CD's made using Itunes will not allow the files to be ripped to another computer

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CD's made using Itunes will not allow the files to be ripped to another computer

I make music. I loaded 6 original songs onto Itunes in my IMac, named them and added all information. Then I burned them to a CD. Works and sounds great as expected. However, now I want to take this CD and rip one of the songs into a windows computer. The only thing I see is "track 01" @ 47kbs rather than the actual song at 62MBs. When I drag and drop to desktop I get a 1Kb image. Other "non Itunes" CD's rip as expected.

Any thoughts?

Thank you

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 29, 2025 08:20 AM

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Answer 1

Phil0124

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May 29, 2025 08:49 AM in response to LizarkKing1960

Sounds like you created an audio CD, as such, dragging to the desktop will not rip the song out. Same as trying to drag a song from a commercial CD to the desktop.

In those cases, you need to rip the song like you would a commercial CD using iTunes or another application that can do so.

click here ➜ Import songs from CDs into iTunes on PC - Apple Support

Dragging it to the Desktop is not ripping.

Unless you made a data CD with discreet files on it, you won't be able to drag it out like that.

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Answer 2

May 29, 2025 09:18 AM in response to Phil0124

Good to know, thank you Phil0124

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CD's made using Itunes will not allow the files to be ripped to another computer

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