How to Get iTunes to Search for Audio Files on a Computer

Copy audio files from you computer to your Apple iPod using iTunes software. This free, downloadable software is customized to interface effectively with all different models of the iPod, but you must do a small amount of work prior to syncing the songs on your computer with your device. You must add the audio files on your computer to the iTunes library before syncing the songs to the iPod. Search for all of the audio files on your computer at one time.

Instructions

1. Launch "iTunes."

2. Click "File" at the top of the iTunes window, then select "Add Folder to Library."

3. Select "Computer" from the column on the left side of the Add to Library window.

4. Click the "C" drive under the "Hard Disk Drives" section of the window. Note that if your primary hard drive has a different letter, select that instead.

5. Click "Select Folder" to begin searching your computer for audio files.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have additional audio files stored on an external hard drive, you will also need to select the folder for that drive once iTunes has finished searching your computer's primary drive.

References

• Apple; iTunes - About the Add to Library, Import and Convert Functions; November 2009