Update Music file information to information in Itunes???

When my music files are imported to itunes, I have to change the info for many of my music because it is in form of Track 1 and such. Is there any way to update the info of the actual files of the music so it is the same as the info on itunes? Hope that makes sense. Thanks

You can change the info within iTunes by right-click, Get Info.  When you click OK, the relevant info (Artist, Album, yesr, etc) is written to the file, and will still be there if you use the file in another player or move it to another computer.

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