How to manage a huge iTunes Library
So you have 100,000 tracks in your library and now you can’t find anything? Here are some principles and practical ideas on how to manage and maintain a huge iTunes library… Divide & Conquer Make big changes and improvements, then fix the small problems later. Here’s another way of fixing big batches of tracks: use maintenance smart playlists to catch untagged stuff. A general principle: organise your music based on the tags you’ve given it, instead of building a manual structure of Dumb Playlists. Instead of fixing all the tags for each album in turn, focus on fixing a type of tag for lots of tracks in batches, which is much more efficient. Develop different approaches for getting at the good stuff, or stuff you need to be reminded about. By the same token, bump down those tracks you always skip. iTunes now gives you access to a field called ‘Skip Count,’ so try a Smart Playlist with these Rules: Skip Count is greater than 3 and Rating is greater than 3. Tag your music well
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iTunes Smart Playlist getting started guide
Here’s an outline for a set of Smart Playlists that will get you started building an accessible iTunes Library…The basics should be universal, but you’ll want to customise it to suit your taste: if you have lots of music pre-1950, for example. If you need a reresher on making a Smart Playlist the how-to guide is at the bottom of the page. Folder: Rating ’0 Star’: My Rating is 0 Star ’1 Star’: My Rating is 1 Star ’2 Star’: My Rating is 2 Star ’3 Star’: My Rating is 3 Star ’4 Star’: My Rating is 4 Star ’5 Star’: My Rating is 5 Star Folder: Year ’1950s’: Year is in the range 1950 to 1959 ’1960s’: Year is in the range 1960 to 1969 ’1970s’: Year is in the range 1970 to 1979 ’1980s’: Year is in the range 1980 to 1989 ’1990s’: Year is in the range 1990 to 1999 ’2000s’: Year is in the range 2000 to 2009 Folder: Maintenance Folder: Top Create a folder for each group. cmd-opt-n to Create a new Smart Playlist. More tips
iTunes Library Toolkit
While some software sites may provide downloads for Library Toolkit, the latest version is always available via the download link below. The latest version is 1.1.03 : System Requirements & Pre-Requisites Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows 8* Microsoft .NET Framework 4 iTunes (validated from version 10, though earlier versions should also work) * Windows Vista & Server users: please verify the trial version works without issue before committing to purchase. iTunes Library Toolkit (for Windows) has been developed by the makers of iTunes Folder Watch, a well established and proven iTunes utility. New Media - detects new media under watched folders and adds them to iTunes. The Automate function leverages the power of the core functions. This means that you can add new media files to your chosen media folder structure and they will be added to iTunes automatically (and optionally organised into configurable playlists). Licencing Licence for one year on one computer : £3.99 (GBP) Change History
Enable Hidden, Missing, Lacking Extra Features In iTunes
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How to shift iTunes libraries
As I tool around the country talking to people about their iPods, I begin my talk by polling the audience to see how many tracks are in their iTunes libraries. Not so long ago, perhaps one or two people in the crowd had more than 5,000 tracks. That’s changing. Now I have to ask “More than 10,000?” before you begin separating the men from the boys (and yes, it’s always men). While this speaks volumes for the popularity of iTunes and the iPod (or, at least, the acquisitive nature of men), it also poses a problem: Assuming you want to use your computer’s startup drive for more than storing and playing music, where do you put all that music? Me? With all that storage at my command the only remaining issue is how to move the music on my startup drives to the archive drives. Moving music: First Steps There are a couple of ways to move your music from here to there. But there’s another way, which is: 1. 2. 3. 4. Moving Music: A Step Beyond The technique I just outlined is no big secret. 1. 2. 3.
How To: Rebuild or Clean an iTunes Library
Building up an iTunes Library can take up a great deal of time when you have dozens of GB to work with. And all your hard work can be flushed away in an instant when your computer crashes or you have any other hard drive problem. iTunes can bring the user a very fulfilling experience once he can benefit from all the iTunes artwork, when all the Library is fully organized or tagged, through the Cover Flow function that enables the user to visualize artwork while navigating through iTunes. In order to prevent or alleviate the nightmare of losing all your work designing the iTunes Library, TuvaBox has created this article providing information on prevention (the best case scenario) and reducing the damages after a computer failure (the worst case scenario) and all the options a user has in each situation. When iTunes works fine.. Any time is the right time to back-up your iTunes Library content, in order to be safe when and if your iTunes dies out because a computer crash or a rare bug. 1.
Get Organized: Clean Up iTunes (Part 1)
As much as I am an organized person, my iTunes library is a disaster. Or at least it was, until I decided to write this article. It didn't become a slop house overnight. If this sounds familiar, if your iTunes library is utterly disorganized, let's clean it up together. In this article, I cover how to clean up music and audio files in iTunes in three steps. The most important thing to understand about this article and others in the Get Organized series is that you don't have to be perfect. What we'll do instead—together—is take a few steps to improve our existing libraries and put in place some new settings and rules that will help iTunes stay more organized going forward. Covered in this article (Part 1): • filling in missing metadata (album name, track name, artist, album art) • finding missing album artwork • deleting duplicate tracks Covered in Part 2: • backing up your music • syncing music across devices • special tips for video files
