Just purchased a new music CD or received one as a gift, and now you'd like to get your new tunes onto your iPod? Follow these easy steps to quickly import music into iTunes and then copy the tracks onto your iPod in mp3 format:
Importing songs from your music CD to iTunes
Insert the music CD in your CD drive and wait while Windows recognizes the CD and asks you what action you'd like to perform.
Select "Import songs using iTunes" and click OK to start the import. Windows will automatically open iTunes and start the import, converting each music track into an mp3 file along the way. If the import does not start after iTunes opens up, then click the "Import CD" icon in the top right of your iTunes screen.
The import will take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your CD drive, and iTunes will show you the progress for each music track. When the import is finished, you'll see green checks next to each music track in iTunes.
Copying songs from iTunes to your iPod
Now that your music has been imported into iTunes, you're ready to copy the mp3 music files to your iPod.
Plug in your iPod to your computer and wait a few seconds while iTunes recognizes it. You'll see your iPod show up on the left-hand side of your iTunes screen.
Click "Library" in iTunes and select your newly imported music tracks. You can press the Shift key while clicking each track with your mouse, until they're all hightlighted.
You can drag them over to your iPod, on the left side of your iTunes window. Or you can select Copy from the Edit menu, click on your iPod and select Paste from the Edit menu.
iTunes will copy your selected music tracks over to your iPod. Once the transfer has completed, just right-click on your iPod and select "Eject" from the shortcut menu.
Unplug your iPod from your computer, and enjoy your new music. :-)
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Anonymous (not verified) Says: Sat, 2007-06-09 10:32
I just bought a used ipod from a friend of a friend,,,etc. All I got was the ipod, no instructions, how do I get rid of the last owners name and etc.?
Pam (not verified) Says: Wed, 2007-10-10 07:36
Your directions are very easy to understand... But problem is when I put the CD in my CD Drive... I do not have the option "Import Songs using ITunes".. What now???
Ricky Says: Wed, 2007-10-10 07:40
Assuming you have iTunes installed, you can just skip that step and open iTunes directly. Then select the CD, which will show up on the left side of iTunes, and click the "Import CD" button at the top right of iTunes (shown in the second screen shot above).
Hope this helps :-)
Ricky
Anonymous (not verified) Says: Sun, 2007-12-23 11:23
when i do plug in my ipod itunes does not recognized it wat should i do now?! Please help!
Caitlin (not verified) Says: Tue, 2007-12-25 17:31
do you have to have itunes installed to import music?
Ricky Says: Mon, 2007-12-31 04:07
You don't have to have iTunes installed to import music from a CD to your computer (you can use Windows Media Player), but you do need iTunes if you want to transfer that music to your iPod.
Anonymous (not verified) Says: Sat, 2008-03-22 13:18
Thanks ssooo much. Im thinking about getting an iPod and I have been wandering if you could put music on your iPod from a CD. Thanks a lot!
Junior (not verified) Says: Mon, 2008-04-21 19:42
If I copy song from a CD to my Ipod and then I decide to copy onother CD from the same artist will my previous song that I copy before from that artist will they be deleted from my Ipod?
Ricky Says: Tue, 2008-04-22 20:04
No, iTunes will store the other songs under a different Album name, so you can have multiple albums from the same artist.
green (not verified) Says: Tue, 2008-04-22 18:32
hi, i got a cd and itunes downloaded on my pc. but the problem is that i cannot drag the mp3 from my ipod. it like that it not activated or something. please help me on this. thank you
Ricky Says: Tue, 2008-04-22 20:06
That's a frustrating limitation of iTunes, which is why I wrote this article titled How To Copy Music From Your iPod To Your PC that explains how to do this using a program called iPod 2 iTunes, which is what I use to do this.
Rania (not verified) Says: Thu, 2008-05-08 20:08
I followed the instructin and everything is OK but I cannot drag the music to the IPOD and I cannot copy it
Anonymous (not verified) Says: Wed, 2008-07-02 21:21
Connect your ipod to your computer.
When the ipod icon appears in the itunes window (under devices) select it.
If the summary pane is not showing, click the summary tab.
Select 'manually manage music' (if youhave an ipod that displays video, the checkbox says 'manually manage music and video')
Click Music (below Library, on the left side of the itunes window) and then drag songs and playlists to your ipod.
Anonymous (not verified) Says: Fri, 2008-05-16 11:07
Hey man, my problem is when i put my cds in, my laptop doesnt read it.
can you help ?
thanks Davidd =D
sam (not verified) Says: Mon, 2008-10-27 18:52
how can i copy my song from library to my ipod?
Ricky Says: Wed, 2008-11-05 16:33
Check out this article (there's a section on copying music from your itunes library to your ipod that should help).
Gtagg (not verified) Says: Wed, 2008-11-05 14:57
Ugh I have the new Nano And the itunes is different then your pics I can't find library *die*
Anonymous (not verified) Says: Thu, 2008-11-13 16:02
Can the name be changed on the ipod? It's my daughter but when I started using it I put in my instead of hers.
Sparky (not verified) Says: Mon, 2008-11-17 19:05
Hey Ricky I have a quick question how can I put the same artwork in a ipod I have a classic 160 gb and I have like 5 cds of tupac but you know on the ipod you can arrange the album well I want to just put the same album artwork by the same particular artist regartless of how many different albums they have that way I won't have different albums by the same artist thanks for the help.
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