[iTunes] Importing Screwed Up Without Warning

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Mar 15, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Scott Stamper wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> I got back from the used cd store with my latest finds and proceeded to try to import them.
> 
> As background, I have imported ~2000 cd's into my Mac without incident or real problem.
> 
> This time, however, instead of automatically retrieving the track names, album name and artist, etc, I had to use the Get Info commands and enter the information manually. I tried importing an old cd that I had previously imported without a problem, and my Mac Mini didn't recognize it, either.

Maybe the CD is not in the Gracenote database that gets checked. Have you never had that happen? Happens to me often, but I guess it depends on what kind of music you buy.
> 
> I've always had my Preferences set in iTunes to "import cd, then eject", which has always worked in the past.
> 
> Is my iTunes Preferences file trashed? And if this is the problem, what's the least painful way to remedy it. Run AppleJack? Throwing the file away (I'm not sure where it lives) and restarting?

"Run AppleJack?" And how is that supposed to fix anything? AppleJack is no miracle tool...


Kirk

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