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iTunes 11 Import Issue

Just downloaded the new software to my 2011 MBP running Mountain Lion. When importing a new song, the track appears on my "Recently Added" playlist but will not show up in my library. It's as if the song only exists in the Recently Added playlist.


I connected my Touch and synced it. The song shows up there in the iPod's library as expected, perfectly normal. However, on my Mac, it is no where to be found except for on Recently Added.


Even when I search for the track and, more generally, the artist, I still cannot find it. All the labels are correct as I checked them against other songs on the same album that had been successfully imported prior to the software update.


I also organized the library by "date added," which would show the most recently added track at the very top - and the one in question is not there.


Essentially, I know this track exists in my library as iTunes added it to my iPod. But it seems to be invisible!


Has anyone else run into this? Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks in advance, everyone.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 29, 2012 10:36 PM

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Aug 28, 2013 6:08 AM in response to tbreilly13

Having just had to reload all my iTunes music onto a new (Windows 8) computer, I then found I could add more music by ripping a CD OK, but I could not add mp3 files using the file or folder add option (or dragging onto iTunes etc.)


I finally determined that iTunes 11 seems rather sensitive to any faults in the mp3 file (e.g. format errors, MPEG framing errors).


I was able to fix this using a simple downloaded open source program named mp3val which identifies errors and can also fix them. Worked a treat!


Thanks to bowlerboy on this thread where I saw the fix proposed: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2020936?threadID=2020936

iTunes 11 Import Issue

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