Itunes U wrong track order

My itunes U collections have the tracks in the wrong order.
all information on the "info panel" is the same
titles are ordered my number
I've tried all the fixes that pop up online: edit the album number, the track number, album artist etc etc
Any tips on how to order the different files by name in itunes U ?
Thanks!

You have one of the OTHER columns besides the first one selected and are sorting by that column. For example, if you sort a CD by song title, it will remember that sorting for all CDs you put in.
So click on the top off the track number column to resort by track order again.
Patrick

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yosarian wrote:
I don't know what column I am sorting on when I drag the mp3s over to iTunes. It's whatever the default order is when you create a new play list.
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sometimes when I'm importing a burned CD the track order is mixed up, and when I put it on my iTunes I can't figure out how to put the songs in the right order. When they're in My Library it's not possible to move them around, is there some way to do this?
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theviolet_hour,
Welcome to Discussions,
Your info says you're using Mac OS 9. If that's correct, you're probably using iTunes 2.
I haven't used that version for a long time and don't know if everything what I'm writing next also applies to the version you're using.
Anyway, you can't move tracks in your library. The only way to move the tracks in the correct order is to put them in a playlist, sort on the leftmost column (with the numbers) and drag them in the correct position.
A better solution is to be sure the tracks already are in the correct order when importing the CD. Before clicking the 'Import CD' button, sort on the leftmost column and be sure the small triangle in the column header points upwards.
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Jim VanLeeuwen wrote:
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So for this CD with 8 tracks the order itunes shows is 1-8-2-3-4-5-6-7. Same for two cds with 10 tracks (1-10-2-3..). I tried changing the artist/album info for the misplaced track but it always goes back to the wrong order when I fix it.
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Buck Banzai wrote:
on the iPod: there's an album that appears 3 times on iPod with exactly the same songs while in itunes it's fine! what the **** is this? Can anyone help me?
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Buck Banzai wrote:
since i have a 8Gb iPod nano 3G and a 20Gb AND I would like to use the automatic Sync with the iPod i created a new library in iTunes where i'll have only 8Gb of stuff. Seems like a good idea to just plug the iPod and it syncs automatically with the stuff I've already chosen,
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Then plug in the Nano and set it up to sync only that playlist. Simple!
Buck Banzai wrote:
Just another thing... can any of you advise me on a good auto-MP3 tagger application (for free!)?? I had a really good one for WinXP - Magic MP3 Tagger - but it's not available for Mac and i think it would resolve the track ordering issues!
iTunes is free and is a pretty good MP3 tagger.
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