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On Windows and Mac OS, you can quickly add songs from a CD to your iTunes library. This will allow you to listen to CD music on digital devices. ITunes also automatically imports all additional information from the CD, such as artist name, album name, song titles, and disc genre.

Steps

1. 1 Open iTunes. Update the program to the latest version (if necessary). To do this, click "Update". iTunes will be restarted in order to apply the updates. If you don't have iTunes, you can download it for free from apple.com.
2. 2 Select the format in which you want to import music from CD to iTunes library.
   • Windows: Click "Edit" (at the top of the program).
   • Mac OS X: Click iTunes (at the top of the program).
3. 3 Select "Preferences" from the menu. In the "General" section, click "Import settings" (bottom right).
   • The default format is AAC format. This format supports high quality audio with a relatively small file size.
   • The MP3 format also supports high sound quality and can be played on most digital devices, but MP3 files are larger.
   • The AIFF and WAV files are very large and are used for specific projects such as audio editors.
   • By choosing the AAC format (AAC Encoder), you will get the best balance between sound quality and file size.
4. 4 Insert the disc you want to add songs to your iTunes library from into your optical drive. ITunes will automatically search online databases (CDDB) for CD information such as artist name, album name, song titles, genre, and more. It only takes a few seconds.
   • After iTunes has found information about your CD, it will be displayed under “Devices” in the left pane of the program.
5. 5 Click on the CD icon in the left pane. A window with complete information about the disk will open.
6. 6 Click "Import CD" (bottom right). iTunes will automatically import all songs from the CD into its library (copying progress will be displayed next to each track, as well as at the top of the window).
   • When the import process is complete, click Music (under Library in the left pane) to view the added songs.
7. 7 To change the composition information, click on the field with the information to be changed once, and then click on the field again (in Windows, right-click on the field).
   • To edit information (for example, artist name) for all songs, select all songs (hold down Shift), then hold down Control and click on the selected area. Scroll down and find "Get Info" in the menu that appears. This will allow you to change the artist name, genre, album name, etc. for all tracks at once.
   • CD information is not so important when importing songs, but it comes in handy when organizing and searching for songs in your iTunes library.

Tips

• If you don't want to import certain songs, just uncheck the box next to those songs. They will be skipped during the import process.

Warnings

• If you import a disc that was burned by you or another user, iTunes does not recognize the CD information and you will have to enter it manually.