Copying new mp3 version to playlist

Why is it that with an iTunes update virtually every week, it hasn't occured to anyone that when you create an mp3 version, (or any new version, for that matter), you'd like it to arrive in the the playlist you're currently in, rather than have to go searching for it? I've wondered this for years, and every time there's an update hope someone's made it a standard function, but no... Yet another Apple irritation!

ollywood wrote:
Why is it that with an iTunes update virtually every week,
iTunes has only been updated 6 times since March 2012.
it hasn't occured to anyone that when you create an mp3 version, (or any new version, for that matter), you'd like it to arrive in the the playlist you're currently in
I wouldn't want this nor have I ever wondered why it doesn't do this.
I've wondered this for years, and every time there's an update hope someone's made it a standard function, but no... Yet another Apple irritation!
Have you ever suggested this to Apple?
-> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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