Itunes in 10.5.4 and folder info

I just upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.5.6. I also downloaded the latest version of itunes, but now itunes won't open. I click the program icon and nothing happens. Also, if i try to get folder info from the finder I get the spinning wheel of death and finder restarts???

dustydeen wrote:
I just did the standard install and don't recall a "repair permissions" question? Is it too late to fix the problem?
The "standard" or default install "merges" the Leopard apps with the original apps. I know it works for Tiger because I did it twice, but some have reported issues with earlier OSs.
In the Utilities folder run disk utility.app and repair the HD (probably not necessary but why not? ) and more importantly, repair permissions.
These are normal maintenance procedures that are not necessary, but in some cases solve problems such as yours. No guarantee, however.
Here is a link to some info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452
You might have to manually remove some old apps that you wish to update, if necessary.

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I am screaming HELP in capital letters here. Even if I could find a program or solution that would find MOST of the tracks' info, I'd be happy. I'd also be interested in knowing why itunes did this in the first place, for future reference.
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I just remembered some older posts talking about some software from musicbrainz.org.
It might be able to make some sense out of all those WAV files, if you decide to spend the time on it. Honestly I'd prefer to rip my CDs than go through something like that, because I'm a control freak and would not trust the program to really find the right info....but that's just me. It might be easy to set up and a snap to use, for all I know.
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Hello,
I recently recorded some cover songs, and I imported them into iTunes. So, after entering the track info (track names and album art) into each track using "Get Info", I burned them to a CD. I was completely shocked that the track info and album artwork did not get inputted onto the CD. So, I entered the track info, but could not add the album artwork.
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1) Metadata visibility in Windows Explorer and/or Windows Media Player depends on OS version and file type. The mp3 format has the widest support. As for the touchscreen CD Player in your car who can say? If it can play data discs the results will be better than with audio CD. If it can display CD text then this option should be selected when creating an audio CD.
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CreateFolderArt ensures that every album folder ends up with a Folder.jpg image which is the art that iTunes already knows about. Side effects are that if artwork has been updated in iTunes the folder art should be updated also, and if any track from the album doesn't have embedded artwork it gets embedded.
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