I can't see .MP3 files in a folder?

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I can't see .MP3 files in a folder?

Hello, I recently just got a MacBook Pro Retina and I wanted to put all of my music on is (908 songs) but when I added the folder of music to my mac, none of the files show up in the folder. I also tried waiting, thinking maybe it would take a long time to load. Still nothing. How can I fix this?

Long Explanation:

I just took exactly 908 songs from my PC put all of them into a single folder, put onto my external hard drive and then put the entire folder on my mac. I then proceeded to drag the folder into iTunes. I then realized that iTunes had only picked up 321 of the songs. So I deleted everything, and re-added all the songs to my iTunes after converting them all to MP3's (Did this on the PC.) I added all the songs again my empty iTunes. This time 535 of the songs were added. I deleted everything from iTunes AGAIN (by moving to trash, not just from the library), and re-added the folder of MP3s to my mac. This time I figured i could see what was in the folder before I added them to iTunes to see what was maybe going wrong, but when I open the folder nothing is there. It's just empty.

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Aug 22, 2014 4:56 PM

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sterling r

Community Specialist

Aug 24, 2014 6:46 AM in response to Just So Pro

Hello Just So Pro,

It sounds like you are copying your folder correctly and adding it to iTunes, but there seems to be an issue with writing to the hard drive of your Mac from your external drive. I would perform a Safe Boot, then restart and test the issue again so the computer can check the disk and reset some things:

Starting up in Safe Mode

To start up into Safe Mode (to Safe Boot), follow these steps.

Be sure your Mac is shut down.

Press the power button.

Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key.
The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.

Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple logo and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).

After the logo appears, you should see a progress bar during startup. This indicates that your computer is performing a directory check as part of Safe Mode.

To leave Safe Mode, restart your computer without holding any keys during startup.

OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

All the very best,

Sterling

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