Exporting Music From iTunes To Flash/Memory Stick

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Exporting Music From iTunes To Flash/Memory Stick

So I did a search and the most relevant thread I could find is this one: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5923574&#5923574

Basically I'm going on a road trip with a friend who has a stereo head unit with a USB port, so you can plug in flash/memory sticks/cards (I'm spacing on the true terminology here). He asked if I bring along some tunes.

So I have a 2 gig stick that I want to load up.

Is it as easy as that thread above says? Make sure the tunes are in mp3 format, highlight, copy then paste?

Or is there an easier/better way to do this?

Thanks in advanced.
MM

Dell, Windows Vista

Posted on Jan 31, 2008 11:47 AM

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Chris CA

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Jan 31, 2008 11:53 AM in response to Madjik Man

Sort of. Part of that post is incorrect.

In iTunes, highlight the ones you want, Edit > Copy. Then go to the folder or application that you are using, and Edit > Paste.

Copy and Paste in iTunes does not copy and paste the songs. It only copies the song info.

You need to highlight the songs in iTunes then drag them from the iTunes window directly to the flash drive on the desktop/Windows Exploder.

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Madjik Man Author

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Jan 31, 2008 11:53 AM in response to Chris CA

Hey Chris -

it's that simple, huh? do they have to be in mp3 format or can they be in AAC?

thanks (for both this and saving my library a couple of weeks ago)

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Chris CA

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Jan 31, 2008 12:03 PM in response to Madjik Man

If the stereo will play AAC, you can do that.
If it only accepts MP3, you will need to convert them.
iTunes prefs -> Advanced - Importing.
Set it to MP3.

Create a new playlist and add all the songs you want to convert.
Select all the songs.
Go to menu Advanced -> Convert selection to MP3.
When it's done, delete the playlist you just created.
Create a new Smart playlist;
Match rule;
Date created is today
Kind contains MPEG Audio

This should show everything you just converted.
Select all the songs and drag to the flash drive.

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ed2345

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Jan 31, 2008 3:56 PM in response to Chris CA

"Copy and Paste in iTunes does not copy and paste the songs. It only copies the song info."

Chris, the Copy is in iTunes. The Paste is into the open folder is in Windows. It indeed pastes the complete song files. I just verified it again on my XP machine. It is equivalent to drag and drop.

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Chris CA

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Jan 31, 2008 5:03 PM in response to ed2345

Okay, if it works, great
I've never seen it do that.

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Madjik Man Author

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Feb 2, 2008 6:46 AM in response to Madjik Man

thank Chris (once again)

the way you described worked perfectly.

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