How to rip a CD to iTunes on a PC and save it on a flashdrive or an SD card

I have just purchased a lovely new CD of songs by one of my favourite song writers and singers, and I want to listen to this on my upcoming holiday without taking the CD along.  In fact I want to listen to it on my little portable player. Apple’s iTunes is a free download, and is one of the best ways to rip, organize and enjoy the music you have purchased.

When you rip CDs to iTunes to create digital songs the default files are known as AAC files but you CAN change the kind of files that iTunes creates when you rip CDs and add them to your music library. I have iTunes on my PC and I have set that to convert songs that are imported to Mp3s.  I did this after reading this blogpost ‘How to Change iTunes CD Import Settings’.  So, as a result, my Windows laptop now automatically rips songs as MP3s into iTunes.

Step 1: Open iTunes on your PC and insert a CD into your PC’s CD player
iTunes will immediately pick up the CD and try to locate it on the Internet. It will ask you which CD this is.

Step 2: Follow the prompts
The songs with their titles will show up in your Itunes interface if you have the Internet turned on, and iTunes will ask you if you wish to import the songs to your iTunes library. Answer Ýes’.  Note that if your Internet is turned off the songs will show up unnamed.  Check the boxes next to the songs you would like to import.

iTunes chimes when it has finished importing your checked list of songs.

Step 3: Create a new playlist for your CD
Go to File/New/Playlist and give your playlist a name.

Step 4: Open Playlists

Step 5: Add the recently imported songs to your newly created playlist

Click on the name of the Playlist and then click on ‘Add to’
Find the imported songs folder and click on it to open it.

Drag the songs into the playlist and select Done

You’ll see that your songs will now be added to the playlist.

Step 6: Add your playlist to your SD card or flashdrive

• Go to your default Music library on your PC and look for iTunes

• From there I select Itunes Media/Music/Compilations and find the name of the playlist. 
• Right click on the playlist to open a window.
• Select Send to/SD card (or it could be Removable Disk should you choose the flashdrive option)

Your music is now ready to list to via your chosen media which, in my case, is on a removable disk that plays on my audio player.