I have some music that is downloaded into a folder and when I click on the track or song itself to change the Album Title for that song....My mac is not allowing me to do so. I am the admin of this laptop and I am the only one who uses it. My computer is less than a month old. (2011 15 inch macbook pro) Someone please help me. Thanks
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Sorry, I re-read your question and I provided the wrong answer.
Message was edited by: dechamp
Finder can not be used to change "Meta Data". That is information that is embedded into the music file itself. Finder can read some of it, but you'll need a program to actually edit it.
I use iTunes. Import the music to iTunes, right click on the files and change the Album name or many other types of Meta Data.
If you don't want to use iTunes then you'll need to get a program that's designed to work with Meta Data like one of these. I haven't tried any of them as iTunes works well for my needs.
Well when I try to change this in itunes it happens but as soon as I quit itunes and go back to the file on my desktop..the info reverts back to what it was originally. I think you were saying something before about "gears" in the file or something. Can you tell me more about that
If you are looking at the original file, then that's probably the problem.
On a Mac, the iTunes preferences are usually set to import the music and manage it, so it copies the files into the Music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder and creates a new folder based on the Artist. There are sub-directories for the Album names. Those are the files that can be managed and changed by iTunes.
Since I only collect full albums, it's no big deal for me to copy that newly created folder (with my meta data changes) onto a backup drive. I delete the original music as it's a waste of space and the meta-data is wrong.
If I don't want to keep the music in iTunes, I remove it by using the iTunes interface. Never remove the music manually from it's storage folder because iTunes is a database type program and won't know you've moved or deleted the music. It will still show the names of the songs in iTunes but if you try to play the songs it will ask you to locate the music.
Since I only use iTunes to listen to music, and have the iPad/iPhone/Apple TV devices to consider, I don't feel a need to use one of the 3rd party programs I mentioned earlier. YMMV
How do I change the album title in the more info section??
