How to Transfer Limewire Music to Media Player

LimeWire is a popular Internet file-sharing program used to trade music, movies and other kinds of electronic files. After downloading a music file from LimeWire, it can be transferred to a media player such as iTunes, Windows Media Player or Winamp. Files can either be transferred manually, or your media player can be configured to update your library automatically as new music is downloaded.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Transfer Music to Windows Media Player Manually

1. Open Windows Media Player. PC users can open it through the "Start" menu. Mac users can open it by clicking on the program icon in the dock.

2. Go to "File" drop-down menu and select "Open."

3. Select the music you've downloaded from LimeWire.

Transfer Music to iTunes Manually

4. Open the iTunes application.

5. Click "File" drop-down menu and select "Add to Library."

6. Locate and select the file you with to transfer.

7. Click "Choose" to begin the transfer.

Transfer Music to Winamp Manually

8. Open the Winamp application.

9. Open your music library. You can do this by selecting "View" and then "Library" from the menu bars, or by pressing "Alt" and "L" at the same time.

10. Click on the "File" menu and select "Add Media to Library."

11. Search for the folder where your LimeWire downloads are saved. Depending on how your LimeWire program is configured, these files could be saved in several different places.

12. Select the music file(s) you wish to transfer and click "OK."

13. Use a shortcut to add individual music files to your library by right-clicking the file name and selecting "Send To" and "Add to Local Media."

Configure LimeWire to Transfer Music Automatically

14. Open the LimeWire application.

15. Click the "LimeWire" drop-down menu.

16. Select "Preferences" from the menu. Another window will open, allowing you to browse LimeWire's different preference options.

17. Click "Saving" to show the various options for saving files once they've been downloaded from LimeWire.

18. Click the "Browse" button and search your computer for the music folder used to store songs for your media player.

19. Highlight the folder you wish to save your LimeWire downloads to and click the "Open" button. The window will close once your selection has been made.

20. Click "Apply" in the "Preferences" menu. This will store all the changes you've made.

Tips & Warnings

• Though it's possible to manually transfer individual files from LimeWire to a media player, in the long run you'll save time by setting LimeWire up to automatically transfer all your downloaded files.