How to Manually Add a Music Folder to iTunes 11.0.2.

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   Step 1: NOTE: Updated to iTunes 11.0.4.4;

   "If you do not click on "Music" first and have a folder clicked, the new folder will appear as a sub-folder of the one you have clicked on. ,  For example, if you click on the folder and then click the plus sign at the bottom left and select "New Playlist," a new playlist will show up in the folder.  If you need to change a title of either a folder or a playlist, just click on the name twice and you will be able to change the name. ,  Say you have a mentor and they have three courses with 6 MP3s each.  You can create 3 separate playlists in a folder with her/his name. , The folder name would be your teacher's name for example and the playlists would be Course 1, Course 2, etc. ,, The file will land in your playlist for Course 1 of Teacher 1's folder in iTunes.
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   Step 2: Click on "Music" just under the word "Library" which is just under the menu at the top left.

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   Step 3: Click on the plus sign (bottom left of iTunes 11.0.4.4) right or left click; it doesn't matter which) and select "New Playlist Folder.

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   Step 4: Now you can create a series of playlists in the folder you have just created.

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   Step 5: The new playlist will now be in the previously created folder.

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   Step 6: You can now add individual files to each playlist within the folder you have with the mentor's name on it.

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   Step 7: In Windows simply copy and paste files from the folder they are located in on your hard drive to the individual playlist by going to the file in the folder it's stored in and right clicking on it and selecting copy.

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   Step 8: Then go to the playlist within your folder in iTunes (click open the playlist so the title is showing in iTunes) and select "Paste" from the Edit drop-down menu at the top.

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