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Q: Instructions On How To Export Music To A Flash Drive?

Can someone provide step by step instructions on how to export the music from the iTunes program to a Flash Drive Verbatim Store\'n\ Go USB? My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium.

Laptop Inspiron 1720, Windows Vista

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 12:09 PM

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Q: Instructions On How To Export Music To A Flash Drive?

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  • by Barley6,

    Barley6 Barley6 Oct 31, 2013 8:39 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 31, 2013 8:39 AM in response to turingtest2

    Hi,  With putting my I Tunes (only certain songs) will they then be lost on my I Tunes?  Should I transfer them from the music list or from my playlists?  I don't want to lose them!!!!!!  Thank you!!!

  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Oct 31, 2013 4:27 PM in response to Barley6
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    Oct 31, 2013 4:27 PM in response to Barley6

    Barley6 wrote:

     

    Hi,  With putting my I Tunes (only certain songs) will they then be lost on my I Tunes?  Should I transfer them from the music list or from my playlists?  I don't want to lose them!!!!!!  Thank you!!!

    If you are dragging songs from iTunes to a USB-connected device:

         - It does not matter if you drag from the music library or a playlist.

         - The drag-n-drop will put a copy of each file onto the the device.  It does not affect the library copy in any way.

     

    Try it with 2 or 3 files so you can see how it works.  When you are comfortable, go ahead and do full playlists.

  • by BM6,

    BM6 BM6 Dec 14, 2013 2:55 PM in response to Professional Engineer
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    Dec 14, 2013 2:55 PM in response to Professional Engineer

    yes, but that stupid itunes app copies the songs in alphabetical order, not in the order they were originally..I really hate itunes, can't even color code songs! what a dinosaur!

  • by Whiptail,

    Whiptail Whiptail Dec 18, 2013 10:40 PM in response to BM6
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    Dec 18, 2013 10:40 PM in response to BM6

    @BM6 You need to export the playlist as well to preserve the order. (And import it into the other iTunes, of course.)

     

    Background: When you copy any set of files from any application to any kind of drive, they always end up in alphabetical order. That's just the nature of a hard drive. It has nothing to do with iTunes.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 18, 2013 11:18 PM in response to BM6
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    Dec 18, 2013 11:18 PM in response to BM6

    BM6 wrote:

     

    yes, but that stupid itunes app copies the songs in alphabetical order

    No it doesn't. It simply copies the songs.

    They can be sorted however you want.

  • by annestahl,

    annestahl annestahl Mar 30, 2014 10:04 AM in response to ed2345
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    Mar 30, 2014 10:04 AM in response to ed2345

    What if I want to convert files to mp3 during export to my usb stick?

  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Mar 30, 2014 10:36 AM in response to annestahl
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    Mar 30, 2014 10:36 AM in response to annestahl

    annestahl wrote:

     

    What if I want to convert files to mp3 during export to my usb stick?

     

    Convert them first, and then drag the MP3s to the stick.

  • by erbarium,

    erbarium erbarium Jul 4, 2014 9:01 AM in response to ed2345
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    Jul 4, 2014 9:01 AM in response to ed2345

    Dear Asker,

    if you're not affraid of AppleScript, copy the code below into new AppleScriptEditor document, SAVE, press RUN, and here you go.

    This is my code, created specially for this missing-in-itunes feature.

    This exports a playlist choosen, into a folder indicated, keepeng the tree structure of AUTHOR-ALBUM-tracks

    You can adapt this to fit your needs.

    Enjoy ;l)

     

     

    -------------------------------------------------------

     

    set my_lists to {}

    tell application "iTunes"

      repeat with curr_list in user playlists

      set the end of the my_lists to name of curr_list

      end repeat

    end tell

    set pl_name to item 1 of (choose from list (my_lists) with prompt "Choose the list!")

     

    set dst_location to (choose folder with prompt "Where to? A super-folder will be created (if folder exists some random sufix will be added)?" as text)

     

    -------------------------------------------------------

     

    set prev_artist to ""

    set prev_album to ""

    set prev_composer to ""

    set mynumbers to {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0}

     

    tell application "Finder"

     

      set myFolder to folder dst_location

     

      if not (exists folder pl_name of the myFolder) then

      set newFolder to make folder new folder at myFolder

      set name of newFolder to pl_name

      set dst_location to (dst_location & pl_name)

      else

      set newFolder to make folder new folder at folder dst_location

      set new_name to pl_name & "-" & some item of mynumbers & some item of mynumbers & some item of mynumbers

      set name of newFolder to new_name

      set dst_location to (dst_location & new_name)

      end if

     

      tell application "iTunes"

     

      set pl to user playlist pl_name

     

      --------------------------------------------------------

     

      set my_tracks to {}

      set missing_tracks to {}

      repeat with curr_track in tracks of pl

      if location of curr_track is not missing value then

      set the end of the my_tracks to curr_track

      else

      set the end of the missing_tracks to curr_track

      end if

      end repeat

     

      --------------------------------------------------------

     

      repeat with curr_track in my_tracks

     

      set curr_loc to location of curr_track as string

      set album_name to (album of curr_track) as string

      set artist_name to (album artist of curr_track) as string

      if length of artist_name is 0 then

      set artist_name to (artist of curr_track) as string

      end if

      set folder_name to (artist_name & " - " & album_name)

     

      tell application "Finder"

     

      set fileRef to file curr_loc

     

      if not (exists folder folder_name of folder dst_location) then

      set newFolder to make folder new folder at folder dst_location

      set name of newFolder to folder_name

      end if

     

      set dst_path to (dst_location & ":" & folder_name & ":" & name of fileRef)

      if not (exists file dst_path) then

      duplicate file curr_loc to folder folder_name of folder dst_location

      end if

     

      end tell

     

      end repeat

     

      end tell

     

    end tell

     

    return


  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jul 4, 2014 9:05 AM in response to erbarium
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    Jul 4, 2014 9:05 AM in response to erbarium

    erbarium wrote:

     

    Dear Asker,

    if you're not affraid of AppleScript,

    Mr. Asker has not been here for 2 years and also has a Windows PC so AppleScript does nothing...

  • by MasterAP,

    MasterAP MasterAP Jul 4, 2014 9:28 PM in response to ed2345
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    Jul 4, 2014 9:28 PM in response to ed2345

    If I transfer music files from itunes to a flash drive, it works fine but only transfers song name. How can I get it to transfer the band name as well? Thanks.

  • by Chris CA,Solvedanswer

    Chris CA Chris CA Jul 5, 2014 7:31 AM in response to MasterAP
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    Jul 5, 2014 7:31 AM in response to MasterAP

    MasterAP wrote:

     

    If I transfer music files from itunes to a flash drive, it works fine but only transfers song name. How can I get it to transfer the band name as well? Thanks.

    Don't use WAV files.

  • by Daisame,

    Daisame Daisame Dec 22, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Professional Engineer
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    Dec 22, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Professional Engineer

    I have (what I believe) is the latest version of iTunes, and when I drag and drop a playlist to my SD card, nothing happens. Has this functionality been disabled or changed?

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 22, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Daisame
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    Dec 22, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Daisame

    Daisame wrote:

     

    I have (what I believe) is the latest version of iTunes, and when I drag and drop a playlist to my SD card, nothing happens. Has this functionality been disabled or changed?

    No, it has not changed.

    You need to drag the songs, not the playlist, to the SD card

  • by Daisame,

    Daisame Daisame Dec 22, 2014 1:01 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Dec 22, 2014 1:01 PM in response to Chris CA

    I tried both and it does not work for me. Nothing happens. Guess it should though. That was the question so thanks for answering. =)

  • by coffee.guy,

    coffee.guy coffee.guy Oct 12, 2015 11:41 AM in response to Professional Engineer
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    Oct 12, 2015 11:41 AM in response to Professional Engineer

    hi, i'm trying to copy songs from iTunes to a flash drive to play on a Honda motorcycle. the songs copy to the drive, but do not play on the bike. I get an error that says "no songs."  Do they need to be converted to MP3s? If so, how do i do that? THX !!!

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