this? if i try the same disc on my dad's PC it reads fine. any ideas? the ibook is still less than six months old and works fine otherwise. and it reads info discs and program discs with no problemo. shrug i'm at a loss.

German music - the most recent of Marius Müller-Westernhagen.
One of them will mount but not read correctly: Tracks will jump or stuck the second will require a forced reboot with the trackpad button pressed to get it out.

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I have always imported my cds (including books) into iTunes using one step called "join cd tracks" which is under the "Advanced" menu. Never a problem. But today I was importing a 10 disc book and on the 7th disc all of a sudden the choice to join cd tracks was greyed out. I have tried it with other discs. No luck. How can I get to this option again. I was not doing anything different so don't know what took away this choice. Can anyone help me?

Thought it had worked but soon found out it had not.
after further days of trying finally, solved it for me Yesterday.
turned off notifications when locked, and bingo, wow.
i have not turned off iCloud but location services are also off.
best thing to do I found was keep checking your usage, settings, general, usage, and flip down to bottom, if the standby and usage are similar there is a problem, if there is a big difference then all is ok. Just keep turning things off and on until the difference is very apparent.
something on my phone was keeping the phone alive even when turned off, and I think this was the phone repeatedly trying to update continually.
to me this is definitely down to the iOS, my wife has exactly same phone and iOS but hers doesn't have any problem and the battery lasts for days.
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ITUNES FAILS TO IMPORT OLDER CDS AND FREEZES

HI ALL--FIRST TIME POSTING LONG TIME READER!
As the description heading indicates, my itunes has started failing to import older cds and hten freezes up? Anyway to circumvent this? How do i import these cds--should i burn same first to a nwer CDR? Please advise. Is this a common problem?

You are getting the opposite of my problem. For me, newer CDs give problems not older ones. There are several options available. No particular order, not all options.
Import as mp3 with another program. (Rip with another program, import with iTunes)
Update drivers for current drive.
Replace drive.
Uninstall then reinstall iTunes/Quicktime.
New computer. :-}

I recently tried to import 2 CDs but on one, only the first 4 songs imported and on the second, only the first 6 imported. The CDs work fine in a CD player. Any suggestions?

I recently tried to import 2 CDs but on one, only the first 4 songs imported and on the other, only the first 6 songs imported. The CDs work fine in a CD player. Any suggestions?

Rip the CDs with another program on your computer, and add the resulting MP3s to your iTunes library. (If you use Windows Media Player for this purpose, make sure the Rip Setting is on MP3, or else it will default to a useless format known as WMA.)

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I'm not sure how to fix your problem, but you may want to post in the iTunes forum that fits your issue, as you may get more help in there.

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Horror stories? That's a bit overly dramatic.
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A simple search was conducted, no one seemed to have an answer. Do you always adopt such a haughty attitude? Or was I just lucky.

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Try as I might I can not import my CDs, along with their info into iTunes. Either they arrive complete or without the artist, album or cover... I am using v10.5.3.3. Any ideas?

Try as I might I can not correctly import my CDs. Either they come in complete or they arrive without info (i.e. Artist, Album, cover page and so forth). Any ideas on how to solve?

Try posting in the iTunes forum sinc you have an iTunes issue not an iPod touch issue.

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How can I increase the speed of importing audio cds into my iTunes library? On my old Dell PC cds imported at 30-35x, but my new iMac (using the Apple Superdrive) is trudging along at 8-10x. Any suggestions?

Hi,
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Jim

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