Can't add mp3 files to ITunes

I just figured out a fix for me. Put the file in a new playlist, then right click and "create AAC version." It will put it in your main library. PRESTO!!

I also found that there's a little delay. If you click on an mp3 file, it won't immediately show up in your library. Come back to iTunes after a some time and it will be there. I'm not sure of the length of the delay. I just noticed the files were apearing after some time.

This really is MESS, and I made a mess of my Library trying to fix it! I bought some .mp3 files from Amazon.uk (all 10p cheaper than iTunes Store) and experienced the same problems as everyone else in this thread - the songs appeared in Recently Added and then when I played them, in Recently Played, but not in the Library. I waited 24 hours, but they still didn't show up in Library. Finally I managed to make them to appear by highlighting all the files in Recently Played and (from right click) created AAC files. I immediately got the whole lot, .mp3 and .m4A (AAC) and some duplicates too, all showing up in my Library!

I have iTunes 11.0.1.12 and my PC runs under Windows. I used Windows Explorer to find the songs in my iTunes Music folder and deleted all but the .m4A files. However, all the other versions were still showing in my Library, mostly in triplicate, with no indication of which were real. To clean up that mess, I had to try and play all the songs to identify which were the .m4As and use Shift/Delete to delete all the ones that came up as not found. Thank the deity that it was only a few files - it still took me hours to figure all this out.

Too much to hope that Apple would help with or even acknowledge this monster fail in the latest iTunes version! The conspiracist in me thinks it's deliberate. Good luck.

yeah, but since iTunes 11 got rid of the 'Find Duplicates' you're on your own for managing any duplicate songs.

if you upgrade to iTunes 11.0.1 the Show Duplicates feature is back

View > Show Duplicates

Alt+View > Show Exact Duplicates

Thanks, Steve, that's helpful. However, Show Duplicates still doesn't tell you up front which one used to have a .mp3 or .mp4A file behind it, and you still have to go through and highlight all the ones you don't want. For a lot of duplicates that's a pain. And it's all so 'un-Apple' and clunky! Shouldn't be necessary in the first place. Apple must know about this by now.

I agree it could be better. I found this app.

http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/tunesweeper/purchase.php

Download the trial version it may be of help to you

Try this app if you download the trial version you should get an idea of how it can help

http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/tunesweeper/

Thanks, Steve, that looks like a neat workaround.

Hi Steve, I'm new to this community and I've been trying to find out how to mark your response as helpful (gold star), but the buttons that are supposed to come up, didn't - sorry. I appreciate I'm in a Mac section and I'm working on a PC, which may be significant. The mysteries of computers!

AndyKnott009 wrote:

Hi Steve, I'm new to this community and I've been trying to find out how to mark your response as helpful (gold star), but the buttons that are supposed to come up, didn't

Only the person who started the topic can award Solved or Helpful (in this case alyssabecht)

Thanks for the thought Andy but you have to be the Original Poster of the topic. Glad the suggestion helped

Hey,

Spent ages trying to find a solution for this trawling through all the "me too" posts with no resolution.

It seems that Itunes 10 onwards is much more sensitive to the ID3 tags on MP3 files and if it doesn't like them it just ignores the file!

Many thanks to the guy in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2020936?threadID=2020936 "//https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2020936?threadID=2020936" for identifying the problem and solution.

All this stuff about down grade, reinstall, turn the machine on whilst standing on one leg is rubbeish. Just look at the link and you MP3 add to library problems will be solved

Dragging into an empty playlist did it for me, thanks very much 🙂.

Hey there,

I am new at this but I also have this problem when I try dragging an MP3 music file to iTunes library. I usually download a song, drag it to iTunes and let either match or upload it, then erase the original file. There are a few songs that, when dragging them to my library, it won't accept them as if it ignored that I dragged them in. I searched the properties for the songs and unblocked them since they came from another computer. I can't seem to find a solution. I'm not sure if it's iTunes or the file itself. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.