I have been gifted a Brennan how on earth do I get my itunes on to it? I have been trying to work it out for DAYS!!!
To copy songs from iTunes to a USB: Insert the flash drive into a USB port, and open it so it looks like a folder on your desktop.
Then highlight the songs in your iTunes library that you want, as follows:
Once they are highlighted, simply drag them to the folder.
If you normally run iTunes in full-screen mode, make it smaller before you start this process, so that you will be able to do the drag.
One thing I meant to add: this process copies the songs to the USB. It does not change anything in your iTunes library.
Would I be able to run MediaMonkey's tool off of my usb drive or does it have to be installed on a PC? Do you know of any browser based programs that would be able to organize my copied iTunes files?
You'd run MediaMonkey on your computer. No, I don't know of any browser based tools. Generally sandboxing will aim to prevent the browser having direct access to the file system.
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I loaded my music files from my usb drive onto a folder in Windows desktop. I then opened up those music files in the desktop folder in Windows media player and formatted them so they were then groupable (in Windows media player) by album. I then copied these newly formatted files back onto my usb drive but it seems like the formatting was not saved. Would I have been successful in this approach if I used Media Monkey instead of Windows media player? Some of the songs have been formatted already on my usb drive (meaning they are grouped by album when I view them in Windows media player) but most are just contained in a long list. How did these few songs get formatted this way? I am able to play mp3 or 4 music files through a TV I have off of my usb drive and want to save the formatting so it is easier to listen to them. Any suggestions as to how I can do this would be helpful - would Media Monkey solve my problems? Would I have to be connected to the internet to run MediaMonkey? I would be installing it on an old P4 computer. Thanks.
Correction on the above post....my files seem to have the formatting I did in media player, I just cannot seem to sort them by album through Windows Explorer. Any idea on how I can do this?
Double correction...I figured out a way to sort them by album. Sorry for wasting your time and Apple's server space.
Okay, now I am thoroughly confused. My TV won't play almost all of the songs I have on my usb drive now that I did the above edits through windows media player. I read the specs and the TV will play only MP3 files. Almost all the files on my usb are AAC audio files (I have a few actual MP3s on there too). The song that I got to play on my TV is listed as an AAC audio file, just like the rest of the ones that will not play. No, I have not tried to play the actual MP3 files on my TV yet. Any thoughts as to why my TV will play only a handful of my AAC files but not the rest?
Having some issues with playing my music files now. See my latest post dated Jul 22, 2015.
The TV won't be able to play files protected with Apple's DRM. That could be anything purchased before 2010, or downloaded via the new Apple Music/iCloud Music Library features. Otherwise if it plays some AACs but not others then you'll need to consult documentation to find out why.
You should be able to convert non-protected AAC files to MP3s.
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The issue involved the non-protected AACs that I ripped from CDs using iTunes.
Also when I opened up my files on one computer, the files I am talking about had AAC file extensions but on another computer they had m4a file extensions. The mp3 files had the same extension (.mp3) on both computers. I am still confused.
.m4a is the file extension used for files in AAC format.
.mp3 is the file extension used for files in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III format, commonly called MP3.
Depending on options in Windows and which software is registered to handle the files of each type you may see variations in the icons or text descriptions.
Perhaps there is a difference in the bitrate between the files that will open, and those that won't. Apple Lossless files are also stored with the .m4a extension but might not be handled by your device even if it can read compressed AAC files.
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The computer that called the files AAC had Quicktime media player installed while the other one did not. Maybe that made a difference?
Could well be.
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For those of you who have a Mac Computer I found a way to do this. I have an IMac OS10.11 and a Kindle Fire HD 6 (4th generation).
After days and hour upon hour I found this link which took care of everything for me.
https://www.android.com/filetransfer/
It is an app that works on the Mac OS and allows one to transfer files/videos, etc from your Mac to the Kindle that does not have a card slot.
First you connect your Kindle to the Mac via USB to micro usb cable.
After starting this app a window comes up showing you what is on your kindles file system. Its allows you to start a new folder and then drag and drop onto it.
I Followed your instructions and it will not allow me to drag anything over to finder app. am using a macbook Pro with its touchpad so that may be causing the issue. BUt I don't have another USB port to be able to plugin my mouse to see if it would work that way.
Transfer your iTunes music to a USB drive
