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Before iTunes 11, I was able to simply select my view options for the playlist, highlight my songs, hit copy, and paste them into a blog post.

Now, with iTunes 11, it seems I am unable to do something so simple. I found a workaround for now, printing the playlist as a pdf and copying the contents into a blog post. This is irritating to me, as I need something much quicker and more efficient.

Does anyone know how to get back the simple copy and paste functionality? Or is there a simple way similar to this? I don't want to export to an excel file or export the whole library, I just want the view options I have selected, artist, track, and album, not the entirety of each song's information.

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That is what we are trying to achieve. It doesn't work for me, either. I get embedded media -- a speaker icon in Pages, a playback widget in Text Edit. Have tried with both the menu and cmd-C. I am on Lion. Perhaps it is an OS-level difference? – Jim Dec 19 '12 at 9:51
@Jim Did you try pasting to a plain text view (or selecting Make Plain Text in TextEdit)? – Lauri Ranta Dec 19 '12 at 12:36

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Hmm, don't have this problem. Is the Edit/Copy entry enabled for you? Because if I hit copy, and then paste into a text file, for given screenshot I obtain :

2 of 12 Aquele plano para me esquecer Adriana Calcanhotto O micróbio do samba Brasileira 6 60 3:01
6 Suavemente Elvis Crespo 5* / Top40 Latin 2 100 4:24
12 La Camisa Negra Juanes 5*/Top40 Pop 100 3:35
1 I Need A Dollar Aloe Blacc 5* / Top40 Soul 4 100 4:04

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is it what you're trying to achieve?

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If you are using wordpress for your blog, like I am, I used the little icon of a clipboard with a T in it, which stands for insert plain text. They also have a W one next to it which is for insert from Microsoft Word. The plain text (T) one worked for me, hopefully it will work for you. Maybe you could try pasting into Text Edit and then copying from there if you don't use Wordpress for your blog – Rachel Meltzer Jan 7 at 23:03
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For simplicity's sake, ensure you're in a plain list view, either Songs or Playlist as @kraymer also shows. You cannot accomplish this from the large cover art views.

More specifically I suggest you create a playlist that has your view options enabled, add songs to it, and clear it when you're done.

It is still possible to copy/paste these entries as you were able to do previously:

Rocket Man  3:27    Aethernaut  6 of 11 Steam Fist Island II
Obstacle Course 4:00    Aethernaut  8 of 11 Steam Fist Island II
Unpause the Heat    3:19    Aethernaut  1 of 5  Super Mega Ultra
The Moon    3:23    Aethernaut  1 of 1  The Moon
2011-2010=1 2:19    Aethernaut  1 of 6  2011-2003=8
2011-2009=2 3:41    Aethernaut  2 of 6  2011-2003=8
2011-2008=3 3:15    Aethernaut  3 of 6  2011-2003=8
2011-2007=4 3:28    Aethernaut  4 of 6  2011-2003=8
2011-2006=5 4:17    Aethernaut  5 of 6  2011-2003=8
2011-2005=6 4:04    Aethernaut  6 of 6  2011-2003=8

iTunes Playlist Screenshot

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