Milestones

One aggravating thing is how an album can be split into two (or three or more). This generally happens when I import burned CDs. I know it's a problem with Apple. I have seen the obvious advice about making everything match: artist, album, genre, year. I have done that and yet some albums remain split.

There is a limit to the volume, unless I use external speakers (which I have not yet attempted).

Is there a way to truly increase volume? I usually play tracks two clicks from the top level, and sometimes at top level. Of course, the original source material varies. I generally listen less than 2 feet away--and rarely more than 8 feet away. It serves me fine so far, but I am wondering if there is a way to really pump the volume.

I find it odd that Apple uses a pause button, but no actual stop button.

One day (and perhaps soon) I should figure out the whole "cloud" business. I guess this can increase storage considerably. Can you create and play playlists in the cloud? I am very much in the dark on this right now. How do you have over 18 terabytes devoted to music?

The key was to click on the status bar. I have over 3,000 pieces that would take 13 days to play. As I re-create my music library, I will probably have upwards of 30,000 pieces.

Is that is "Songs" in the sidebar--below recently added, albums, and artists? If so, I am not getting any numbers at the bottom. My Apple computer is Monterey.

I am still getting comfortable with this after purchasing an Apple desktop for the first time a couple of weeks ago. So I will try a few questions here and see what I get First, I would like to know how many hours of music I have on the machine. I get it fine for albums and playlists, but not the grand total. When I used Windows Media Player, I could easily see the hours for each genre: jazz, blues, rock, etc. So far I can't find that on Apple--not by genre or grand total. Attempts to find the answer through Google searches have been unproductive.

Yes, that's it.

A few years ago I bought this set for about 17 bucks and it covers Ellington's best years. The label seems to be "Documents" and stems from Germany. It may be roughly chronological in presentation. The obscure "Swingtime in Honolulu" is track 3 of disc #1. By disc #3 we are hitting the great works form the 1940s. Too many tracks with vocals, but still a real treasure trove. Just the discs--no info booklet. Anyone familiar with this?

R.I.P. I've heard a couple of his records and enjoyed them. How old was he?

Ir is peculiar in several ways, but I am managing it OK so far.

I am working on rebuilding from scratch (or nearly so). Any more effort to recover what I had on the external HD just seems like wasted energy. I blame HP more than Apple, and there is the fact that I had a virus and maybe that affected the external HD. Sometime in the near future I will start a thread on using Apple Music.

I had one backup, but it has largely failed me with music. On other things, it was invaluable.

On another issue, it looks like that on Apple one needs to create a playlist in order to burn an album or set of songs. I can work with that, but it just seems odd. Why not burn straight from the album?

I'm now thinking the problem is with the old computer--an HP. It always seemed eccentric with storage. As I look at the external HD, I often find no tracks under an album folder; or if the tracks do appear, they don't play. There is a message something about Quick Time Player, and I really know nothing about that. Some tracks came over with methods that have been described here on the forum. On the external HD the list starts with seemingly stray tracks (not in folders). These transfer; the others do not. At least I think this is the case! I need to really look at the external HD to see what is going on. My collection runs about 3,000 hours. I think I can reproduce it through various means, though it will take time--possibly years. My old HP is dead, so there is no more use of that.

Back to the original idea---transferring the music files. I did get some music on, but less than 10%. I thought dragging the folder/files from external hard drive to "music/downloads" would do it, but it seems not--nor the similar copy and paste. So much for simple methods. I've tried Migration Assistant, which seemed to start and then stall. I thought Time Machine might work, but I think that's for something else. Pretty baffled right now.

There is headphone jack (desktop computer) and I tried the speakers there. I figured they would not work, and they don't. Some special adapter?

What do people think of sound quality on Apple? I assumed it would be rather good, and it is (at the least) respectable. But I had been using Bose external speakers on previous computers. I like those a lot, and they provide better stereo effect. There is no clear way to connect those up to this new one. I'm not much of a techie, despite using computers pretty heavily for more than three decades.

Slowly working on things. There is a lot to get used to. A big issue was the Word files--vital for my work and much else. Music is a pleasure, albeit a consuming pleasure. The situation is not bad...about 24 hours later. I will keep working and surely pose more questions.

Part of the problem is that the old computer is dead.

The computer is here. I have been messing with it for a couple of hours. I was able to get much of my music on the new one...hard to tell how much. Navigation is.a nightmare, especially the appearing and mostly vanishing scroll bar. It looks like organization will be difficult. Also, I am still thinking I can't transfer my playlists--a huge number and a big deal for me.

A significant figure for sure. I like quite a few of his songs, but I think of him mostly as an actor. I agree that he was great in Odds Against Tomorrow.

Seems like I am getting quite different answers...not all that surprising. I have not used Apple music before on my own previous computers. I last had an HP and before that Dells. I am switching to an Apple computer because of reputation and personal recommendations. I've had some experience on it with my wife's laptop. My own Apple will be delivered tomorrow: April 26. More to follow....

TTK, Of the artists you named, I have about 4 records in my collection. I have a lot by Miles, Coltrane, Sonny, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, and many more--but I have to say I was TRYING to get those records.