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Winrar? please help!

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kylemiller
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alright so ive downloaded winrar and just downloaded a lyricson album that was a rar. file
i open it with winrar and cant figure out how to get the songs into my itunes? i can click them and play the song but it always says the original file canont be found

PLEASE HELP
Aug 28 2009 11:38AM
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fourhundred
Posts: 2760 - Karma: 21
when you download it make sure you save it to your desktop then extract the files to your desktop again then drag those files to itunes, thats what i do anyways
Aug 28 2009 11:41AM
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kylemiller
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thanks! 10/10 karma
Aug 28 2009 11:50AM
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kylemiller
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can i now delete the files on my desktop?
Aug 28 2009 11:51AM
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mattytru
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yeah you can because when you dragged them to itunes it made a copy of them for the itunes music folder
Aug 28 2009 12:01PM
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fourhundred
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well it wont let you listen to the songs in your itunes if you delete it but once you've synced them to your ipod they'll always be on there unless you delete the songs from your itunes as well. 

Aug 28 2009 12:01PM
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spruitm
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you can if you have the "Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" box checked in itunes
Aug 28 2009 12:03PM
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mattytru
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yeah and im pretty sure on mac that is default
Aug 28 2009 12:05PM
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doublexl
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THIS IS A MUCH EASIER WAY TO DO IT:

- make a folder on your comp specifically for music
- find an album you wanna DL and save it in that folder
- when its done, right click and hit extract with winrar
- it will make a second folder with the songs in it
- drag the songs into iTunes, but dont delete them
- you can delete the .rar now, but id keep the folder with the songs in it

also, i only use winrar for compressing. ExtractNow is better for extracting, imo
Aug 28 2009 3:14PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
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go to epicwinrar.com and they will help you thru it
Aug 28 2009 4:51PM
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