Hello jzzmusician. Gosh, have to say I'm very surprised to hear 15 minutes to rip a CD. That has not been my experience using the latest version of iTunes (v12.3.2.35) or even previous versions. Recent CDs I imported to my iTunes library took at most a minute or two. Certainly under 5 min. I am no IT guru so we will quickly reach the limit of what I can tell you. Checking iTunes' General Preferences Tab and then Import Settings, I see that I have "Apples Lossless Encoder" selected along with "Use Error Correction When Reading Audio CDs". The import settings are all "automatic" for ALAC (but can be customized for WAV, AIFF, etc.). Is it possible your CDs are dirty or damaged (pls. don't take offense)...triggering a lot of error correction? Lots of CD treatment products available if needed; low budge option: eye glass cleaning spray and microfibre cloths. Because of storing my iTunes library on an external drive, I do have to hold down the option button when clicking on the iTunes icon. This generates a pop up window asking me to choose the iTunes library...from there I choose the .itl iTunes library file on the external drive as shown in Finder.
dbtom2 - appreciate your follow up comments. I often feel like the poor country cousin on A'gon. Nice to read supporting comments. Good points too about shutting down any non-essential programs and doing a re-boot prior to importing CDs.
As a follow up to my own initial comments...those were intended as a simple way for jzzmusician to get started. Figure out how to do the basics then worry about new hardware and/or software that might well give better sound but will likely mean more $ and greater complication. Only he/she can decide if the benefit is worth the extra effort.
Ciao.
dbtom2 - appreciate your follow up comments. I often feel like the poor country cousin on A'gon. Nice to read supporting comments. Good points too about shutting down any non-essential programs and doing a re-boot prior to importing CDs.
As a follow up to my own initial comments...those were intended as a simple way for jzzmusician to get started. Figure out how to do the basics then worry about new hardware and/or software that might well give better sound but will likely mean more $ and greater complication. Only he/she can decide if the benefit is worth the extra effort.
Ciao.