# iTunes question re: inverted lists when adding to library

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 12:05:53

Well, the subject line pretty much says it all. When I was adding songs to my iTunes library, apparently my fingers were flying faster than my computer. I've somehow managed to screw up the list that appears in the add to library dialog. Here's what I'm doing. In my list of music that I've already added, in iTunes, I'm hitting control O to open the add music to library dialog. The dialog appears but the songs are in order from z to a rather than a to z. I can't seem to figure out how to invert that list back to normal. Any ideas? Thanks!

## Post 2 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 18:03:18

That has nothing to do with how you added them.
On one computer, my list is top to bottom. On the other, it is the other way.
I have seen the setting, so I'll look and tell you.
But, you can now use the first letter of a song to get to that section, so scrolling your list to find it is no lonter necessary.
Example, you want to hear Taylor Swift. You can go to artist, and type T, then scroll to her.
If in the song list, type the first letter of the songs title.
Or artist, and scroll.
Hope that made sense.
Now, this is likely to change June 30th,due to Apple adding Apple music.
but I'll look up your issue.

## Post 3 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 18:17:51

Here is what I did just now.
I'm not sure if it will stick, but it worked. Smile.
Open the iTunes and set it on songs.
Arrow, then type the letter A. Now your list scrolls from A to Z.
Tell me if that works.

## Post 4 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 18:22:38

Oh, and closing it and opening it requires you to type that letter A to get your list in the order you want.
Type Z and it will go bottums up.
Has to be a way to fix it, but I've not figured it yet.
This only happens on one computer, so.
iTunes is sort of different on my machines, but totally cool.
I am interested in testing the new service, so will sign up for the 3 months trial.
Provided, it is accessible.

## Post 5 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 18:55:15

I'm about to pull my hair out with iTunes. lol I've uninstalled and reinstalled it and deleted the library that I goofed up and it's still being a pain in the ass. I'll try the things you suggested and let you know how they work. All of this because I had to replace the hard drive on my desktop and reinstall everything. Now the computer is working like a dottering old man rather than the stallion it once was. Grrr. I'm sooooooo close to just buying a iMac but I also had to just purchase my own copy of Openbook so who knows. Anyway, I'm just ranting at this point. lol I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks !

## Post 6 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 08-Jun-2015 20:20:38

So, after uninstalling and reinstalling all apple/iTunes components, iTunes still crashes whenever I try to add music to the library. Holy cow! This is frustrating.

## Post 7 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2015 14:18:56

Depends if you are adding a song or folder.
Next, I'll bet you didn't uninstall iTunes from the program files. Smile.
To to computer, open the OS and delete it from the regular and the 64 files too.
Then reinstall.
As to your hard drive, if you got a new drive but the machine isn't working par, you need another new drive.
Somethings not right with that one.
A new drive should make a machine go snap, even better then when you were using it.
Should work like new.
Also, you can simple import your whole music collection, if that is your desire.
The latest version is really stable.
Need more help, describe your other issues, and I'll try to answer them.

## Post 8 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2015 8:58:09

Thanks.
Yeah, I'm not so sure about this hard drive. You'd think the Geek Squad would have caught a bad drive but maybe not. Anyway, I finally just imported the entire folder and am taking the opportunity to really clean it up, editing song titles and artists to correct spelling and make things more uniform and all that. lol How's that for finding a silver lining. lol
When I uninstalled it, I actually found a guide on apple.com detailing how to remove the program Boy that thing sure does leave pieces of itself all over the place. lol Here's another question. Does iTunes work better on a Mac?
Version 12.1.2 works great on Windows aside from the crashing when trying to add songs one-by-one to the library. I'm just curious because eventually, I'm going to get a Mac. It's just a matter of when.
As always, thanks for your help. I knew I could count on you. (smile)

## Post 9 by forereel (Just posting.) on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2015 13:39:22

When you put songs in iTunes, if fixes them for you most times.
I don't think it is better on a Mac.
People seems to hate it with a passion, or love it. Lol
I'd get that drive replaced.
It really isn't working par, and it should.
It is possible to get a bad drive. It can't be really tested until it is kind of, so if yours is not working like it did when you got your computer, you need it replaced.