How to Rip a CD with iTunes

Verify that your iTunes settings match these screens.

• Open iTunes
• Click Edit:Preferences
  
• Click the General tab
  
  
  
• Click the Audio tab
  
  
  
• Click the Importing tab
  
  
  
• Click the Burning tab
  
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• Click the Sharing tab
  
  
  
• Click the Store tab
  
  
  
• Click the Advanced tab
  
  I have an additional hard drive, hence the iTunes Music folder location of
  E:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes
  
  You should see:
  C:\My Documents\iTunes\iTunes Music
  if you've modified your "My Documents" directory according to the System Tutorial
  
  
  The above settings will only need to be
  entered when you first install or upgrade iTunes.
  
  These settings result in maximum quality and versatility
  of your digital backups (MP3s).

• Insert Audio CD
  The CDDB window will pop up, this means the tracks are being looked up in the database (CDDB = CD DataBase).
  Once the songs appear on the screen, simply hit the Import button on the upper right:
  
  
  Congratulations! You've just ripped an audio CD at the best possible quality!
  Enjoy your newfound addiction! ;}

Things to Know About iTunes

• "Import" to convert an audio CD to MP3
• Drag MP3 files from a CD or "downloads folder" on your hard drive to "library" in iTunes to copy.
• Once they're copied, any changes you make (album art, additional comments, info) will be to the iTunes copy and the original copy in the "downloads" folder will be untouched. You can then back up the orginal or delete it to free up space.
• iTunes organizes the music you import, or copy into iTunes, into Folders.
• The folders are: Artist Name, Album
• The tracks are named track#number - track name.mp3
• When listening to online radio, choose the highest bit-rate as it will sound the best.