Slow CD importing on Late 2011 MBP 15"

The importing speed of audio CDs is limited by the CPU and the speed of the optical disk drive (ODD), adding more RAM and an SSD will not speed up the import process.

With my C2D 2.0 GHz iMac it took me about 20 minutes to import one audio CD.

I haven't ripped a CD in a while, but I remember it going pretty fast. I'd think it should go a bit faster than that. I would encode at not a great quality though. If you have the encoding bitrate jacked up, that could affect the speed. What does your CPU look like when you encode?

i assume you are using iTunes.

you could try this: under Preferences...General...Import Settings.... de-select "Use error correction...."

mine goes from 5x to 30x

mike5065 said:

i assume you are using iTunes.

you could try this: under Preferences...General...Import Settings.... de-select "Use error correction...."

mine goes from 5x to 30x

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Wow. Thanks for that information - it is very interesting and extremely useful to know, especially for those of us (such as myself) who still import CDs.

To the OP: I have had this problem, too. Actually, I had a 2008 MBP and I have to say that the internal drive was exceedingly slow (when importing CDs) on occasion which surprised me quite a bit as I thought the whole thing would have been a lot more seamless.