How do I import only one song from a cd to iTunes 11?

iTunes > Preferences > General > Show > List view checkboxes.

tt2

There are two ways:

1) If you want to import to the Music library, uncheck the tracks you don't want to import, and click Import CD.

2) If you want to import to a specific playlist, select the track(s) you want and start dragging toward the right of the screen. Your playlists will appear on the right and you can drag into them.

strangely, i did your method, but itunes is still asking me if i want to 'replace' songs i already ripped, even tho they are not in the media folder. see image.

anyway, i clicked 'yes, replace', and itunes only ripped the songs that were not already ripped. why is it asking me to replace something that's not there? is it because i previously ripped those songs, and then deleted them from disk (not through itunes)?

also, the newly ripped songs are empty and unplayable, even tho i'm using the same import settings which worked before.

thx

My experience with iTunes for Mac is that if you import as you are doing in the image above, track 6 already exists in the iTunes database. iTunes does not check if it exists in the media folder, only its database.

Also, if the track 6 is not in the database but track 7 or other higher-numbered tracks are it will not ask to replace and will instead rip an extra track.

I'm not sure about the empty/unplayable tracks,but check your database first, expecially if you delete tracks through the media folder and not from the iTunes database. Especially if you've set iTunes to automatically manage your tracks, you should be managing tracks from iTunes. If you do things in the OS that aren't reflected in iTunes, its behavior will be erratic. If you want to work on tracks outside of iTunes, remove them from iTunes without deleting, modify them, then reimport.

Give it a shot and if doesn't work you might want to post a new thread in the iTunes for Windows community, as it should get more attention in a new thread.

Another THANK YOU to turingtest2.

I registered here JUST to thank you.

You have solved 2 different issues I have had lately dealing with Library issues. Neither problem Apple support, or the level above the person on the case, manager, had a solution. They told me to "re-rip". Easy to say....... '

thank you Again.

1. Select the CD in iTunes.
2. Uncheck the boxes on the songs you don't want to import.
3. Import.

I just dragged a single song from a CD into a newly created Playlist and the song imported as usual.

Thank you very much for your post! iTunes 12.6 does not have the individual tick boxes to select (or skip) songs to import. By command click, I can select a group of songs (while skipping others), drag to the left and they import.

Dragging the songs to the (Left) is the method that works.

Thank you as for your post! Very helpful.

You're welcome. 🙂

tt2

Glad to have helped. 🙂

tt2