Create a playlist from a song/album

Just curious if there is an easier, less backwards way to create a playlist in iOS 6 on the iPhone 5 rather than going to the playlist tab, clicking new playlist, typing in the name, and then adding tracks?
Seems rather lame if that is the only way. You should have the option to start a song or album and choose "Create Playlist from Song/Album" and then have it auto-name the playlist based on the title. Am I missing an obvious step or option here?
Sometimes these steps are buried and hard to find.
Thanks,
Toby

Well that is very disappointing. Apple should take their cue from Spotify. You can create a playlist from any album or song you are listening to and not have to add song by song to a list.
Apple always seems to be one step behind the obvious choice. They lose me more and more each day.
Step up guys!!!

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How do i create a playlist from an album?

apparently i have to type more here to get the ball rolling...?
I am new to iTunes. I have loaded a few albums from CD into iTunes, and I can play them & even burn new CDs... But I'd like to do more complex stuff, and the help screens I have read seem to assume a lot of stuff I don't know.
That's why I started with what I thot was a simple question (How do i create playlist from album; ****! I can't even copy & paste here!) but I dont think I have even submitted my question yet.
Maybe i shoulda started with a question about HOW to navigate in the "Apple Support Communities"...
I apologize for any protocol violations i am committing with this & pray some one will take pity on an old guy who doesn't speak 'apple'...

Hello Rhea,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you are trying to create a playlist of a specific album. I have a couple of suggestions you can try.
First, your menu options may currently be hidden in iTunes. I recommend turning them on first if they are not currently visible:
To keep the iTunes menus active, change the setting by selecting the Menu icon in the upper-left, and then selecting Show Menu Bar. Alternatively, you can press Control-B.
Find more information about the enabling the menu in this article:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
Next, follow these steps to create your playlist. In step 3, drag the album tracks to the playlist you created:
Create a playlist
Choose File > New > Playlist.
Type a name for the playlist.
To add items, drag them to the playlist on the right side of the iTunes window.
When you’re finished adding items, click Done.
You can find those steps in the following article:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Create a playlist
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12340
There is an alternate way you can create a playlist as well using the sidebar. First, you will need to make the sidebar visible:
Show Sidebar - Choose View > Show Sidebar (this feature will display iTunes features on the left side of the application including Library, Store, Shared, Genius, and Playlists).
These steps are available in this article:
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
Once you have the sidebar enabled, follow the steps in this video to create a playlist and add an album to it (the title of this video says iTunes 10, but the steps are the same for iTunes 11 once you enable the sidebar):
iTunes 10: Playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI71
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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Hi Cornellius,
From the now playing screen there's a Create button at the bottom that allows you to create a
Genius Playlist
New Station form Artist
New Station from Song
IPhone Help, Browse and play
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph3cf21a82
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Archived - Genius for iPod and iPhone
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2978
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                                    set aut to text 2 thru -2 of (last text item)
                              else
                                    set aut to (last text item)
                              end if
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                        set text item delimiters to "\""
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      end try
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ShadowDancer1000 wrote:
I wish Apple would have provided more detail on how it worked. I wouldn't have posted this if I new that SMS & Mac Calling had nothing to do with Bluetooth pairing.
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Check your settings
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For the non-technical person, which overwhelmingly many Apple users are, they would see that bulleted point and think if Bluetooth is not paired and active, then they would not received the full scope of their Continuity features.
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Create a Playlist from your

I know how to do one from the Zen Micro itself but how to i make one on the PC, i've installed the software and searched here aswell, also the manual is not the clear.
Can someone do a step by step guide if possible? Thanks a million!
Also could i add to a playlist when out with the player?

hunterbgood wrote:[...] It just seems like alot of work to create a playlist.My other mp3 player just is drag all the tracks into a folder i've named and then copy it into the player.
^I prefer <B>Zen Media Explorer</B>- it's basically the same method of copying files as Windows Explorer- just highlight the tracks you want and drag them from your PC's music folder into whichever Playlist on your Zen that suits you.
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