Administrator LimeWire to itunes Ipod
 

I have tried to search posts all over the net to try and figure out how to get the song I downloaded from Limewire that did go directly to my itunes in a "Administrator LimeWire Itunes" folder to my ipod. I can not click and drag and have tried to move them in a folder (not sure I get that) but am having NO luck!! please help!!!:confused:
thanks!
JEN

Are you running Vista?
What we have commented on the forums about is that the LW playlist & LW library you see in iTunes is not copiable or burnable & not transferrable to iPod. You need to properly add the files to iTunes music library first. Several ways of doing this. If using LW 5 you can set LW to auto copy files directly to iTunes. Else, you can drag & drop the files onto the iTunes Library icon from the desktop. See more here: How to transfer music to my iPod (& iTunes) {click on link}

You are not the first, many people get confused when they see the LW playlist/Library listing in iTunes. They are simply playlists to share across a LAN. But unless the songs have been copied to iTunes, they still remain in your LW download folder & iTunes is only referencing them from that location for play purposes. ;)

still need clairification
 

I see these below and I am still not sure how to get them from the Administrator folder in itunes to my ipod...thank you!!!

To add music files manually to LimeWire, see below:

* A 1st iTunes File menu > Add to Library... & select the songs to add. Hold SHIFT key for selecting multiple songs.
* B Drag & drop the songs onto iTunes Library icon above the playlists. This can be via your Saved Files or Shared folders or directly via LW's Library window.
* C Create a Playlist within LW. Save it with a unique name & as an m3u file. Then import that playlist into iTunes. Then go to iTunes menu >Advanced>Consolidate Library. This will copy the actual files to iTunes own library folders.
* D Launch your new songs from LW's Library>Saved Files folder whilst iTunes is your default player. Once iTunes opens it will copy the songs to its music library. But make sure LW's media player is disabled & also, iTunes menu>Preferences>Advanced & 'Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library' option is ticked! LW's menu bar>Tools>Options>Player & uncheck option to enable LW's media player. Setting default audio program

ps not on vista
 

you asked if i was using vista and I am not some version of windows, maybe XP..

Open the folder where the songs are, drag & drop the song files onto the Library icon at top left of iTunes window. Easy as that. :)
You could even try drag & dropping the folder the songs are in onto the library icon on iTunes. ;)

I asked if it was vista in case of permissions issues.

drag and drop
 

when I try to drag and drop frome LW there is a circle with a line though it and it won't release into itunes....:confused:

quicklist
 

all songs I want to put on ipod are in the quicklist folder in LW...

Go to LW's Library window, select one of those files you downloaded. Right-click that file & choose Locate on Disk. The LW download folder will open up on your desktop with the files inside. Now, drag & drop the music files onto iTunes Library icon.

To save having to do this in future since you're using LW 5, go to LW's menu bar, Tools menu then Options, then click the Downloads tab. You will see an option at bottom of that option window which says do you wish to copy songs to iTunes. Make sure you tick/check it to mean yes. Press OK button. :)

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

i got it, thanks so much!!
jen

Hello all how do I create a playlist using the new lime wire.....