How to Get Information for Old CDs in iTunes

When you purchase songs and albums from the iTunes store, iTunes lists a lot of information about the songs, including the artist's name, the album, the year released and the genre. You can import old CDs into iTunes, but the CD does not contain the same song and artist information as a downloaded song. If you have iTunes configured properly, it will check an online database and add all of the artist and song information automatically. iTunes can add the information for most commercially produced CDs.

Instructions

1. Click the "Edit" menu.

2. Click "Preferences."

3. Click the "General" tab.

4. Check the box next to "Automatically retrieve CD track names from the Internet," and then click "OK." Now, when you import your old CDs, iTunes will add the information. If iTunes cannot find the information for a particular CD, you can manually add it.

5. Highlight a song from the CD in your iTunes Music Library.

6. Click the "File" menu, and then select "Get Info."

7. Click the "Info" tab, and then add the information about the song. Click "OK" when you are finished.

References

• Apple Support: Adding Music and Other Content to iTunes