Scanning computer for music

When I installed iTunes it prompted me to allow it to scan my hard drive for music. Not wanting EVERY sound bite I had imported into my iTunes Library, I declined.
After some organizing, I want iTunes to scan my computer for my music. Can someone help me figure out how to tell iTunes to perform this scan again?

EDIT: I found a way around it.

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Scanning computer for music and move to itunes

Recently upgraded to Windows 7 and person helping me moved all my music to an external drive. Now want to get back into Itunes but playlists are gone and music is not organized. How do I get itunes to look for music and import to itunes - or should I just stick with Windows media player?

EDIT: I found a way around it.

Searching Computer for music

Is there any other way besides the inital set up to search your computer for music. All my music got moved and i didn't want to go through and refind it all i just want to search my computer and import it all again. Is there any way to do that?

Yes, use the iTunes command File > Add Folder to Library, and point it to "My Music" or whatever high-level folder(s) contain your song files. iTunes will scan the folder and all its subfolders, and will add what it finds to the library.

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I use the I cloud for my contacts etc., but don't want to use it for music and movies. But when I manually try to sink the iphone, it says it will erase the content and replace it with the new content on my work computer. Will this destroy all info or just the music?

For me all of my data and backups are done through iCloud, but it still lets me sync to iTunes no prob. I would turn off Music and anything else you want on the iCloud menu on the iPhone, and then when you plug in to iTunes instead of saying iCloud backup say Computer backup.

How do i get itunes to scan my computer for music-multiple user accts

I want to add music from another user account to Itunes under my userlogin. I can add files one folder/album at a time but that is very time consuming. Is there a way using one command for Itunes to scan the entire harddrive searching through multiple user accounts and add the files?

In itune 11,
Type (ctrl + B), this will make the menu bar unhide.
Then, go to File, SELECT "Add folder to Library"
A new window will open, and you can drive down to the folder that contain all of the music.
From that folder, hold SHIFT down and highlight all the folders of the music.
Then select ok.
Good luck

Scan Entire Computer for Music

If I remember correctly, when I first installed iTunes, it scanned my whole computer and imported all the music I had. I was hoping there was some way to do this again manually. I know how to consolidate, but there's a lot of music my friends have sent me various ways that is saved all over the place and it would be nice to get it all into iTunes without searching every folder manually.

That's great that your friends have their own bands and send you their stuff.
To do what you want, use File > Add Folder to Library. If it is a big folder, iTunes will go thru all the subfolders and add whatever songs it finds that are not already in the library. (When you say "all over the place," I assume it is all either in "My Music" or else in folders that you know where to find.)

Itunes11 to scan computer for media

i downloaded itunes11 but it wont let me get it to scan for media files on my computer. Why is this **** so flipping complicated?
Somebody pls help.
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Hey luay0366
Check out the following article for importing music that is already on your computer.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Import music and video already on your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12493
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

How do I authorize my computer for music that was bought on an Itunes account that is no longer being used?

So my family used to share an itunes account and I bought music on that account. Now I have my own itunes account and my own ipod but I'm having trouble authorizing my computer to play the music that I bought on this old account. The email address for the account is dead because it was attached to mindspring. So basically how do I get this music without buying it all again?

There's a couple of ways to get through to the authorisation controls in the 11.0.x versions.
The control is still in the Store menu, but first (if you're using iTunes versions 11.0.x) you might need to bring up the menu bar to see the Store menu.
If you're using 11.0.x, click on the wee boxy icon up in the top-left corner of your iTunes to see the "Show Menu Bar" control, as per the following screenshot:
Then you'll find the control in the Store menu:
Alternatively, if you don't want to bring up the menu bar, it's still possible to get into the authorise controls via nested menus accessible from the wee boxy icon. Here's a screenshot of where to find them:

Using an External Hard Drive vs. a separate computer for music producing

Hi all. I have a dilemma. I'm currently using logic express to make my music and its installed on my 13 inch macbook pro that I bought last year. Granted, it works fine, however I am looking to upgrade to Logic Studio soon as well as purchase Spectrasonic's Omisphere, which for those who don't know is about 50 gb of sounds. That on top of the 50 gb that come with Logic Studio means about 100 gb of software which I frankly don't have the room for on my macbook pro. I've been looking at buying a new mac mini, 2.3 ghz i5 with 8gb of RAM and a 500 gb Hard Drive, solely dedicated to making music. However, my friends tell me I should just buy an external hard drive and install Logic, as well as the software, on the hard drive since it will be far less expensive than buying a new computer. However, I don't know how I feel about installing software on an external hard drive. So my question is, given what I am trying to do, what is my best option? Are there issues with using an external hard drive for this sort of work that would make buying a seperate mac mini more practical, or vice versa?

If you want to do this in a cost-effective way, you should delete some files you don't need from your macbook pro to make room for logic pro. Even though Logic Pro has around 50 GB of stuff, most of it comes from the Jam Packs, which I'm guessing you won't really need to use...So make room for Logic Pro on your laptop and install it there...then use the external hard drive to store and record your music to.
If you're going to get a mac mini with that type of spec, you might as well buy a new macbook pro with the same specs and better.
Option #3, you can always upgrade your internal hard drive...there are plenty of sites on the net that shows tutorials and offers hard drives that have plenty of storage, faster speed, and you won't even need to purchase an external if you upgrade to at least a 1 TB, 7200 rpm hard drive.

How to authorize computer for music

I just got the newest MacBook Air, and I love it! However, in order to download my music onto it from my iPhone, iTunes is saying I must authorize my computer - does anyone know how to do this? Also, does it require a subscription to iTunes Match? Thanks!

My menu bar only shows 'safari, file, edit, view, history, bookmarks, windows, help'. It doesn't show 'store'. Where can I find it so I can authorize? I just bought this laptop so I'm wondering if it's a new design or something.
Don't worry, got it! I had to open the iTunes first for it to show.. Thanks!

Scan computer for Universal Binary applications

Does anyone know if there's any software out there that will scan your intel based mac and let you know if there is a universal binary update for your applications???

It shouldn't be hard.. Open Activity Monitor then single out your PPC programmes from there..Then go to internet and look at each individual one whether there are updates.

NOKIA N93 SCANNING FOR MUSIC with Transfer Music U...

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When I scan for music on my computer with the the Latest PC Suite I dont find any of my music which I store on an external Hard Drive. Although the drive shows, when it scans it does not show the music files. I have got millions of tracks but it cannt find even 1.
Please help I would appreciate it.
I have tried all I couldMessage Edited by cam120102 on 26-Oct-2006
11:21 PM

tx for jumping in.
27-Oct-2006
02:57 PM
manta wrote:
so step by step what you do:
Yes, I
Open Music Manager
File
Scan PC for music files
Define folder (the external hard drive) where music if scanned from
OK
27-Oct-2006
02:57 PM
manta wrote:
What happens ? Any error messages ?
What format is your music ?
No error what so ever.
Music manager immediatly shows:
Scanning: Finished
Found: 0 files
music is mp3 (organised by iTunes)
If I take any subset of that music, transfer it to my internal c: drive, and scan for it, music manager does find it.
Also, if I define the location of "My Collection" to point at my external drive, Music Manager does see the mp3 tracks.
(Yet I understand it is not recommended to do this ?)Message Edited by ody_noob on 27-Oct-2006
03:19 PM

Search computer files for music with itune?

I understand during the initial launch of the itunes application you have the option to search your computer for valid music files to be put in your itunes library, but how do I do this after I have been using itunes for a while?
WMP has a simple feature for this but itunes does not?
This is where I get confused, can anyone tell me of a way to scan my computer for music files that can be put in my library so I dont have to swim through all my folders?

You simply do by adding folders to itunes music libray
Go to file add folders one artist at a time or import your all folders by simply selecting my music click ok & it will add all your music folders to your itunes library

Any idea how you can safely use ONE computer for BOTH work and internet?

I'm planning to set up a small music project studio, built around a powerbook, that I will be sharing with a friend of mine. My friend is going to use the computer for music AND heavy internet use, but I will only use it for music work (off-line).
The thing is then that I am slightly worried about viruses, worms, spyware and similar unwanted stuff 'sneaking in' when the laptop is online. Even with firewall and anti-virus I guess there is always a risk.
Any idea if there is a way of keeping things completely separate?
How about if I had a bootable external hard drive for my work, with the Mac OS system on. Then when I'm working I could boot up from that drive (and use the computer off-line).
Maybe we could even remove the internal hard drive from the powerbook (?), and use the powerbook with two external hard drives instead: One bootable drive for me and another bootable drive for my studio partner (and then only connect one hard drive at the time).
Any idea if this would work well..? (I'm not sure if i.e. a virus could sneak in anyway, through the PRAM, L2 cache or the RAM or something similar) Or does anyone have any other suggestions...? Any ideas much appreciated. Thanks!

Not too much worry with Macs, but get an Ethernet Router, skip Wireless, use strong Passwords.
How about if I had a bootable external hard drive for my work, with the Mac OS system on. Then when I'm working I could boot up from that drive (and use the computer off-line).
Excellent idea, especially if the heavy Net user doesn't have Admin rights.
One bootable drive for me and another bootable drive for my studio partner (and then only connect one hard drive at the time).
Just about foolproof! Just need 2 more drives for backup. Not sure why you'd want to remove the internal HD though.
No Viruses yet in OSX land, in fact the only Malware I know about requires you to install it for itself!
You'll be OK, that separate drives idea is pure genius.:-)
Most don't need it on Macs, but here ya go on the Mac side...
ClamXAV, free Virus scanner...
http://www.clamxav.com/
Little Snitch, stops/alerts outgoing stuff...
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
HenWen/Snort combo, that is a free MAJOR Firewall...
http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/henwen.html
Then the venerable old Brickhoues/Flying Buttress Firewall...
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/downloads.html
WaterRoof is a firewall management frontend with bandwidth tuning, NAT setup, port redirection, dynamic rules tracking, predefined rule sets, wizard, logs, statistics and other features.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23317
Monitor net usage...
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Dashboard-Widgets/Information/Videotron-Internet-Us age-Monitor.shtml

I receved a new computer for christmas and my ihone with show up on the new devices on my new itunes but with not connect to the itunes computer music library how do i fix this ?

I have recived a new computer for christmas and dowloaded the new itunes on it but when i hook my iphone 4 up to the new computer with the new itunes it will only show up on the new devices the music i have on it will not show up in the new itunes lirary on my new computer i hate having to hook my iphone everytime to see my music! can some one show me how to fix this!?!?!?!?! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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