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| 597802 | 2007-10-04 07:43:00 | Hi I have this pal who's got a mac and got lots of music on it but wants to create something like folders (maybe 'folders' is a MS term) to organise them and can't and neither can I. Anybody got any ideas? I had a look at some mac users forums but couldn't find anything w'out registering and asking the same question. I'm not very familiar with macs (tho impressed) so not sure what to do. At present in iTunes he just gets an alphabetically structured list. Maybe I should try harder with the mac forums and register and all that but you peeps have been so helpful in the past I am encouraged to go with the most productive option. TIA | mark c (247) | ||
| 597803 | 2007-10-04 08:41:00 | Contol + click > Folder> Name folder <user name + Music> > drag folder to desired location in Finder window - Possibly in the folder called Music ;) Alternatively in the File menu at the top of the screen>New Folder (Shift+Command+N) In iTunes > Preferences>Advanced>iTunes Music Folder Location>Change The alphabetical list of songs in iTunes makes them easier to find ;):eek: Your friend can also create smart song play lists in iTunes using the Smart Playlist option in the file menu which brings up a list of criteria to grade your songs buy - top rated- genera - 90's music - Bit rate etc Note "Folders" is a generic computing term that is platform agnostic Best Mac forum to register for help and hints is macrumors.com How long has your mate has his Mac for? Doesn't sound like he has had it long, Macrumors would be ideal :). Another option would be the book Mac OS X for dummies. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 597804 | 2007-10-04 09:11:00 | Thanks winmacguy, that's great. I'll pass it on. And no he's not had that laptop for long, got it from his son, a hand-me-down from a Uni position. And I'll suggest to him macrumors.com. "platform agnostic"? That's a hoot. Never heard that one before but I like it. He's just got everything in iTunes listed alpha starting with the first name which he doesn't like v. much but I understand that that's up to the user. many thanks. m |
mark c (247) | ||
| 597805 | 2007-10-04 16:36:00 | Don't forget the Help menu in iTunes, it explains how to organize, create folders, playlists etc. | Safari (3993) | ||
| 597806 | 2007-10-04 21:28:00 | Thank you Safari I did point him to Help but he said he'd been there without any joy - will go there myself and have a look. | mark c (247) | ||
| 597807 | 2007-10-04 21:37:00 | What exactly is he having difficulty with? Here is the new playlist file menu www.imagef1.net.nz here is the smart playlist options (note- some options not shown in the image) www.imagef1.net.nz here is an image of the directory in Finder showing location of my song files www.imagef1.net.nz |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 597808 | 2007-10-04 21:45:00 | Hi I have this pal who's got a mac and got lots of music on it but wants to create something like folders (maybe 'folders' is a MS term) to organise them and can't and neither can I. Anybody got any ideas? I had a look at some mac users forums but couldn't find anything w'out registering and asking the same question. I'm not very familiar with macs (tho impressed) so not sure what to do. At present in iTunes he just gets an alphabetically structured list. Maybe I should try harder with the mac forums and register and all that but you peeps have been so helpful in the past I am encouraged to go with the most productive option. TIA Is this (www.imagef1.net.nz) what your after? |
plod (107) | ||
| 597809 | 2007-10-04 22:14:00 | Thanks winmacguy and plod that looks like the right sort of stuff. "Create Folder" for a start. We obviously just didn't look hard enough. Next time I see him I'll pull this thread up and we'll go through it. At the moment he's just got one huge long list alphabetically arranged by the first name of the artist and includes classical of all sorts and jazz and e'thing else in the muso world but obviously is cumbersome to scroll through. Thanks for all the help. Macs are a new world to me though I am beginning to understand why some people are such zealots. |
mark c (247) | ||
| 597810 | 2007-10-04 22:19:00 | best bet is to grab the folder that holds the music and dump it on itunes. itunes should build the folders like shown in the link | plod (107) | ||
| 597811 | 2007-10-04 23:36:00 | T Thanks for all the help. Macs are a new world to me though I am beginning to understand why some people are such zealots. Sometimes it just takes a bit of time to appreciate the subtle differences of OS X, if you really get stuck - Intel Macs run Windows too. ;) Generally when you import music into the iTunes library it catalogues it in terms of genre or you can create a smart play list for ROCK, POP, CLASSICAL, TECHNO, 80's,90's etc,etc with a song number limit on the folder as well as a favourites preference rating so that only the best of each genre gets into the list as you rate them with real time updating. :) Those options are in the smart folders jpg I posted earlier. Don't forget that Steve Jobs is not a computer savy person, so when he is overseeing the design of a bit of software he likes to have it designed to be a simple to use as possible which should take most of the "figuring out" of how to do stuff out of the process, unlike Bill Gates, who is a born coder and software architect with a different perspective on things. Steve also likes the GUI to look clean and uncluttered as well - something MS is starting to pick up on if you look at the changes through the last few versions of WMP9,WMP10,WMP11 - they have been gradually simplified compared to say WMP6 or WMP7 to bring WMP closer to what iTunes looks and behaves like. |
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