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lPHONE

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Nov 17, 2009
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I have an iPod hard drive connected to my Mac and it has over 6000 songs
I need to browse the file names, but they all read something like FYBR.m4a.
Is there software to do this?
Is there a way to add these songs to the iTunes library WITHOUT copying them to my computer?
 
because it's just the HDD

Ahh, I didn't understand that.

What happens if you drag one of the songs to iTunes while the following is disabled?

HT1751_01----en.png


That might be a bit cumbersome, but you could work with playlists.
 
Ahh, I didn't understand that.

What happens if you drag one of the songs to iTunes while the following is disabled?

HT1751_01----en.png


That might be a bit cumbersome, but you could work with playlists.


That works. Now I've got 6,411 songs in my library. Now the question is, when I see a song that I want on my Mac, how do I import it? Or do I have to go back to the hard drive and try to decipher those funny track names?
 
That works. Now I've got 6,411 songs in my library. Now the question is, when I see a song that I want on my Mac, how do I import it? Or do I have to go back to the hard drive and try to decipher those funny track names?

You can select a song, right click on it and select SHOW IN FINDER.
show_in_finder.png


Then copy it to wherever you want and either manually rename it or read this thread: http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-62995.html
 
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