Is it possible to stop iTunes generating a separate album cover when multiple artists are involved in one album

Is it possible to stop iTunes from generating a separate cover for each artist when the album has multiple artists?

when importing album artwork, does anyone know if its possible to make it not embed the artwork in every file and instead act like the artwork downloaded from the iTunes store?
It is not possible.

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Stop iTunes 11.0 from launching automatically when iPhone is connected?

Hi all -
Just got an iPhone 5 and connected it to my computer to charge. Discovered upon doing so that my version of iTunes is now upgraded to 11.0. How do I stop iTunes 11.0 from automatically launching when I connect my iPhone? I can't find an appropriate box to uncheck. In the old version of iTunes, there were different things to uncheck for stopping automatic syncing and automatic launching. Is this still the case? If so I'd like to prevent launching but keep syncing.
Thanks.

Hummm, that's odd. I always have "Automatically sync when iPhone is connected" unchecked, it has been working fine untill this morning, out of the blue when I plug the iPhone 5 in, **** iTunes launchs itself Then an error message said the iTune could not connect to the iPhone5, meanwhile the iPhone keeps beeping because of that.
It seems like Apple loves all these obnoxious automatic this and that features, they do it in iPhoto, XCode.... everything they make. Personally I like to have more control of what I want to do, I really HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE!! all the automatic these and that.

Any one know how to stop iTunes movies from playing menu music when movie is paused?

Anyone know how to stop iTunes movies from playing menu music when the movie has been paused?

JourneyMan24 wrote:
Anyone know how to stop iTunes movies from playing menu music when the movie has been paused?
Can't. This is done for the individual movie, not by iTunes.
Some have it, most don't.

My wife and I share one itunes account with separate libraries. When I sync her iphone in her library, it adds all of my iphone contacts to her contact list. How can we void this?

My wife and I share one itunes account with separate libraries. When I sync her iphone in her library, it adds all of my iphone contacts to her contact list. How can we avoid this?

Make groups of contacts in your Address Book and select the option to sync only selected groups to each phone.
This explains how to create groups: Mac 101: Address Book, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2486

HT1711 When I load one of my own CD's onto itunes, it creates separate albums for each unique pairing (ie: singer/composer or singer/orchestra). How can I keep all the cuts together on one album?

When I load one of my own cd's onto itunes, it creates separate albums for each unique pairing (ie: singer/composer or singer/orchestra). I end up with
the cuts scattered over several albums. How do I keep all the cuts on an album together rather than divided between several albums? I'm brand new with this technology, so I need your information in simple terms. Thank-you.

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
The site could do with updating as some options have changed with iTunes 11, but the principles are the same.
tt2

How can i stop itunes changing manually typed in genres when playing a track?

hi,
for a long time, itunes has been changing genre information that i typed in manually when playing a track, example giving "soundtrack" to "Filmmusik" or "rock" to "Rock" (i prefer lower case letters). until upgrading to itunes 11, it was able to edit the localizable.strings file and set the predefined genres to lowercase and "Filmmusik" to "soundtrack" and so on. now i had to install itunes 11 to run my new ipod, and the localizable.strings file looks quite different. it doesn't seem to be the file now where the necessary updates have to be done.
therefore, first question is if anyone can tell me where i can find the predefined genres and update them? then i will have a workaround at least.
actually, i would prefer to stop itunes changing track information in any case. i've spend more than a year to import all my cd's and used lots of time to have reliable track informations. i don't want the software to change my data without me committing any change. also, even worse, itunes updates the aac-file itself as well. i used to use the last updated information as a criteria in intelligent playlists, but itunes makes it impossible to get the expected result with its unwanted updates.
so, any help will be aprreciated. in case it should matter, i have an imac with os x 10.6.8. the problem seems to occur only in itunes, when i play the tracks on my ipod, the information remains unchanged. and since i read about similar problems with songs from the itunes store - all my tracks are imported from cd manually.
regards,
andi

Dependent upon which view you are using to look at the album, they will be playing in the "view" order. For example, in the screenshot below, in the Songs view, I have a view of an album like this, while the song "Follow Me" is playing:
Look carefully at the picture and you will notice that the sort order for this view is in "reverse Last Played order", and if you now look at the Track No. column, you will notice that "Follow Me" is track 12, the last one on the album. If you also look at the Up Next list, you can see every track from the album, in the same order as they appear in the main window, so it will play in reverse order.
To play this album in the correct track order, I simply click on the Track No. column header (so that the arrow is pointing up) and then select the track at the top of the list, track 1, "Sunset Song". Look at this screenshot:
Notice that now, the tracks in the Up Next list are in track order and the album will play in the correct order.

How do I stop ITunes from loading songs into library when played from an external hard drive

How do I stop ITunes from loading every song I play into my library from an external hard drive?

Mac OS X: Double-Clicking a File Opens the Wrong Application - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2291
-= Changing the application used to open all files of a certain kind (written with reference to OSX 10.4 but may not have changed) =-
1) In a Finder window highlight a file of the kind you want to change the application to open that kind of file.
2) While that file is highlighted, select File > Get Info or press command (apple or propeller icon) + i to get a file information window.
3) In the lower part of the info window there is an "open with" menu with a list of applications.
4) If your application is already in the box then it is the default application for opening that kind of file and you don't need to do anything more. Close the get info window.
5) If the application showing in the menu is not the one with which you wish to open the file then select a new application. If your application does not appear there then select the "other..." and track down the application (usually in the Applications folder at the main level of the computer).
6) If you wish to change all files of this type to open with this application in future, make sure the "change all" button is selected.
7) Close the get info window.

HT1473 CD with multiple artists downloads into iTunes as a separate album for each artist

I recently began having a problem when I added an audio CD to iTunes (downloaded from the CD drive). The CD was of an album by one artist, but a second artist joined him on track 1. iTunes downloaded this as two separate albums; one with tracks 2- 10 and the other with track 1. This hadn't happened before. I can't find a control concerning this. Thanks.

Try opening iTunes, navigating to the single song that is listed under the second artist and clik on it. Go to File>Get Info, on the Info tab change the Album Artist field to the other artist and click OK. See if that doesn't organize it with the other songs.

Possible to stop iTunes DJ from playing continuously once started?

I'm sure it's been asked before....
Is this possible? DJ works well for queueing songs and the request feature is great. But can I stop it from carrying on and randomly playing, once the "song queue" or requests have come to an end?
Regards to all.

If you lose connection with the stream due to a timeout, or run out of buffer, iTunes will move on to the next item in your library. If you want to avoid this, you should create a playlist with just your streaming source in it. If you select this playlist instead of the whole library, iTunes will just keep trying to resume connection to the stream if it loses it. If you see this happening consistently every day at the same time, chances are this is when your connections IP lease time is up. Is your computer on all the time (even in sleep mode)? If so, then try restarting it at a different time of day. If your interruption of the stream happens at the time of your restart, then the IP lease expiration is the cause of your stream interruption.

Is it possible to stop iTunes from embedding artwork in every track?

First some info on how iTunes Cover Artwork functions: When you have a song or album iTunes gives you the option to "Get Album Artwork" and that artwork is saved to iTunes/Album Artwork folder. If there is no artwork on the iTunes store or if you don't like it, you can add your own by dragging a picture into the album artwork box.
When you get the artwork from the iTunes store it's saved as a single .itc file in the Album Artwork folder mentioned before. But if you drag and drop your own artwork, such as a JPG or PNG, then iTunes takes the liberty to embed a copy of that Cover Artwork into each track.
_A Example:_
+*You have 600 albums or 6,000 songs(10 songs per album), and each album needs its own album picture. Ok, so a decent sized album picture is 600x600 and about 1MB in PNG format. So to do the math, 600x1MB = 600MB that's not bad price to pay for having everything look pretty.+
+*But wait! If you add your own artwork iTunes isn't just saving 1 copy of the album art per album...it's saving 10!!!(1 per track). So now you have 6,000x1MB = 6GB!+
So I was wondering, when importing album artwork, does anyone know if its possible to make it not embed the artwork in every file and instead act like the artwork downloaded from the iTunes store?
Thanks, Quad =)

when importing album artwork, does anyone know if its possible to make it not embed the artwork in every file and instead act like the artwork downloaded from the iTunes store?
It is not possible.

How do I stop itunes from resuming a song from when I previously stopped listening to it?

When I start playing a track on my itunes 11.0, instead of starting from the beginning of the song, it resumes from the point that I stopped listening to last. Double-clicking the track doesn't work. This also occurs when I'm going through a whole album. For example, as soon as I'm done with track 1 the track 2 could possibly have only 10 seconds of the track left because that's where I last stopped listening to it.
This change happened out of nowhere, and I don't recall ever changing any preferences. It's annoying and killing my music mojo. Help please.

i have even turned off itunes helper in the log in menu.
Did you remove iTunes Helper from your Login Items?
If not, you need to remove it from the Login iTunes. Checking an item in your Login Items list hides the item during startup, it doesn't turn it off or not checking the item doesn't turn it off. You need to remove it from your Login Items list if not removed.

Can I stop iTunes from downloading the SD version when I purchase HD Video?

When I order the HD versions of a program, my computer shows both a standard and HD version on the Downloads list, and tries to download both of them.
Also, shows that I have deleted keep re-appearing and trying to re-download whenever I launch iTunes. How can I stop this? I keep trying to delete them off of my Purchased and Downloads list, and they keep coming back.
I wouldn't be so concerned except that my cable company has a monthly bandwidth cap, and downloading two versions of the same show and constantly downloading the same shows over and over wastes bandwidth I would rather use for other things.

pwndcake wrote:
When I order the HD versions of a program, my computer shows both a standard and HD version on the Downloads list, and tries to download both of them.
yes, that's what happens. when you download a HD version, you automatically get the SD for use with e.g. an iPod Touch.
Also, shows that I have deleted keep re-appearing and trying to re-download whenever I launch iTunes. How can I stop this? I keep trying to delete them off of my Purchased and Downloads list, and they keep coming back.
send an e-mail to the iTS customer service using this form and ask the folks there to remove the items from your download queue.
JGG
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How can I stop iTunes automatically renaming tracks incorrectly as soon as they are played?

iTunes has started renaming some tracks as soon as I play them. It completely changes all the info to a totally different cd. The only way I can change it is to manually change everything back and as I have more than 30000 tracks I don't fancy having to play every single one to see whether iTunes is going to change it to something I have never heard of. Can this automatic renaming be stopped?

Could it be something with iTunes-Match/iCloud ??
I've had problems getting "Hide items in the Cloud" and iCloud tick-boxes in View Options to stick.
An occaisional glance at similar topics on these forums seems to indicate that people are having all sorts of funnies. So, I have severed iTunes from the net (I have Little Snitch) and will wait until things clear up before letting iTunes out of it's kennel again.

How can I stop iTunes from dropping my iPhone 5 when connected with USB cable? It sees it and start a backup and then it drops and tells me cannot find phone.

My HP notebook 64 bit Windows 8 after the last iTunes update will detect my iPhone 5, sync and when finished with thy sync I start a backup to my computer. It runs fine for a bit and then gives me message I have changed settings on my iPhone 5 and asked me if I want to update. I OK the question and runs a bit more and then drops the connection telling me cant find my iPhone 5. I can restart iTunes and start over and does the same thing.
ITunes update 11.1.1.62 had difficulties with the updates on 64 bit Windows 7 and 8.1 causing an error on boot other trouble. I found solution on research that insturcted to Remove iTunes, Bonjour, Apple Support and Apple Update and reload iTunes old version. I simply reloaded the new version becasue did not have the old version of iTunes. I have been working fine with the old version. I know problem is a simple setting somewhere but it is NOT SIMPLE to me since I dont know where the find the simple setting.
Will someone tell what to do. I appreciate all you smart guys.

My apologies...the version is 11.1.4.62 not as stated aboive in my problem description. I'm trying again and it just finished syncing fine and my iPhone 5 is still connected to iTuns physcially with USB lightening cable and is displaying the iPhone icon top right. I clicked on it and iTunes is now "hung' or locked up. Shows to be an active running application but can't get back to it so willl have to kill with task manager. There is some kind of problem going on with the latest version of iTunes and Wndows 7 and 8.1 or something. My iPhone 5 now has a new feature that it is now asking me if I "Trust" this computer. iTunes just came "unhung" after several minutes while I was typing this. Now I am going to start the backup to this computer HP Winsows 8.1 and iTune 11.1.4.62 and see what happens. Says it is Backing up Jerrys iPhone but the Barber Pole progress bar is not turning an iTunes is hung again and I cant get back to it from this page I am typing on. Maybe it will eventually release as it did a moment ago.

How do you stop itunes from changing the playlist window when new song comes on? It is the worst feature of this program!

I will be browsing in letter P and playing in letter B and then get kicked back to B on the next song. Why wont it just stay at P!!!!? This is a useless feature I have been dealing with for a decade now.
I cant figure it out. I hates it! Why do they have this? Why!!!!?????

There's several ways to browse to overcome this in certain configurations but they are finicky to describe and they don't get around what you are seeing in a general browse the whole library mode. It's the way iTunes is designed.
Complain to Apple. Don't hold your breath.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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