Genius Mixes Question

Does anyone know if you can sync a Genius Mix on iTunes with an iTouch?
Thanks

Yes, as long as the iPod is running OS 3.1 or later.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2895
Regards.

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Basic Questions about Genius Mixes vs Genius Playlists

I'm new to the Genius feature of iTunes, and I would just like a clarification. Please confirm and deny this basic understanding of what I think I've learned about how Genius works.
In another thread that I read, I think that it was mentioned that there is a difference between what Apple calls a "Genius Mix" and a "Genius Playlist." That distinction was lost on me in Apple's documentation, but someone here mentioned that they are not the same thing, which explained why, during iTunes' initial creation of Genius Mixes I could discover no corresponding Genius Playlist(s).
From what I can gather, Genius Playlists are the song lists which I, a user, can create in iTunes by selecting any song in my library as the seed and clicking on the Genius button. Those song lists can then be used as the basis for playlists which I can create and add to other playlists that I can create without using the Genius feature. Right?
In contrast, Genius Mixes are song lists that Apple generates over which I have no control and apparently cannot generate a playlist that I can save, for I cannot see which songs are included in any of the twelve various mixes (based on genres in my library) that Apple creates. Is that correct, or am I missing something here?
Ideally, I guess that I'd like to be able to see what songs are coming up in the Genius Mixes. I'd like to know if there are some hidden commands to allow me to generate such a list, which must be in a database somewhere in iTunes, that I can easily access, or not. But, if that is not possible, let me know, then I'll just relax and take what comes randomly as a surprise.
I guess that a question related to this might be: Are the Genius Mixes which iTunes generates fixed, in the sense that everytime I open iTunes, any given mix will start over at the first song its presumably invisible, inaccessible list? Or, does iTunes shuffle the deck of my Genius Mixes each time it loads? Since I apparently have no way to see the items in any Genius Mix, how can I ever know how many items in any given genre's mix? How will I ever get to the end of that mix?

Thanks for the dialogue, guys. You've both filled in some key pieces that were missing from my previously unsophisticated use of iTunes.
Until dknightd mentioned the iTunes DJ technique, I had not tried that feature out. What a great feature to use all by itself, as well as a complement to the Genius function!
My initial exploration of the iTunes DJ features shows it to be technique in which I can use the pull-down menu to draw upon several of iTunes lists (i.e., its internal data bases) as the sources of a DJ playlist, with the Genius Mixes being only one of those sources.
My initial tests, however, indicated that the playlist generated by using a Genius Mix did not reveal a close enough correlation to the songs which the selected Genius Mix actually played. And, as Chris CA points out, neither was there much of a correlation, if any at all, in regards to the play order. So, as a method for pre-viewing, or monitoring, which songs any Genius Mix was playing, or was going to play, I did not find the iTunes DJ feature to be that reliable.
However, the very fact that the iTunes DJ feature is drawing upon a selected Genius Mix as the source for the playlist is quite valuable, for that playlist gives me all the information I need to be able to preview and monitor a selection of songs stylistically associated with each other, in accordance with whatever programming algorithms govern the selections made by the Genius feature.
Seeing a list of songs in the iTunes DJ window that was generated by drawing upon a Genius Mix gives me options I did not know that I had. I have learned that I can either switch over to the iTunes DJ feature and play the songs in the its viewable list, which gives me a measure of control over what I hear, or I can continue to be surprised by what the Genius Mix will play for me, without my knowing what's coming.
As to creating a playlist based on a Genius Mix itself, I also know now that I have at least two options: (1) I can create a playlist in real time based on the songs which appear in the iTunes DJ window; or (2) I can go to the Music window of all songs, sort it by songs Last Played, and create a playlist of songs that any given Genius Mix has previously played.
Both of those options give me lot more power and flexibility in getting the most out of this really neat digital jukebox that Apple designed. Thanks for the enlightening tips.
I'll leave this thread open for additional contributions on this topic by others.

ITunes genius mix doesn't work properly

Hi everybody,
On my late 2006 iMac with iTunes10 Genius Mix doesn't work properly.
After having activated Genius iTunes generates a number of mixes with different music styles.
When I scroll over the squares the play sign shows up, but only work for 1 of the 9 mixes when I click the play sign.
Clicking on the other play signs in the other squares does not do anything.
Does anybody know what is wrong here?
Thanks!
PT

I now know what is causing the problem, at least for the singer in question, but I don't know how to overcome it. I now know that the problem started when I downloaded an MP3 album from Amazon. This album contains 25 songs sung by 25 singers, INCLUDING Annette Hanshaw,THE SINGER I'M INTERESTED IN AT THE MOMENT. So, when I do an iTunes' search for Annette Hanshaw, I get her, but I also get all the other singers on this album. This puzzles me. I've downloaded many entire albums, but I've never run into the unwanted linkages before. In other words, I want to keep all of the songs in the album I just downloded, but I only want Annette Hanshaw when I put her name in the SEARCH bar. Is there a way to do this?
Are all the songs in all Amazon MP3 albums linked together in this way?

Can't use Genius Mixes in iTunes in Windows 7

Ever since iTunes 9 was released, I have always been trying to find Genius Mixes. I've turned on Genius, updated it, reinstalled iTunes, repaired it, even showed the Genius sidebar. still nothing. I don't know what to do now. Please help!

Well, perhaps I misunderstood what you meant about Win 7 compatibility. It works on at least some Win 7 machines. So the question is why isn't it working on yours?
I wasn't being nosy for no good reason! Since I'm not sitting there, your reply tells me genius is at least turned on since a genius itdb exists. If the file was there but months old, then some other problem might be happening with genius & its mixes. But it seems up-to-date, and you have a good number of tracks.
My library with 32000 tracks has a genius ITDB file that's 39080KB. It's not quite a 1:1 ratio - but is your genius ITDB a little larger than 1600KB since you have 1600 tracks?
My extras ITDB is 2808KB. I don't know exactly what that files does. I opened it in WordPad and it seems to be some sort of SQLite database.
You might look at your library on the XP machine and see if they match as far as size goes.

Ipad music app always starts with genius mixes

I am usind an iPad mini 16GB with iOS8 running the newest version. Every time I start the music app it fires up with the genius mix overview and not my last selection, e.g. artists listing. I subscribed to iTunes match with genius enabled.
I clearly recall iOS7 not acting like this. So my question is: Is this a bug or a feature or am I missing something.
THanks in advance, Sascha

Hi Caph1,
If you are having issues with your iPad's Music application always launching to the genius mix screen, you may want to try some things to troubleshoot.
First, quit all running applications and test again -
Force an app to close in iOS - Apple Support
Next, I would try restarting and if needed resetting the iPhone -
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If the issue is still present, you may want to restore the iPhone as a new device -
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

Duplicate Album Covers in Genius Mixes

So I've noticed that in my Genius Mixes on my iPod, some of the album covers show up twice for the same Mix. They show up correctly in iTunes, but for whatever reason, they don't on my iPod.
Mixes as they appear on iTunes:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9288/mix3h.jpg
Mixes as they appear on iPod:
http://img8.imageshack.us/i/mix1e.jpg/
http://img225.imageshack.us/i/mix2.png/
Edit: Um. Yeah. I didn't mean to mark this as a question, but I didn't see that until after I clicked "post"...

I can't see the list or cover view while in Genius mixes.
You don't get list view or cover view with the mixes. You can always submit this as a request to Apple at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Also, some of the album covers are showing up and some not.
Are you talking about in iTunes? When you select that individual song in the main "music" section and pull up "Get info", do you see the artwork in the artwork tab?
Or is it ok in iTunes and is the problem just on your mobile device? If so, which one.
I can't see what the mix is as the list won't show up and that makes the Genius mix not worth using if I can't even see what Itunes is selecting for me.
You can pull it up in DJ if you want, and that gives you a glimpse of what's in there, but only a max of a 100 songs. But, frankly, it sounds like the lack of visibility into genius mixes are sufficiently annoying for you that you might want to consider not using it. Use plain old genius playlists (select song, hit , save it as a playlist): That behaves more like it sounds like you want.

Genius Mix - Now What?

Hi All,
I have mixed feelings about this update... right now I only have one Mac so Home Sharing is virtually useless. However, I was intrigued by Genius mixes. My question is I have some nice ones, but I can't see a track list, option to save, etc. And why only 12? I have 80gbs of music. Back to the track listing - does it just go on forever...? All I can see is the title of the song in the "track window". Is this just more Apple form before function? A half-baked idea to try to get it out there in time for the new iPods?
Thanks,
Jon

I've been playing my Genius Mix for about 2 hours now.. so it seems like it might be "unlimited" (relative to how many songs you have on your computer). At the same time, I just added some more songs and updated Genius.. it removed one of the mixes and replaced it with another... so it looks like it's supposed to just continue to learn and update these mixes for you. (Kind of like when your friend used to hand you a mix tape based on a couple of the song he/she knew you liked)
One quirk is: I was listening to a classical mix.. when all of a sudden it included a song from the Aladdin soundtrack.. hmmmm... Jobs did say that they wouldn't all be the same genre, but simply songs that "go good together"

Itunes genius mix

Hello,
i got a question concerning the itunes genius mixes. i dont have my whole library on my ipod classic, so i cant synchronize the genius mix with the ipod. my question is, if i can select different playlists, which the itunes would use to create the mixes ?
thx

Can you run Update Genius?
This looks similar to my problem (see https://discussions.apple.com/message/22875572#22875572), I also have/had TuneUp installed though I found it didn't really affect anything since iTunes also crashes with the program cleanly removed.

Genius Mixes Not Working- On iTunes on Windows 7- 64 bit

I built my iTunes library from my entire collection- of over 10,000 songs (more than 64 gigabytes)- and all songs are organized through iTunes Media folder- all have the proper information required for identification, match etc. These include 90s songs, 60s songs- and the latest. All sorts of music is in there. But when I turn on Genius I get NOTHING- Nada- no genius mixes, and although genius is on, I get no Genius playlists when select any track and ask for a play list. I have gone through all the forums I could lay my hands on, and tried all the tricks there. Now, I am at a loss. I filled more than half of my iPod Classic (160G), and would love to see what the genius mixes and genius playlists look like for my collections- but I see none. Any ideas? thanks.

Try the following steps:
1. Go to Microsoft website to fix install and Unistall problems. Click "Run now" from Fix it to remove all iTunes & related installer files:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall
Be aware that Windows Installer CleanUp Utility will not remove the actual program from your computer. However, it will remove the installation files so that you can start the installation, upgrade, or uninstall over.
2. You should remove all instances of iTunes and the rest of the components listed below:
it may be necessary to remove all traces of iTunes, QuickTime, and related software components from your computer before reinstalling iTunes.
Use the Control Panel to uninstall iTunes and related software components in the following order:
iTunes
QuickTime
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support
Bonjour
Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)
Follow the instructions from Apple article listed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923 to remove all components
3. Reboot your computer. Next, download iTunes from here:http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and install from scratch

How do you get an Ipod Classic to make Genius mixes using the songs you want?

My Ipod Classic is now about four years old. it's the grey, 160gb model. the hard drive doesn't click, so it's in stable, working condition, as far as I can tell, but lately, I've been having a few problems with it. first and foremost, it's stubbornly refusing to make Genius Playlists for me, using the songs I want. Secondly, it's not playing some songs. now, the second issue isn't new, and I've fixed it before, but that brings me to my third issue.
when opening Klondikes (because that's the only game I play on my ipod out of the three that come with it) the other day, it gave me an error message stating "game cannot be opened because ipod is full" or something like that. I have 160 gigabytes of storage, and all I have on there is music.
anyway, back to the Genius problem.
So I'll tell the Ipod to make a new Genius Mix from a selected song. in this case, I'll use Alestorm's "Keelhauled" for example. I made an edit of the song, decreasing the tempo, and drawing out the length of the song to 4:20. every single time, the ipod will use that instead of the original.
Say I use "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran (from The Hobbit, of course). the ipod uses the Kygo Remix I have.
Say I use "One Eight Zero" by Grendel. it uses the remix.
Say I use "The Sunk'n Norwegian", by Alestorm. the Ipod uses the Acoustic version.
Say I use "7 Days to the wolves", by Nightwish. it actually uses that song, and not the Instrumental version.
for "Whispers In The Dark", by Skillet, it doesn't use it, or the Instrumental version cause it can't find a match. (not a problem, just extraneous information.)
Say I use "We Can Make The World Stop" by The Glitch Mob. it uses a piano cover.
the trend I'm noticing here is that it only applies to songs with remixes. but as I have 1408 songs on my ipod, and need to be at work in an hour, I'm not going to look through everything to find every single instance of this.
the ID3 tags for these songs are correct.
Now, this is likely just a tagging issue, but the software should treat them as different songs. after all, most of them are stored in completely different blocks of memory. most of these are even different genres than the originals. and in the case of Keelhauled, because I exported the remix from Garageband, I'm listed as the Artist.
can someone please explain to me what's going on with my ipod, or give me some insight into what's going on under the hood?

A "classic" iPod is really a hard drive with a media player tacked on. Like any hard drive (including your computer's), it can develop data corruption. For example, maybe you mistakenly or accidentally disconnected it from the computer while it was syncing. Or you dropped it, while the iPod was trying to access its drive for song data. Or the hard drive can be getting worn out and unreliable.
The Restore will not fix the problem if the hard drive is becoming faulty. But if the data corruption was caused by something else, the Restore should fix it by erasing the hard drive to give it a "fresh start," like reformatting your computer's drive and reinstalling the OS.

How can I see a list of the songs in a genius mix?

I would like to see the lists of the songs that are in the Genius Mixes created by Apple. I do not know if there is any way to do this. I've tried to use the "Up Next" function, but but it only provides a partial list of the songs, and does not allow you to copy them.
Thanks for any help.

If I understand what you are saying, you might see if you can drag a divider from the bottom of the bookmarks window, underneath the picture-previews, up higher to reveal the list of bookmarks. Three little lines at the bottom of the window should indicate where to drag the divider. I am running Safari 5.1.3 in Lion 10.7.3, so I am really only guessing here.
charlie

How can I make a new genius mix? Apple has made two automatically, but I would like one based on other genres within my iTunes library. I have tried updating my genius mixes to no avail.

How can I make a new genius mix? I do not want to make a genius playlist. Genius has already created two mixes but I would like another based on other genres within my extensive music library. I have tried updating Genius from Store>Update Genius but to no avail. Thank you!

Hi. The two user tips both describe a sequence of steps that should get your library from the point where it threatens to wipe data from your device to where it is syncing normally, while recovering as much information as possible. It may still be necessary to wipe and reload the device but this should only take place once all the data that can be recovered has been recovered.
Doing step 1 of 8 and then complaining things aren't the way you want them to be yet strikes me as premature...
Since you appear to have all your media content, and we are discussing an iPod classic, not an iOS device, the main worries are already taken care of. What's left is ratings, playcounts, playlist membership and checked status. Since your device holds only part of your library at best you could only recover the missing data for the content that is on the device using third party tools.
Recreating the previous checked/unchecked status of every track in your library from where you are now may not be that easy. Syncing with selected playlists has many advantages, one of which would have been that you would have a named playlist that could have been retrieved by 3rd party software if you had used this method.
You haven't explained what caused your problem in the first place, but if you have a Previous iTunes Libraries folder holding old copies of your iTunes database (generated with each iTunes update) then it would be possible to restore the most recent of these and then update the library with any changes in your media folder.
BTW Apple doesn't offer free support for this kind of issue with iTunes.
tt2

How do I set up genius mixes on my iPhone with iTunes match

I have used genius mixes on my phone, but now that I have iTunes match I no longer see the controls for turning on the genius mixes for my phone. How do I do that?

Apparently this currently is not possible. Although the release notes of iOS 5.1 state that Genius Mixes should be available on iPhone and iPad, they simply don't show up. Here another thread concerning this problem: iOS 5.1 - Still No Genius Mixes

Can't get album view in genius mixes to work right

Hi - I'm not sure what is going on but I can't see the list or cover view while in Genius mixes. Also, some of the album covers are showing up and some not. But - I can't see what the mix is as the list won't show up and that makes the Genius mix not worth using if I can't even see what Itunes is selecting for me.
I tried looking in the view menu but no help.

I can't see the list or cover view while in Genius mixes.
You don't get list view or cover view with the mixes. You can always submit this as a request to Apple at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Also, some of the album covers are showing up and some not.
Are you talking about in iTunes? When you select that individual song in the main "music" section and pull up "Get info", do you see the artwork in the artwork tab?
Or is it ok in iTunes and is the problem just on your mobile device? If so, which one.
I can't see what the mix is as the list won't show up and that makes the Genius mix not worth using if I can't even see what Itunes is selecting for me.
You can pull it up in DJ if you want, and that gives you a glimpse of what's in there, but only a max of a 100 songs. But, frankly, it sounds like the lack of visibility into genius mixes are sufficiently annoying for you that you might want to consider not using it. Use plain old genius playlists (select song, hit , save it as a playlist): That behaves more like it sounds like you want.

[Help] itunes 9 genius mixes never show up

I just downloaded the new itunes 9. I love the geographic layout of the genius mixes and want to try it out. But it never show up. This is what I did.
1. enable the genius.
2. right click a song in my library and choose start genius.
3. after updating, a playlist with 25 songs show up, but the genius mixes don't.
I browsed the trouble shooting for this problem. Most of them can be solved by "store-> update genius" and "turn off genius and turn it back on". I tried both approaches and neither of them work for my situation.
Is there any way to solve this problem? I wonder what is wrong here.. Many thanks.

I did the Store->Update Genius.. the feedback is
Your genius results have been updated.
To make a Genius playlist, select a song in your library and click the genius button at the bottom of the iTunes window.
no error showed up. And I did create a playlist using Genius. But the Mixes didn't show up anyway..

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