Feature Needed...if even possible

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I'm looking through the managed preferences for iTunes and even through the ManifestDestiny ones for iTunes and I am not seeing a way to disable the option to be able to import CDs.

Our teachers love to bring CDs from home and import them onto their computers at work. Sadly that is frowned upon by ASCAP and other companies. I need a way to be able to:

  1. Disable the option to import completely

or

  1. At least make this setting so that the default is to play the CD not import it

Am I way out of line in my thinking here? I appreciate any help anyone can give.

P.S. - I know that some may say to just disable the CD drive but that is not an option as they use it for movies, music, software, etc.

2 REPLIES 2

PeterG
Contributor II

Maybe you could just script the erasure of the contents of their Music folder.

That way, even if they import, it will be deleted. Then they will get sick of fighting the system.

Peter

russeller
Contributor III

You could use Lingon (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19879/lingon
) which is a graphical user interface for creating and editing launchd
configuration files. Launchd has a "watchpath" function. Perhaps you
could have it delete music once it detects imports from iTunes, along
the lines of the suggestion from Peter.

Steven.