Can't delete the Artist Name

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Can't delete the Artist Name

In one of my imported songs (from an LP) I decided that the Artist Name is wrong. I don't know the name, so I just deleted it from the Artist field in the Info window, and clicked Okay. But the name reappears the next time I open the information window. Same thing when I try to delete the Artist Name in list view. I highlight it and hit the delete key, but it comes back as soon as I click out of it. This is the only song on the entire album that does that. I can delete the Artist name on any other song and it stays deleted.

imac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.2), iTunes 9.0.2

Posted on Jan 24, 2010 3:02 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Jan 24, 2010 3:24 PM in response to Timothy Arends1

Get info on the file in Finder. Is it locked?

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Answer 2

Jan 24, 2010 8:06 PM in response to Limnos

I checked, and the AAC file isn't locked. It must be a bug, because I can change the Artist name, I just can't delete it. A workaround is to replace the artist name with a single space.

Here's the funny thing--if I then go back and delete the space for the artist name, iTunes fills in the old name once again! Seems to happen just for that one song, so it must be some kind of bug. Oh well.

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swampmom

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Jun 13, 2011 8:17 PM in response to Timothy Arends1

I just asked a similar question, but in reading your question figured out the answer to mine. The problem comes from the source being the LP. Are you running windows? If so, does the album show up in your music folder? If so, first delete the song from iTunes. Then click on the song, then "organize," then "properties," then "details", then change whatever you want, then reimport it into iTunes.

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swampmom

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Sep 3, 2011 6:58 PM in response to Timothy Arends1

Further. . . I found to delete the artist on iTunes, I had to delete the album artist, not the contributing artist in the details on the CD/LP file.

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