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Playlist does not synchronize between iPhone and Mac
I recently noticed that playlists I created manually on my Mac do not appear on my iPhone.
What could be the reason for that?
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Shuffling Voice Memos
I've created a playlist of a selection of Voice Memos. I want to use it as a kind of audio flash card system. However, when I press "Shuffle" on the iPhone playlist, it always plays the same voice ...
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Is there a way to automatically add a tag to a song once its added to a smart playlist in itunes?
I have a playlist folder called Stars. Inside it I have 5 smart playlists. one playlist for each star rating. 1 star, 2 stars...etc. is there a way for itunes to automatically write a '1' in the ...
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How to get iTunes to play an iPhone playlist automatically when connected to iPhone
I have a habit of working/studying while listening to music. And since the Mac I am connected to at work doesn't have all the songs I want, I normally listen to the songs via iTunes from the iPhone ...
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Help Keeping Audio Lesson Playlists separate from Music
I am trying to sort out the music on my iPod into play lists, the thing is I have a bunch of playlists that are audio lessons which I'd like to appear after the music playlists.
I know if I put the ...
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How do I sync playlists with only songs on it to my iPod Nano generation 6?
I made the playlists on iTunes, and I want to title them to be able to tell what is what, but iTunes isn't syncing the playlists. Help? ,':-/
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Include entire album in Smart Playlist if one song matches criteria
Is it possible to somehow build a smart playlist that deals in albums rather than individual songs?
IE, Find all songs without album art.
Sometimes songs without album art are in an album where the ...
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Can't shuffle playlists and then sync that shuffled playlist to my iPod
Can't shuffle playlists and then sync that shuffled playlist to my iPod. I was able to do this in the previous versions of itunes just by clicking a button. That button is not there anymore. How can I ...
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How can I sync playlists created on an iPod Nano to iTunes?
I can create a playlist on my iPod Nano (7th gen), which is automatically named "New Playlist 1". I then start iTunes on Windows Vista and connect the iPod Nano to the computer. The problem is that ...
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Manually managing songs and deleting from playlist
I want to be able to delete songs off my iPhone by swiping in the Music.app. I know having 'Manually Manage songs' lets you delete songs without them returning after you re-sync everything, but I want ...
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How to make smart playlist that contain more than 1 artist
I want to make smart playlist that contain more than 1 artist.
Example:
I want to make smart playlist which artist are: Matchbox Twenty, Savage Garden, and Train.
If I fill the box like this:
The ...
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Can I “play higher rated songs more often” in iTunes 11?
After upgrading to iTunes 11, I miss the "Play higher rated songs more often" feature available in iTunes DJ from previous versions. Is there a simple way to restore this feature? I used to use a ...
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Fails to upload song and starts back at Step 1
I just added two songs to iTunes. They are long songs (60 minutes long) and are about 150 MB each. (The iTunes Match limit per song is 200 MB.) I added them to iTunes, and when Match tried to upload ...
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Album art not syncing to iPhone for playlists
A while ago I had a crash which wiped all the music synchronisation settings from my phone.
Until that point I'd synced based on selecting albums and artists in iTunes when the phone was plugged in, ...
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iTunes will not shuffle a playlist
iTunes will not shuffle a playlist at all. I have tried deleting it and making a new playlist and it still will not shuffle. Yet, if I make a completely different playlist with different artists that ...
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Missing Playlists on my iPhone after syncing with iCloud
Why did all of my iTunes playlists on my iPhone 4 disappear after I synced it with iCloud? I can see my old playlists listed on my phone when it's plugged into my desktop computer, though.
How do I ...
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I can no longer edit my iPhone's playlists
My playlists on my iPhone are no longer showing the edit button at the top. Is there a setting for this or anything to get them back?
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How to create a playlist in Quicktime Player for many files in separate subfolders?
I have a folder of .mov files that are all part of a video tutorial session. The directory looks like:
Tuts/
Tut1/
Chapter1/
1-1.mov
1-2.mov
1-3.mov
Chapter2/
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In iTunes, is there way to switch easily back and forth between tracks in two different playlists or library parts (say podcast and music)?
Use case: I often want to toggle between a podcast and a music playlist in iTunes. Say, while ironing I listen to a podcast, later when I do computer work I switch to music, then when unstacking the ...
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iPad loses my “on the go” playlist
Right after I create an "on the go" playlist on my iPad, I go back to play it, and it's gone.
I don't have the iPad connected to the computer when I make the playlist. I make the list using mp3s ...
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Is there a way to re-order a playlist?
I have an existing playlist in iTunes, and I'd like to move some tracks to the top. But when I drag them up, the cursor get a "+", and the tracks don't stay where I put them. How can I move these ...
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How can I copy a Playlist from one iTunes library to another?
I have one iTunes instance (v10.6.0.40) a Windows 7 PC. I'm having problems copying playlists from there to my Macbook Air's iTunes instance. Here's what I do:
On the Win7 machine, I right click ...
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What is the difference between .m3u8 and .m3u playlists types?
iTunes will export a few different kinds of playlists, including .m3u8 and .m3u types. What is the difference between these two file types?
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How can I copy a playlist from my iPod to iTunes?
I have some playlists which exist on my iPod only; I lost them in iTunes the last time I did a backup. How can I get these (non-smart) playlists out of the iPod, and restore them to iTunes?
I have a ...
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New Playlists aren't transferring to iPhone
Every time I make a new playlist on my computer, then sync my iPhone to my computer, the playlists never appear on my iPhone.
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Is there a 'non-destructive' way to make mix cds in iTunes?
I am looking to collect a set of songs from my iTunes Library and build a custom playlist to eventually burn onto a CD. I want the songs to be in a specific order and have the same album title when ...
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Shuffle songs in playlist only
Is there a way, in an 80GB iPod video (I think that's what it's called) to shuffle only the songs in my playlists?
In other words, when I drop into a playlist I want the songs to be shuffled, but ...
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Stop holiday/christmas/spoken word from playing in iTunes DJ?
Whilst I like Herb Albert and his Marijuana Brass Band dropping a christmas phat one, I don't appreciate it when it's July
How can I prevent them from appearing in the playlist?
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Adding playlists to iPod Nano 6th generation
I recently found out that you can add playlists from within the Nano. Can I do that from iTunes? If so, how?
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Why is “recently added” playlist under iCloud control empty on iPhone?
The playlist "recently added" is a smart playlist (created by iTunes) and lists quite some songs in iTunes on the Mac. The library is kept in the iCloud by iTunes match, so the songs and the playlists ...
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How do I sort a playlist by filename in iTunes?
I want to import an audiobook where there are 14 folders on the form "Author - CD ## - Title", and the mp3-files are on the form "### - Author - Title" (incrementally over all CDs, so the last file of ...
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Can I sort the songs in a playlist on my iPhone?
Is it possible to change the order of songs in a playlist on the iPhone? For example, if they are originally sorted alphabetically by "Artist", can I change the song order of the playlist so that the ...
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Playing youtube playlist
I can access the youtube Playlist with the default youtube application on an iOS device by tapping "More" then "Playlists", but how can I play those lists? When I tap on a playlist, it shows the list ...
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Is there a way to remove songs in a playlist from an iOS device?
There are situations where (for example to free up storage) on an iOS device with iTunes Match enabled, it would be nice to be able to remove songs on the device, based on certain attributes. For ...
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iOS 5 Sorting of list of playlists
First, a little background. I listen to my iPhone in two cars, a Honda and a BMW. The Honda uses the Aux In, and I have a Bluetooth speakerphone, through which I use Voice Control to start playlists. ...
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iTunes Smart Playlist - currently playing track
Is it possible to include the currently playing track in a smart playlist?
Ultimately, what I'm after is a smart playlist that includes tracks without a rating and tracks that I've already rated ...
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How can I make a playlist from a shuffle sequence?
Every once in a while, my iPod does a spectacular job at shuffling the perfect set of songs. Is there any way to save this sequence to a playlist so I can replay it again in the future?
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Playlist folder not showing songs from all child playlists
I have created a playlist folder which contains 2 regular playlists (i.e. not smart playlists). The hierarchy is like this:
Occasions
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+--- Party mix 1
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+--- Party mix 2
In iTunes, if I click on ...
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how to make songs in playlists not get deleted when i purge my itunes music library?
I have playlists in my itunes library.
Now the problem is that once in a while I'd liked to clear my itunes library (because sometimes it will have multiple copies of the same file especially when i ...
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Add a song into a playlist while listening to it?
Is there a button to add the song that is being currently played into a playlist on my iPhone?
So i don't have to search it back and add it manually?
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is there anyway to add a song to an existing specific playlist from my ipod touch
If I am listening to all my music and I hear a song and I think it would be great to add to a certain playlist (lets say a playlist i called "gym mix", is there anyway to do this from the iPod touch ...
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Why do playlists I create in the iPod app disappear?
Every playlist I have made in the iPod app has at some point vanished. What causes this and how do I make them persist?
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How can I drag and drop transfer a playlist of songs using home sharing?
It's easy to browse a list of songs using home sharing and import all the songs that are "not in my library".
Once that is done, is there an easy way to get the same playlist on the new library?
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Can I make an iTunes playlist comprised solely of songs that lack iTunes genius information?
I'm looking to make some lemonade with the "lemon songs" that iTunes genius doesn't know how to catalog. One such example currently is an obscure song called "Polythene Pam" by some beatles boy band ...
