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iTunes 12 - Imported CD, cannot classify file as audiobook

Hello,

I'm on a Macbook Air running OS X 10.10 and iTunes 12.0.1.26.

I import audiobooks and talks for my daughter and I to listen to while we travel and as educational aids. I switched to a Mac and iPhone due to how easy this was. I'd like to see Apple add a 1.75x speed option for playback in iTunes, Apple TV and the iPhone for audiobooks but otherwise was pretty darn happy with how this worked. I was so happy with it I switched my company to Macs, iPhone and iPads.

I've recently updated my Macbook Air and to the OS and ITunes version listed above. I then tried to use my normal procedure of importing a CD or file then change the media type to audiobook. This would move the file into the audiobook section of iTunes and also allow faster playback on the iPhone. When I imported some files last night this did not work. Additionally some mp3 files already in iTunes could not be changed from music to audiobook. Taking features away is frustrating.

Hope this is a bug and not an intentional decision.

MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 11:11 AM

20 replies

turingtest2

Level 10

274,988 points

Jan 31, 2015 7:10 AM in response to jpau00

The old dialog box is removed in iTunes 12.1, but the bulk of the issues with the new style Get Info appear to have been fixed.

tt2

dleitko

Level 1

0 points

May 14, 2015 12:18 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

This (turning off iTunes Match) was the solution for me, thanks!

Jun 23, 2015 9:58 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thanks, Jim. A simple solution that is sadly not at all obvious. Apple should flag this with a "Do you turn off iTunes Match and change genre?", but nooooo..... Too easy! Ha!

iamsam80

Level 1

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Dec 5, 2015 4:42 AM in response to Patrick Pickles

With this newest update to iTunes, I have found you can only change imported CD's into audiobooks after unchecking iCloud Music Library in Preferences (under the General tab). After that, you are able to change the Media type in Get Info. Don't forget to turn it back on when you are done.

Jan 11, 2016 5:32 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thank you very much. I just imported an audiobook I bought at a garage sale, and i could not figure out why the CDs kept importing as music and would not allow me the option to change it to Audiobooks as previous iTunes versions allowed. I actually DON'T have genius or iTunes Match enabled, but I do subscribe to the iTunes Music subscription and I allowed the iTunes library to be available on my computer, basically forcing my iTunes to navigate and work from "The Cloud". Once I turned off the option to share my library with iTunes Music, I was able to select my tracks and press [command]+I and change it to an audiobook format. Then I reenabled.

iTunes 12 - Imported CD, cannot classify file as audiobook