Hi Esther, Thank you for all this info. It didn't occur to me to try CMD-I because I thought it would just give me title, author, that sort of thing. I wil try the Command-I option and see what it turns up. It seems really unlikely that I am sharing someone else's library, given that we're only talking about four songs. But if CMD-I yields nothing, I will check those settings out as well. Best, Donna
-----Original Message----- From: Esther <mori...@mac.com> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: songs appearing in iTunes? Hi Donna, If you want to check the source of tracks that are in your iTunes library that you think may have been purchased, you can do so. You can check when iTunes tracks were purchased (and by whom) by selecting the track and using "Get Info" (Command-I), and choosing the "Summary" tab. You'll be able to read off whether the track has DRM (the "Kind" field will include the word "Protected" -- e.g., "Protected AAC audio file" instead of "Purchased AAC audio file"), the size, bit rate, sample rate, play count, last played date, along with fields for "Purchased by", "Account Name", and "Purchase Date". Even "free" tracks from the iTunes Store are registered as "Purchased" -- just for $0.00. On the other hand, tracks that you've encoded yourself won't have these fields. You can also check your complete purchase history on iTunes by logging in, and checking your account. If you've logged in, then the "Store" menu on the iTunes menu bar will have an entry for "View my account" (followed by your account name), and you'll be prompted for your password. There will be a button for "Purchase History" that you can press (VO-Space). You'll get a list of your purchases shown by date (most recent first), and a Previous Purchases menu where you can select a month and year period to check. I think that just querying the tracks you don't recognize with "Command-I" will tell you what you need. The other possibility, as others have mentioned, is that your iTunes Sharing preferences have been set to view other iTunes libraries on the same network, and that you're able to play songs that are in someone else's iTunes library. You can check your iTunes preferences with Command-Comma to bring up the preferences menu, then select the "Sharing" tab and see whether "Look for shared libraries" is checked. However, music tracks that are from shared libraries shouldn't appear mixed in with your own. The libraries show up (identified by name) in the source table, and you need to expand those libraries to view and play the associated music that is shared for streaming play. HTH Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
