case sensitivity

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case sensitivity

I see questions dated 2008 on this topic, but no answers.

I have a large database with songs, one music category is Pop.
In iTunes these songs are labeled Pop and pop. (notice the case).

On my iPhone this shows as TWO different categories, but how to change these, not having to change ALL the Pop songs.
in iTuines I can sort on Genre, but the sort function is NOT case sensitive. Als o vcreating a smart play list in iTunes is NOT case sensitive.

Help! 😉

Windows 7, Windows 7, Laptop HP nx9420

Posted on Nov 17, 2010 1:59 PM

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turingtest2

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Nov 17, 2010 2:08 PM in response to Maarten Van Den Hoek

Select all Pop & pop
Edit Genre to Pop
Click OK
Only tracks whose value was pop will be updated.
Repeat for other genres, albums, artists etc. as required....

For more tips see http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp

tt2

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b noir

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Nov 17, 2010 2:31 PM in response to Maarten Van Den Hoek

Hi Maarten!

Apologies, this is completely off-topic from your current question, but did the scannow clear up the startup problems you were having on the PC last year, or did something else fix it for you?

( 🙂 I'm still subscribed to you as a user, so I got an email notification when you posted again today. So thought I'd quickly check.)

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Nov 18, 2010 5:15 AM in response to b noir

Hi Toby, yup that has been solved, in the end it was some incompatibility with the new HD I put in my HP. At some point in time Windows would go corrupt and could not reinstall.. It just happened that this was several times after installing iTunes..
after that I installed the original 40GB drive with Windows 7 and that has been running fine for several months now.

Greetings
Maarten

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Nov 18, 2010 5:18 AM in response to turingtest2

thanks turning! I will do it that way then, I was/am little afraid iTunes will touch all the songs because then they will be backed up again to my NAS. But hopfully they will not change in anyway 😉.

Hope Apple will make iTunes case sensitive OR iPhone not case sensitive.. so they behave in the same way 😉

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b noir

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Nov 18, 2010 11:33 AM in response to Maarten Van Den Hoek

in the end it was some incompatibility with the new HD I put in my HP. At some point in time Windows would go corrupt and could not reinstall.. It just happened that this was several times after installing iTunes..

Ouch! That's a nasty trap. I'd have been convinced it was iTunes causing the issue (Indeed, looking back at the thread, I believe I was).

🙂 Glad things got sorted out in the end.

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