I 2nd that. I followed the lead of some others, and made an esther folder.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Thanks again, Esther. You've given me a lot to think about and explore. > It's kind of funny how quickly we get used to our way of doing things, > whether or not it's actually the most efficient way. I'm going to spend some > time exploring all this and sorting it out. > > I know that I and others have said this before, but thank you so much for all > you contribute to the list. I've learned a great deal from you in the time > I've been using a Mac. > Cheers, > Donna > On Feb 27, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> I'll comment on Ricardo's suggestion to use the Search field, which you can >> get to with Command-Option-F (or Control-Option-F in Windows). It's a good >> one, provided you know that the search doesn't pull in items from other >> fields. The thing to realize about the Search text field is that it works >> as a filter on everything that you choose to display for a track in the >> "View" options for that library. So as long as you type a search field that >> matches only the items in your album, it's fine to do a command-a to select >> all and then delete. Let's say you typed "Abbey Road" into the search field. >> It will match all instances where these words appear in the Album title, >> song title, comments, or any other field that is views in the songs table -- >> so you may pull out the same song from other albums. Unless you're very >> sure that you've typed in a unique search term, you'd be better off at least >> navigating to the songs table after your search and doing a sort >> (VO-Shift-Backslash) on the Album column (and yes, you do need to interact), >> and check that the same album name is at the top and bottom of the list -- >> no interlopers of music tracks that you don't want to delete. If you're >> clean, do the Command-A to select all and then delete. If not, go up to the >> last matching album list entry, press your shift key and arrow up to the top >> (or to the first matching entry) and delete. >> >> The trick to working efficiently in iTunes is to work in large blocks with >> each action, and a combination of the file browser and the search box can >> quickly get you to many combinations, since they can work together. With the >> browser you can separately select by artist, album, genre, composer etc. in >> any combination (e.g., first select an artist to filter out all works, then >> select one or more of the albums you want, then use command-option-F and >> type in search text to filter the remaining results). If that doesn't work, >> you can also use "smart playlist" rule criteria to find things --- e.g. the >> songs by artist so and so that I played more than 50 times in the last 3 >> months. >> >> Just some things to think about. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:13, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hey Ricardo, >>> >>> thanks! I share your aversion for interacting with things, so I'll >>> definitely play around with this. It hadn't dawned on me to use the search >>> function. It's amazing how many different ways there are to accomplish >>> things on the Mac, and how, even after using a Mac for a year and a half, >>> you realize how much more you have to learn. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> >>>> What Tim said works fine but, I think their is an easier way. Just go to >>>> music in the sources list and then press command option F to take you to >>>> the search field. Now type in the name of the album. All you have to do >>>> now is navigate to the songs table, press command a to select everything >>>> and hit backspace. Note: You will want to make sure only songs from the >>>> album you typed int into the search are in the songs table. I just feel >>>> avoiding interacting with things is a faster way to go about tasks like >>>> this. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Tim,. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks so much for this. The VO-Shift-Backslash is a command I hadn't >>>>> seen before. >>>>> Best, >>>>> Donna >>>>> On Feb 27, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Go to Music in your Sources List. >>>>>> 2. Interact With the Music Table. >>>>>> 3. Navigate to the Album column. >>>>>> 4. Press VO-shift-back slash to sort by Album. >>>>>> 5. Navigate to the first item in that album. >>>>>> 6. Hold down your sift key as you arrow through the rest of the album. >>>>>> 7. Press the Delete key to remove it. >>>>>> 8. You can press "m" to tell iTunes to Move the items to the Trash when >>>>>> the dialog appears. >>>>>> >>>>>> Note: If the Album column is not displaying, press cmd-j to bring up >>>>>> the View Options and check the Album column. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2011-02-27, at 11:03 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a CD in my itunes library that is a compilation of songs from >>>>>>> different artist. I'd like to remove it. Does anyone know if there's >>>>>>> some way to just remove the whole album, rather than hunting out each >>>>>>> of the different artist and deleting individual tracks? As always, any >>>>>>> help is much appreciated. >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Donna >>>>>>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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