when importing a cd it splits the album into separate individual tracks instead of 1 album with numerouse tracks - how do I get them all together

This happens mostly when you import a compilation or a CD that is not noted in the Gracenote Database.

How to change back in one Album:

• Mark all titles of that album (shift or cmd click)
• Right click and choose "Get info"
• Fill in the wanted name in "Album" and "Album Artist*"
• Drag&Drop the wanted Album Art to the little window down right in that pane.

iTunes group and sort albums by that two entry's in the info pane. If the CD is not listed in the database but the titels, iTunes split the album to fit the titles to eventually matching albums of the artists.

Cheers - Lupunus

* If you import a compilation, choose "various artits" for the Album Artist field.

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1950shady wrote:

I just don't understand why on my apple mac I can import the CD and it imports as 1 album and on my friends it imports as 20 separate tracks.

The reason for that behavior is another one.

If your friend want to see the imported album as "one" (if it's a album from one artist only) he should change the way iTunes sort the Albums for display by clicking the appropriate column header in the iTunes main window.

That will sort the view by Album / Name / Artist / Genre and so on ...

Lupunus

1950shady wrote:

No, even when I view it in Albums or in Artist there are 20 separate items - each oe a track from the album and it actually comes up as unknown artist even though it is a purchased cd

Using a purchased CD does not mean that the CD is actually listed at Gracenote.

You may check on your friends system if "Automatically retrieve CD track names from Internet" is marked.

If not, iTunes will split the imported CD in "CD per Track" as long as you have not grouped the CD by your own.

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more complex problems see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums where I list all the potential cause for split albums and their workarounds.

tt2

Turingtest,

on the iTunes in question it's a just a "view" problem, caused by the choosed sort option in iTunes main window.

Withdrawal

Sorry, answered the wrong thread 😉

Lupunus

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Happens to us all 😉

tt2