Importing Audio Files into Your Library

Another potential source of music for your Library is the Internet. There are millions of audio files there, and you can download these files and add them to your Library.

Caution

Make sure that you don't download and add illegal files to your Library. In addition to this being the wrong thing to do, you can get prosecuted for downloading files illegally. Make sure any Web sites from which you get files have those files legally with permission of the files' creators.

Or, you might have lots of MP3 files on your computer already. You can add all these to your iTunes Library so that you can use that music from within iTunes as well.

You can add music that is stored on your hard drive to your iTunes Library by following these steps:

1.	Locate the files you want to add to your Library. For example, find the MP3 files on your hard drive or go to a Web site that has audio files, such as MP3 files, and download them to your computer.
2.	Using iTunes on a Windows computer, choose File, Add File to Library to add individual music files or File, Add Folder to Library to add a folder full of music files. On a Mac, choose File, Add to Library. If you used the Add Folder to Library command, you'll see the Browse For Folder dialog box. If you used the Add File to Library command, you'll see the Add to Library dialog box. Tip On a Mac, you can choose a folder containing files you want to import using the Add to Library dialog box.
3.	Use the dialog box to move to and select the folder containing the files you want to add or to select the files you want to add to the Library.
4.	Click Open, OK or Choose (the name of the button you see depends on the command you use). The files you selected will be imported into your Library. If you selected a folder, all the songs it contains will be added to your Library. You can also add song files to your iTunes Library by dragging them from the desktop onto the Content pane. This does the same thing as using one of the Add to Library commands.