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iTunes 11 won't import new music

I had music imported back prior to 11 and it all seems fine. I was able to download new podcasts and have them show up. However, for some reason, when I try and drag music into the main music area, or on the menu bar on the left, nothing imports. All files are mp3s, locally located and have always worked in the past, so I'm unsure what's going on. Has anyone had a similar issue? I've tried restarting itunes and restarting the computer and the problem persists.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 2:29 AM

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Nov 30, 2012 10:53 PM in response to TeeWhy

i had similar issues with two purchases I made today. After some time, the files did show up in my itunes account. I am just wondering if there was an overload of requests being made to iCloud since iTunes 11 just rolled out.


I do have to ask if anyone was able to access any newly purchased songs made within iTunes and then accessing them in their iPad or iPhone. I can see one of the two songs I purchased but I cannot play that one song. Kinda weird if you ask me.

Dec 1, 2012 2:06 AM in response to Nunya

I have this problem too! I tried to import some new songs last night and they wouldn't appear anywhere in iTunes except in the search results (but wouldn't play from there either). The only way I could get them to play was by double clicking on the files in finder so that they opened in iTunes that way.


This morning, however, the files have magically appeared in the correct places.


Someone in another thread suggested it could be an issue with iTunes match taking a long time to think about things, but I've never had iTunes match turned on, so that doesn't make sense in my case. I am going to try importing some more mp3s and see if the issue happens again.


UPDATE: Just tried importing some more music and it appeared as it should. Maybe it was an issue with fresh installs of iTunes?

Dec 1, 2012 7:03 AM in response to Nunya

I have the same problem with iTunes11. I have so far tried to import 3 CDs, and none of them show up in the library, except under the "Recently Added" playlist. I have not found any way of moving the new songs to my iPhone or iPad. I have tried restarting, turning on and off iTunes Match, etc., but nothing seems to work. Very frustrating...

iTunes 11 won't import new music

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