Can't drag and drop music onto iTunes...

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Can't drag and drop music onto iTunes...

Hi guys,

Ok I just recently bought my first mac, a MacBook Pro. Transferred all my files (most importantly my music) onto an external hard drive from my PC, then transferred files from the hard drive to the mac and it all seems to be fine. However for some reason I can't seem to get my songs into iTunes. I tried scan for media and that just pops up saying 'processing' for a second then nothing happens...then I tried simply dragging my whole music folder into iTunes, it looked like it was doing something, again said 'processing' but nothing happened. My music folder is pretty big at 42GB, could this be the problem? My iTunes is up to date I just don't understand, can anyone help?

Thank you,

Craig

Posted on Sep 16, 2013 5:00 PM

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CReckless Author

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Sep 17, 2013 5:50 AM in response to CReckless

Anyone guys? Really struggling here...

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strovs

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Oct 3, 2013 7:22 AM in response to CReckless

Hello!

Check if you run iTunes in Administrator mode. For using drag and drop and miniplayer buttons in dock you need to uncheck "Run as an Administrator" in iTunes.exe file.

Have a Luck!

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jr1605

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Oct 3, 2013 8:53 AM in response to CReckless

When in iTunes click file,add to library then select you're folder from there

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CReckless Author

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Oct 3, 2013 9:47 AM in response to jr1605

It's a life late now aha but this is what I did that fixed it when I did it not long after the post. Thank you though!

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Jan 27, 2014 11:10 PM in response to strovs

This Helped me! thank you so much!

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Xnerdz

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May 1, 2014 12:36 AM in response to strovs

strovs wrote:

Hello!

Check if you run iTunes in Administrator mode. For using drag and drop and miniplayer buttons in dock you need to uncheck "Run as an Administrator" in iTunes.exe file.

Have a Luck!

That is the true answer. I can't figure why the drag and drop feature is disabled when in admin mode, but I'm happy it works again. Thanks.

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mjilk

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Jul 10, 2014 8:13 PM in response to strovs

Can you tell me how to actually uncheck iTunes in administrator mode please. I have looked everywhere and can't find what I am missing.

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Jul 16, 2014 2:45 PM in response to mjilk

To remove "run as administrator" you must right click the shortcut and go to properties. In the general tab there should be an option to remove the "run as administrator" option.

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