How to display checkbox to select songs on CD

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How to display checkbox to select songs on CD

I would like to import selected songs from a CD onto my itunes music library. Online instructions indicate I should select the songs by checking a box next to each song. However, when I upgraded to itunes 11.4, I no longer have a checkbox next to the song titles. I tried highlighting a single song then clicking "import CD", but it still wants to import the entire CD. I tried dragging the song to the right side, but nothing happened. Is there a way to get the checkboxes displayed in itunes 11.4, or do I have do import the entire CD and then delete the unneeded songs?

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Posted on Aug 30, 2015 2:26 PM

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sberman

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Aug 30, 2015 2:59 PM in response to rich3500

Use iTunes' menu to go to iTunes > Preferences > General and check the box next to "Show List Checkboxes".

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sberman

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Aug 30, 2015 3:02 PM in response to rich3500

rich3500 wrote:

... when I upgraded to iTunes 11.4 ...

The current version of iTunes is 12.2.2.

You can get the most recent version your computer can support at:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download

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rich3500 Author

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Aug 31, 2015 4:01 PM in response to sberman

Do you know if version 12.2.2 addresses this issue? Sometimes downloading new update causes new problems that I seek to avoid.

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rich3500 Author

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Aug 31, 2015 4:03 PM in response to sberman

Thank you for your help. I went to "itunes" "preferences" "general" and checked "show checkboxes". That does show checkboxes for songs in my itunes library, but does not show them when I insert a CD. I would like to get checkboxes on CD songs, so I can select ones to import.

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Sep 1, 2015 6:45 AM in response to rich3500

Hi Rich,

Try it this way:

• Insert the disk. If iTunes asks whether you want to import it, select No.

• Open a Finder window and find the CD (or, if it's showing on the desktop, click to open it).

• In Finder, select the tracks you want to import. Control-click, and choose Open With... > iTunes from the popup menu.

Now iTunes should import (only) the tracks you've selected.

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Limnos

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Sep 1, 2015 7:21 AM in response to rich3500

iTunes 12 for Mac: Import songs from CDs - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19607

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nklemons

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Oct 13, 2016 5:35 PM in response to sberman

Why is that not checked by default in iTunes? Dealing with 30 year old technology, and I have to troubleshoot for 15 minutes to simply import a CD track. I couldn't be more furious!!

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Oct 25, 2016 4:52 PM in response to sberman

Thank you! I thought I was going crazy!

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abwong

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Dec 9, 2016 12:10 PM in response to sberman

This worked for me. MacOS 10.12.1, iTunes 12.5.3.17

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