I owe you hours of my time! Thank you 🙏🏼 I was going crazy with this and trying to combine the tracks on my beatport pro. This way I can import it so easily into my serato.
Hi Phil, thanks for this tip, but this will only work for non-drm files like mp3, for original ITunes Music files you would first have to convert them to mp3 format, then copy, which may have a loss in music quality.
I did the PN’s>MIK>iTunes workflow....the guy from MIK told me in an email not to delete the original music files in case something goes wrong with PN’s files. What I did today is create a folder on my Mac desktop called it PN’smusic and moved all my PN’s files to it so I can just dump it(copy)it onto a USB SSD 2TB external drive as I formatted it EXFAT and as I only have 500 tracks in the PN’s folder anyhow but what I want to just be able to do without jumping through 100 hoops and spending more $ is to just move my traktor/PN/MIK analysed PN’s folder over onto the ssd drive and just plug straight into my linked up Denon SC5000M’s.....Jesus H Christ I just wish EP could just do the analysis right(beatgrids) and then BPM would be error free upon analysis.....sick and tired of getting bogged down in all this workflow. I did manage to get my traktor(MIK cues and all)recently into Denon EP and on a USB target device but I accidentally chose in traktor to import music folder.....so everything inclusive of all the duplicates got imported and same in EP.....but I still got amongst all the chaos the traktor/MIK analysed files cues and all into EP but obviously it was messy so had to uninstall/re-install traktor pro 3/EP erase reformat USB drive.....sigh! But this time before any integration with EP I need to refine beatgrids,markers in traktor pro 3 and while I’m at it check MIK cue points before importing JUST the PN’s folder/files in traktor and nothing else.
Thanx for your video but i wanna ask you something can i do the same and use my folder in Vitural DJ program?? Many paople says no because something about my DJ program don´t accept the music from Itunes.
Can we play those tracks in big festival, will the sound be as good as if we buy a track on Beatport for example? Hope you can help me out on this point. Thanks again for your support and dj tips 😊
Phil when I copied the playlist to USB stick last time my cue disappeared why did that happen I use VDJ by the way is there a correct way of transferring music within VirtualDJ?
The meta data that is stored in the file, yes. That which iTunes keeps in its own database (rating is one example), no. But basically, yes - most will come over.
Yes that is true. But you can't see the Artists Name. When you drag n drop into a folder (out of iTunes), the file name is only the track name. So you have to re-tag your songs when you want to have full information.
Its not working for me an im getting frustrated lol smh. . . I bought a External hard drive an copied some songs onto it so they saved to my external so when i open serato an put it in a crate it gets deleted once i reopen serato after i done close it up. Im trying to make some space in my laptop an i dont want to use itunes anymore I need help lol smh
Digital DJ Tips ok so I downloaded a cd onto iTunes, it’s a house music Dj set with say 13 tracks by various artists, this is a it’s mixed from one track to another with no delay in between songs. I don’t have a CD player in my car and works like to listen to this cd in my car. So I take a memory stick and attempt to load this cd which is now on iTunes to the memory stick, from my iMac. When I try to bring this one cd with 13 different tracks which is continuous and no delay in between tracks, it goes into the memory stick as 13 different tracks. How can I put this cd as one file onto the memory stick? Sorry man I know it long winded but it’s frustrating, I tried many things. Thank you.
I like this video. Thank you. The tickbox, "Copy Files to iTunes media folder.....". I would love, once and for all, to have a clear mental picture of exactly what this tick box means. TICKED: Any music whatsoever that appears on my computer, whether it be in a usb drive, in my Music Folder or wheresoever it may be on my computer while automatically appears in itunes (presumeably while remaining just where it is). Therefore when the said drive is removed I will get a "Itunes cannot locate track.... "message if I try to play it in itunes. UNTICKED:???? Any help please?
The opposite. Ticked will make a COPY of any music you play in iTunes into the iTunes media folder. That means all your music in one place, and you could remove the removable driver, delete the download etc. Unticked: The opposite (it just references it where it is).
Hi av got NDX900’s for my son we are taken songs from iTunes and putting them on to usb but they are not playing on the ndx have you got any ideas ? Some are mp3 and some m4p etc can some one help. ? Thanks
You dont own apple music. Its like a rented copy with inscription. The songs can also only be played through itunes or apple music. Wont work on serato for djs.
Im having an issue migrating my iTunes music playlists from my old laptop to my Lacie external hard drive. In my old laptop I always used iTunes playlists and on Serato dj pro I use it to read from my iTunes playlists. My new laptop however has the music app not iTunes, I can plug my Lacie external drive into my new laptop and since I backed up my old laptop with time machine on it, I can pull the music folders, artists from the external Lacie to my new laptop. My problem is since I never created crates on Serato, and only used iTunes playlists, how can I transfer those iTunes playlists to pull from my external hard drive and into my new laptop Serato dj program so I can play off my external? Yes sounds complex but might not be. (hopefully)
You need to transfer your iTunes data from the old laptop to the new one. that should be possible. Once you have done that, Serato will read it as usual. Serato is capable of reading playlists etc from iTunes and from Music, so no issues there. Find an Apple guide on the right way to get everything from your old laptop iTunes to your new laptop Music and you'll be fine.
Hi! I'm a beginner, I tried to backup my Itunes music library to my external hard drive. I had Keep Itunes Media Organized and Copy files to Itunes Media Folder when adding to library. I had two of the same songs, instead of 6,000 songs, I had 12,000. I don't know what I had done wrong.
I'm not sure, but if you order the folder by "date added" or "date modified" you may be able to separate both collections and delete one of them more easily. It's important when you're doing this stuff to figure out what is happening at each step - try writing/drawing stuff on paper if it helps! And always back up...
Hi Gerald I would say to your Q to switch off or un tick the Keep iTunes Media Organized and the Copy files to ITunes Media Folder.as this will only duplicate the music files on your computer & take up twice the amount of HD space.also if you are thinking of getting the Apple steaming service... then create another account under a different name as this simple Apple music download service will cause havoc to your iTunes music filing system.i had over 80k music files & joined under a “Family” account & had to remove it 6 months later as it had almost ruined my music filing system,stay away from Apple Music or just create another account name for DJing👍🏾
I have 2 drives of music that i use when i dj. i want to use itunes again for organization but i do not want the music on my internal drive. How do i go about not letting this happen?
Yeas, Apple Music deleted my music folder. After I accidentally clicked the file (m3u8 playlist). The playlist automatically opened Aple music and uploaded all tracks from this playlist to the cloud (it was a pre-saved playlist from Rekordbox). I thought, "..why do I need these tracks in the cloud" and deleted the download... But, as it turned out, along with this, tracks are automatically deleted from the My Music folder and moved to the itunes media folder. In addition to the tracks, there was also my mix in wav format). I returned the downloads, but apple music changed the encoding, making the quality of the tracks worse. Also after that, Rekordbox 6.04 couldn't find these tracks even with the magic "autorelocation”function. Apple's technical support couldn't help.
A bit too much to help you here then unfortunately, if you're on Facebook come and join our Global DJ Network - if you make a post and explain what you're trying to do the community will be able to help: djtips.co/family :)
This didn't work at all for me. You skipped a step. How do we get to "Preferences? So many people who do tutorials rush through as if we understood everything that was going on. Many of us don't and you have to take us through, step-by-step. Just because you know what you are doing doesn't mean we all will.
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Thank you so much Phil and team 😊
I owe you hours of my time! Thank you 🙏🏼 I was going crazy with this and trying to combine the tracks on my beatport pro. This way I can import it so easily into my serato.
Awesome, sometimes it's the simplest thinks that help the most!
Hi Phil, thanks for this tip, but this will only work for non-drm files like mp3, for original ITunes Music files you would first have to convert them to mp3 format, then copy, which may have a loss in music quality.
Phil puts his music through Platinum Notes 4 and Mixed in Key. So all his files are in mp3.
I just tried this. Half my folder was mp3, great. Other half was m4a, any way around that? I want all my iTunes as mp3 for dj’ing purposes.
You can convert them within iTiunes, but why? They will all play fine as m4as.
I did the PN’s>MIK>iTunes workflow....the guy from MIK told me in an email not to delete the original music files in case something goes wrong with PN’s files.
What I did today is create a folder on my Mac desktop called it PN’smusic and moved all my PN’s files to it so I can just dump it(copy)it onto a USB SSD 2TB external drive as I formatted it EXFAT and as I only have 500 tracks in the PN’s folder anyhow but what I want to just be able to do without jumping through 100 hoops and spending more $ is to just move my traktor/PN/MIK analysed PN’s folder over onto the ssd drive and just plug straight into my linked up Denon SC5000M’s.....Jesus H Christ I just wish EP could just do the analysis right(beatgrids) and then BPM would be error free upon analysis.....sick and tired of getting bogged down in all this workflow.
I did manage to get my traktor(MIK cues and all)recently into Denon EP and on a USB target device but I accidentally chose in traktor to import music folder.....so everything inclusive of all the duplicates got imported and same in EP.....but I still got amongst all the chaos the traktor/MIK analysed files cues and all into EP but obviously it was messy so had to uninstall/re-install traktor pro 3/EP erase reformat USB drive.....sigh!
But this time before any integration with EP I need to refine beatgrids,markers in traktor pro 3 and while I’m at it check MIK cue points before importing JUST the PN’s folder/files in traktor and nothing else.
Thanx for your video but i wanna ask you something can i do the same and use my folder in Vitural DJ program?? Many paople says no because something about my DJ program don´t accept the music from Itunes.
Can we play those tracks in big festival, will the sound be as good as if we buy a track on Beatport for example? Hope you can help me out on this point. Thanks again for your support and dj tips 😊
Phil when I copied the playlist to USB stick last time my cue disappeared why did that happen I use VDJ by the way is there a correct way of transferring music within VirtualDJ?
Does it work if i have subscription of apple music or should i buy my own music on it ??
Thanks Phil. Question- Does this also copy and transfer over the Meta data? Album, Grouping, Comment, Star Rating, album cover, etc.?
The meta data that is stored in the file, yes. That which iTunes keeps in its own database (rating is one example), no. But basically, yes - most will come over.
YOU ARE THE MAN! FOREVER GREATFUL U DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HELPED ME OUT. THANKS!
Awesome, glad it helped
I got the VDJ8 issue worked out and can now play it on my pc. Can I copy songs from iTunes directly into VDJ8? Thanks!
Yeah :) This video might help get you going quick: th-cam.com/video/qA5GbtSo4sQ/w-d-xo.html
Yes that is true.
But you can't see the Artists Name. When you drag n drop into a folder (out of iTunes), the file name is only the track name.
So you have to re-tag your songs when you want to have full information.
Kostas Tsesmelis how do I do that?
Its not working for me an im getting frustrated lol smh. . . I bought a External hard drive an copied some songs onto it so they saved to my external so when i open serato an put it in a crate it gets deleted once i reopen serato after i done close it up. Im trying to make some space in my laptop an i dont want to use itunes anymore I need help lol smh
Hmm it shouldn't happen like that, I'd check out the Serato forums - usually pretty busy and helpful!
Ok this is great info, but how do I get to save a Dj mixed set with different tracks to show up as one file?
Can you clarify further what you mean?
Digital DJ Tips ok so I downloaded a cd onto iTunes, it’s a house music Dj set with say 13 tracks by various artists, this is a it’s mixed from one track to another with no delay in between songs. I don’t have a CD player in my car and works like to listen to this cd in my car. So I take a memory stick and attempt to load this cd which is now on iTunes to the memory stick, from my iMac. When I try to bring this one cd with 13 different tracks which is continuous and no delay in between tracks, it goes into the memory stick as 13 different tracks. How can I put this cd as one file onto the memory stick? Sorry man I know it long winded but it’s frustrating, I tried many things. Thank you.
I would personally use a DAW or Audacity to make the 13 files into one - might be another way of doing it but not sure off the top of my head
I like this video. Thank you.
The tickbox, "Copy Files to iTunes media folder.....".
I would love, once and for all, to have a clear mental picture of exactly what this tick box means.
TICKED: Any music whatsoever that appears on my computer, whether it be in a usb drive, in my Music Folder or wheresoever it may be on my computer while automatically appears in itunes (presumeably while remaining just where it is). Therefore when the said drive is removed I will get a "Itunes cannot locate track.... "message if I try to play it in itunes.
UNTICKED:????
Any help please?
The opposite. Ticked will make a COPY of any music you play in iTunes into the iTunes media folder. That means all your music in one place, and you could remove the removable driver, delete the download etc. Unticked: The opposite (it just references it where it is).
For some reason I followed the steps made the folder on my desktop but ITunes is not going in the folder on my Mac please help me thanks
same here
Hi av got NDX900’s for my son we are taken songs from iTunes and putting them on to usb but they are not playing on the ndx have you got any ideas ? Some are mp3 and some m4p etc can some one help. ? Thanks
m4p won't play as they're protected (probably from Apple Music subscription?), but mp3s should play fine.
When I turn off the Show Apple Music features all my music went away and did not show up, what is causing this problem?
You dont own apple music. Its like a rented copy with inscription. The songs can also only be played through itunes or apple music. Wont work on serato for djs.
Im having an issue migrating my iTunes music playlists from my old laptop to my Lacie external hard drive. In my old laptop I always used iTunes playlists and on Serato dj pro I use it to read from my iTunes playlists. My new laptop however has the music app not iTunes, I can plug my Lacie external drive into my new laptop and since I backed up my old laptop with time machine on it, I can pull the music folders, artists from the external Lacie to my new laptop. My problem is since I never created crates on Serato, and only used iTunes playlists, how can I transfer those iTunes playlists to pull from my external hard drive and into my new laptop Serato dj program so I can play off my external? Yes sounds complex but might not be. (hopefully)
You need to transfer your iTunes data from the old laptop to the new one. that should be possible. Once you have done that, Serato will read it as usual. Serato is capable of reading playlists etc from iTunes and from Music, so no issues there. Find an Apple guide on the right way to get everything from your old laptop iTunes to your new laptop Music and you'll be fine.
Good video nice job 👍😁
Thanks for watching :)
Hi! I'm a beginner, I tried to backup my Itunes music library to my external hard drive. I had Keep Itunes Media Organized and Copy files to Itunes Media Folder when adding to library. I had two of the same songs, instead of 6,000 songs, I had 12,000. I don't know what I had done wrong.
I'm not sure, but if you order the folder by "date added" or "date modified" you may be able to separate both collections and delete one of them more easily. It's important when you're doing this stuff to figure out what is happening at each step - try writing/drawing stuff on paper if it helps! And always back up...
Hi Gerald I would say to your Q to switch off or un tick the Keep iTunes Media Organized and the Copy files to ITunes Media Folder.as this will only duplicate the music files on your computer & take up twice the amount of HD space.also if you are thinking of getting the Apple steaming service... then create another account under a different name as this simple Apple music download service will cause havoc to your iTunes music filing system.i had over 80k music files & joined under a
“Family” account & had to remove it 6 months later as it had almost ruined my music filing system,stay away from Apple Music or just create another account name for DJing👍🏾
Thank you so much you have saved me so much time.
No problem!
great thank you
You're welcome :)
Do you have to buy the iTunes songs?
Yes, this is for music that you own.
If you have no money where would you go to get access to music?
Can you do this with Spotify and use on a dj app on phone??
Hey dann, do you mean with iTunes as well or getting music off Spotify?
Digital DJ Tips both for some reason I tunes and Spotify won’t load so I can play at son games. Is it because there is no WiFi.
I have 2 drives of music that i use when i dj. i want to use itunes again for organization but i do not want the music on my internal drive. How do i go about not letting this happen?
Check this out: www.imore.com/how-move-your-itunes-library-external-hard-drive :)
Thank You!
No problem :)
Will my music from a downloaded playlist work on Virtual DJ?
Hi Nitest, do you mean something like a Spotify downloaded playlist?
Is there a way to upload these to BitTube?
Not sure on that one, isn't BitTube a video platform?
is there a way you can copy your 100 playlists on 1 folder without duplicating the music file?
Good question, don't know offhand though!
it doesnt work anymore
Have you updated to "Music" now?
Yeas, Apple Music deleted my music folder. After I accidentally clicked the file (m3u8 playlist). The playlist automatically opened Aple music and uploaded all tracks from this playlist to the cloud (it was a pre-saved playlist from Rekordbox). I thought, "..why do I need these tracks in the cloud" and deleted the download... But, as it turned out, along with this, tracks are automatically deleted from the My Music folder and moved to the itunes media folder. In addition to the tracks, there was also my mix in wav format). I returned the downloads, but apple music changed the encoding, making the quality of the tracks worse. Also after that, Rekordbox 6.04 couldn't find these tracks even with the magic "autorelocation”function. Apple's technical support couldn't help.
Background music to loud I can’t focus on what you are saying 😢
You da man! Thank you! Apple makes this almost impossible. Shame on them.
Glad to have helped
It's not working for me
Where are you getting stuck?
@@digitaldjtips everything I try to do the steps it doesn't show my itunes music
A bit too much to help you here then unfortunately, if you're on Facebook come and join our Global DJ Network - if you make a post and explain what you're trying to do the community will be able to help: djtips.co/family :)
God why Does Itunes Gotta be So Confusing
It's confusing but you CAN learn it! :)
great(",)
🙂cheers
Wow
Could have showed how to create the actual Folder instead of mumbling about ...
I can’t even get iTunes working in my rekord box , absolute joke
Dude your going way to fast for this to be an instructional video
Thanks for the feedback, you can always pause and rewind :)
This didn't work at all for me. You skipped a step. How do we get to "Preferences? So many people who do tutorials rush through as if we understood everything that was going on. Many of us don't and you have to take us through, step-by-step. Just because you know what you are doing doesn't mean we all will.