Help needed creating Playlists on iTunes.

When I purchase music on my iPhone through iTunes, I can't figure out how to add the newly downloaded songs to a playlist I've already created. Any ideas on this, or do I have to do via my desktop only?

You can delete all music at once by going to Settings > General > Usage and tapping Music. Swipe across the Music entry and tap the Delet button.
What were the criteria you used to create the playlist on your iPad? That may have something to do with why songs don't show up in the playlist after you download them.

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Creating Playlists with iTunes Genius

Hi there tshaw95,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
-Griff W.

I have always been able to create playlists on itunes, then drag them to my ipod when it was plugged into the mac. I recently downloaded the latest version of itunes, and now I am unable to do that. I am able to drag songs and albums but not my playlists.

I have always been able to create playlists on itunes, then drag them to my ipod when it is plugged into the mac. I recently downloaded the latest version of itunes, and now am unable to do that. I can drag songs and albums to the ipod, but not my playlists. It used to be so easy, am I missing something here?

Plug your iPod into your computer, it will begin to sync. Now check to see if the playlists have been added.
If not, go to the songs tab under your iPod when it is connected to iTunes, Unless you have checked "Sync all songs (or something to those words)" you should have an option on what you can put on your iPod. Make sure to check the playlists that you want on your iPod.

How do you create playlists in iTunes 11

Hi all...
I'm very frustrated with itunes 11.
Before I would create playlists( usually smart playlist) going by Band/Artist. I could then select the playlist and it would play through all the albums for the particular artist. And once it gets to the end of the albums and last song... It would just go back to the initial album and play through again.
I don't understand this... But I can't seem to create a playlist like I used to create them. I'm completely lost. Can anyone help me with this problem.
Thanks!!

If you click View > Sidebar you will see your playlists in the left hand side.
The process to create a playlist or Smart playlist is the same as before. File > New > Playlist
When you have created your playlist you can drag, Songs, Albums, Artists and genres like you used to.

I just want to create playlists in Itunes 11

I am on an IMac. I am running 10.6.8 I am trying to work with the loathsome Itunes 11.1 . All I want to do is create playlists from my library. I don't want Genius. I don't want the Itunes Store. I don't want Icloud. I just want to do what I used to do so effortlessly which is create playlists. I can find no tutorials, no questions in the support community, no help anywhere in this giant sprawling useless support effort. Everytime I go to look at the Itunes features, instead of help, I am treated to propaganda about how great it is. When I found a tutorial - and I deeply resent how long it takes to find even the most basic information - the thing broke. I am not doing this on my Ipad, My Iphone, My Ipod I am just trying to do it on my Imac. Now, because my airplayer doesn't function well, I often can't get on the internet when I am using Itunes and yet everytime I click on the playlists it wants to talk to the Itunes Store. I don't want to talk to the Itunes store! For 147 billion we have ended up with a hot mess.

Hi Joel!
This should help you in your goal of creating playlists:
iTunes 11 for Mac: Create a playlist
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12140
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

More help needed re: playlists and restoring ipods

we have our songs on two ipods, and we need them tobe in better order re: dance music, country, rock, etc..
i know we can create a playlist in itunes...whats the best way to get them on the ipod this way.
delete all on the ipod, and then add the playlists the way we want them?
Or can we move them around without deleting stuff? Need the easiest (fastest way)

ok...we had someone at the apple store check out our ipods, and they said "they're a mess...better off restoring them"
so, when I plug the ipod into the pc, there will be an option to restore to default...then once I create my playlists, they'll go into the ipod the new way.

Create playlists in itunes from purchased cd

Previous version of iTunes had a folder called 'music' (I think that was the name) at the top of all playlists. This folder contained all music - purchased from iTunes and uploaded from CD. It was easy to create a playlist by clicking on 'music', highlighting songs desired in playlist and dragging the songs to the playlist. Now in the latest version the 'music' folder is gone from the playlist window and the playlists are gone from the 'songs' window. Purchased is one of the playlists, so if you purchased all of your music from Apple, then no problem in making playlists. However, if you purchased CDs, you cannot easily access this music to add to a playlist. I just figured out how to go around the system - highlight all music in songs window, right click and create playlist titled 'all'. Now I have ALL music in the 'plalist' window. Is this an Apple Maps screw-up, or is this Apple making it difficult if you did not purchase the music from iTunes? or, is it me missing something? Appreciate any helpful feedback.

Press Ctrl-S to turn on the sidebar and Ctrl-B to turn on the menu bar. This should restore much of the familiar interface from the previous version...
tt2

Creating Playlists in iTune

I have my iPod working fine and have created Playlists on it. BUT, I have now added the Playlists in iTunes and I can't drag any song to any of my Playlists. When I drag a song to my Playlists in the iPod itself, that works. The one I choose, turns blue and allows me to drop any song in any Playlist. But, when I try to do that in iTunes, nothing works. When I drag a song to a Playlist, and drop it, the song springs back to it's original place. Can someone please help me? Thank you so much. Sandy

Well, in your 1st post, I was also clueless as to what you were talking about.
You wrote, "The one I choose, turns blue and allows me to drop any song in any Playlist. But, when I try to do that in iTunes, nothing works"
Looking at your response now, I have a better understanding of what you were trying to do.
You cannot drag songs from the iPod to iTunes.
I thought you might be trying to drag songs to a Smart Playlist.
The best way to manage playlist witht he least amount of hassle is to create them & edit them in iTunes and then drag the playlist to the iPod.

Creating playlist in itunes frome the ipod library?

The title says much what i want to do. Is there a way i can juste take all the songs in my ipod (the songs are still in my itunes library) and put it in a playlist on itunes on my mac? because i'm returning back a new defect ipod and i want to keep the track so i can just easily put them again in my new fonctionnal ipod?

When you connect the iPod, you should see your Summary page... it has a picture of the iPod, next to its name, serial number, software version, capacity, and format. Down towards the bottom of this page is a section entitled Options. Below this there is an option that says "manually manage music and videos." Is this option selected?
If so, iTunes is expecting you to manually click and drag songs to the iPod. If you'd rather iTunes & iPod match, you can uncheck this option, as well as the one that says "enable disk use" and then click Apply. This should make the two match.
If this option is not selected, check to make sure the songs that are not transferring to the iPod play in iTunes.
CG

** HELP NEEDED ** Lost everything on iTunes !

Hello there !
Hope someone can help me !
I opened itunes tonight and when it opened, it was like it opened for the very first time after installing. No music or apps etc! The "Itunes setup wizard box also opens" - (this box has opened the last few times ive opend itunes but when i click cancel, my library is there !
why would everything get deleted and itunes open as if i have just installed it ?
Can I get everything back to how it was ?
If not, i have all my music files on my laptop however i will have lost apps and music that I have paid for from the app store ?
Thanks very much for your time. I have googled the problem but to no avail.
Thanks
Jonathan
(A very worried iphone and ipod user!)

mimico kid,
I checked my recycle bin and nothing is there. I had a friend of mine who is a programmer and has been fixing bugs for 10 years look at this thing and he said he's never seen anything like it. He thinks they're there, because something has to be taking up all the hard drive space, but can't find it anywhere. Also if this helps at the time I had my Dell hooked up to my new iMac trying to transfer files. I'm not the most computer savvy guy but I tried. I don't think I succeeded with the transfer because I can't find the files on the Mac anywhere. But I'm not to good with the Mac yet. Also the Mac hard drive is 240 GB and shows only 215 GB available. This may be normal, but I haven't put anything on the Mac. Maybe the included software is that large, I don't know. Well thanks for your input.
chrismo

Help Needed Created Standalone Network for iTunes DJ

I use my MBP to manage backing tracks for a band. I would like to use iTunes DJ for requests from the audience via wireless connection via *iPhone/iPod Touch Remote app*. I would use this option in conjunction with a printed song list and small request cards (for those who don't have iPhones).
I can't connect to an existing network as most venues do not have wireless. I would like to set up my MBP as a wireless base station that can be accessed via an iPhone/iPod Remote app. Besides, I would prefer to have a network that echo's the band's name.
I know I have to use the "*Create computer-to-computer Networks*", but I am unsure of what settings I need to get the network working.
I will use Locations to quickly activate the MBP as the base station.
Any help or suggestion setting up my MBP as a wireless base station would be greatly appreciated.
TIA

TSG wrote:
yep, tried changing cables....even upto cat6!!! no joy.
starting to do my head in now.....might call in a network person/tech but i hate the idea of being charged to see him repeat all i have already done!
Agreed. I'd keep at it yourself. I guarantee it will be something simple.
what are the benefits of a switcher? (never used one before) any recomends?
A switch is just like a hub, except that instead of always sending packets to your entire network, it only sends them where they need to go. The benefits grow with the size and speed of your network. Switches used to be much more expensive than hubs but not any more. Normally I'd recommend almost any Linksys device, but in this case dlink seems to have a better one:
http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DGS-2205-5-port-Desktop-Switch/dp/B000FIVDIA
Again, I don't think your dlink hub is responsible for this dramatic bottleneck though.

Cannot create playlist using itune

I cannot seem to create a playlist. I am using ITunes windows version and I IPhone 6 plus. When I connect and sync. Using ITunes I select File-New-playlist is greyed out it will not let me create a playlist on my IPhone.

Ok, Done by creating separate playlist
for each different folders. Only disadvantage is iPOD don't continue to the next playlist automatically, need to select next playlist manually. Wondering why is this so?

Help needed, various bugs in itunes and with my ipod

Hello, I thought this would be the best board to post this since the problem is mainly associated with itunes. Simply, my itunes library has been erased completely including songs purchased from the itunes store. However, for those who think they may be able to help me, I will give some more details.
I am sorry for the amount of text, however I feel it is better to give all details now than have to keep answering questions. Please bear with me, this problem has caused me a lot of inconvenience, and I would love to get it fixed.
1 week ago I followed a link from youtube to purchase a song from the itunes store. I trust this link to be reliable in the sense it had no viruses or the like. However, upon doing this, the itunes configuration that appears when you first install itunes. I followed the prompts to agree to the terms and conditions for itunes (from my memory, I was not particularly concentrating at this time). Then the wizard closed and itunes popped up. My library was completely empty. I closed itunes and reopened it, library still empty. I restarted my computer, same again. I then spent a while trying to add my music back to itunes, however lots was not on my hard drive anymore.
I then tried using a utility I found online to extract songs off my ipod to my computer, as my ipod had all the songs from my library that I wanted back. This worked partially, because of the effectiveness of the program.
I then tried to use an old library file as advised to based on a basic google search. This restored lots of the files, all sorted, as they were not sorted when I got them off the ipod. However, lots of the files now come up with an exclamation mark next to the name, indicating the file cannot be found. I have searched for these files, and they are nowhere on my hard drive or recycle bin.
Now, I was annoyed and inconvenienced by this greatly however I still had all my music on my ipod.
Then my ipod (second gen. ipod touch) crashed. The music presumably became unreadable or corrupted because the ipod showed no music on it. I had to restore the factory settings on my ipod, and now I have lost a lot of my music. I have tried to restore from one of the backups itunes created, however this did not restore my music, in fact, I don't know what it did.
So in summary, I have lost a lot of the music which I bought off the itunes store. This is greatly distrissing. Additionally, my ipod will not sync all the time now, with an error stating "the disc is unreadable" or words to that effect. I would really like to get my music back, and it would take a very long time to list all these songs in an email to apple asking for free redownload of these songs I already purchased. I would like to know if there is any way to get my songs back, explanation of what happened, how I can prevent this, any advice really. I understand I should have made a backup on another computer or external hard drive, however I believed that the 'backup' of the songs all on my ipod would be suffiencient. Please help if you can, I have already spent about 7 hours searching and working to fix this problem. It would be so very much appreciated.
Message was edited by: alocus

When I imported the files the first time I did type the new genre in the genre field of the info box. You can either choose a pre defined genre or type a new one. As soon as a new one was entered it is available in the drop down for any future imports.
I have around 15000 songs assigned to the different genres. For only a couple of 100 I have the problem which I described.

Creating playlists from iTunes Store music items

When browsing for music in the iTunes Store, I like to make playlists of songs that I'm interested in so I can access them later quickly and easily. In previous versions of iTunes, when creating a playlist by selecting and dragging items from the Store, the default name of that playlist would be either a combination Artist - Album like "Daft Punk - Human After All" or if there are various artists just the album name "Human After All".
Right now, in iTunes 8 (iTunes 8.0.2.20), dragging items from the Store to the source list results in a web address in the form of "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore..." being the default name.
I'm pretty sure this is a bug in the newer versions of iTunes as the old behavior resulted in a useful playlist name instead of a string of internet address gibberish, which is useless and not very elegant.
Is anybody else experiencing this problem? I filed this as a bug at http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html , but maybe someone with a ADC membership can file a real bug report that probably gets looked at and maybe fixed.

Thank you, Katrina, but I really don't care for a "Wish List" playlist.
You can understand how my way of doing things would be useful to me (and hopefully some other people too).
By the way, if iTunes did it the right way before, why should it handle playlist names wrongly now?
In the course of improving their product Apple broke something. So the only sane thing for them to do is fix it or at least show me how to fix it temporarily until it's fixed in a later version.

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Hello,
I am attempting to create some dynamic user input by "predicting" what the user requires in a text box.
For example if the user enters "Smi" I have a select list pop up which gives the user all options that begin with "Smi".
I am able to achieve the popups but the interface is quite jerky and not terribly responsive I am trying to solve this by using a thread which starts and stops when new input is received but it is still not quite right.
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import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
 /** This program represents part of a larger user interface for allowing the
 user to select data from a file or database.
 
 When the program starts up, it will read in data from a given file, and hold
 it in some type of container allowing rapid access.
 
 The user may then type in the first few letters of the surname of a person,
 and this program should immediately present in a popup dialog the names which
 match. The user will be able to click on one of the names in the popup and
 that will cause all data about that person to be displayed in the JTextArea
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 FormLayout$Constraint.class files in the same directory
 (folder) or in its classpath. These is provided separately.
class PartMatch extends JFrame implements Runnable
 /** Close down the program. */
 JButton quitbtn;
 /** Field for the surname. */
 JTextField namefld;
 /** Full details of the person(s). */
 JTextArea results;
 /** Popup dialog to display the names and addresses which
 match the leading characters given in namefld. */
 Chooser matches;
 /** Default background color for a window. */
 final static Color defBackground = new Color(0xD0C0C0);
 /** Default foreground color for a window. */
 final static Color defForeground = new Color(0x000000);
 /** Default background color for a field */
 final static Color fldBackground = new Color(0xFFFFFF);
 /** Default background color for a button */
 final static Color btnBackground = new Color(0xF0E0E0);
 final static Color dkBackground = new Color(0xB0A0A0);
 /** Larger font */
 final static Font bold = new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 30);
 TreeSet members;
 String input;
 String[] found;
 public static void main(String arg[])
 UIManager.put("TextField.background",fldBackground);
 UIManager.put("TextField.foreground",defForeground);
 UIManager.put("TextField.selectionBackground",btnBackground);
 UIManager.put("TextArea.background",fldBackground);
 UIManager.put("TextArea.foreground",defForeground);
 UIManager.put("TextArea.selectionBackground",btnBackground);
 UIManager.put("Panel.background",defBackground);
 UIManager.put("Label.background",defBackground);
 UIManager.put("Label.foreground",defForeground);
 UIManager.put("Button.background",btnBackground);
 UIManager.put("Button.foreground",defForeground);
 UIManager.put("CheckBox.background",defBackground);
 UIManager.put("ScrollBar.background",defBackground);
 UIManager.put("ScrollBar.thumb",btnBackground);
 UIManager.put("ComboBox.background",btnBackground);
 UIManager.put("ComboBox.selectionBackground",dkBackground);
 PartMatch trial = new PartMatch(arg);
 public PartMatch( String [] arg )
 super("Part Match");
 setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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 FormLayout form = new FormLayout(cpane);
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 form.setTopAnchor( lab1, 4 );
 form.setLeftAnchor( lab1, 4 );
 JLabel lab2 = new JLabel("Surname: ") ;
 form.setTopRelative( lab2, lab1, 4 );
 form.setLeftAlign( lab2, lab1 );
 namefld = new JTextField( 30 );
 form.setBottomAlign( namefld, lab2 );
 form.setLeftRelative( namefld, lab2, 4 );
 namefld.addCaretListener( new CaretListener()
 public void caretUpdate(CaretEvent e)
 showMatches();
 quitbtn = new JButton( "Quit" );
 quitbtn.addActionListener( new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 quitProcessing();
 form.setBottomAlign( quitbtn, namefld );
 form.setLeftRelative( quitbtn, namefld, 15 );
 results = new JTextArea( 10,50 );
 results.setEditable(false);
 JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane( results,
 JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
 JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED );
 form.setTopRelative( jsp, lab2, 6 );
 form.setLeftAlign( jsp, lab2 );
 form.setBottomAnchor( jsp, 5 );
 form.setRightAnchor( jsp, 5 );
 form.setRightAnchor( quitbtn, 5 );
 matches = new Chooser( this );
 //matches.setUndecorated(true);
 pack();
 setVisible(true);
 namefld.requestFocus();
 if (arg.length > 0) init(arg[0]);
 else init("triathlon.txt"); //<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Place the default filename here
 /** Called once only, at the end of the constructor, to read the data
 * from the membership file.
 public void init( String fname )
 members = new TreeSet();
 try {
 FileReader fr = new FileReader(new File (fname));
 Scanner scan = new Scanner(fr);
 trimember cmem;
 String cLine, eTag, memberNo, first, last, gender, yob, tel ,addr,
 club;
 while(scan.hasNextLine())
 cLine = scan.nextLine();
 Scanner scan2 = new Scanner(cLine);
 scan2.useDelimiter(";");
 eTag = scan2.next().trim();
 memberNo = scan2.next().trim();
 first = scan2.next().trim();
 last = scan2.next().trim();
 gender = scan2.next().trim();
 yob = scan2.next().trim();
 tel = scan2.next().trim();
 addr = scan2.next().trim();
 club = scan2.next().trim();
 cmem = new trimember(eTag, memberNo, first, last, gender, yob,
 tel, addr, club);
 members.add(cmem);
 catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
 results.append("Sorry can't find the input file\n");
 results.append("Please check file name and location and try again");
 ex.printStackTrace();
 /** Called every time there is a change in the contents of the text field
 * namefld. It will first clear the text area. It then needs to search
 * through the container of data to find all records where the surname
 * starts with the characters that have been typed. The names and
 * addresses need to be set up as strings and placed in
 * an array of Strings. This can be placed in the "matches" window and
 * displayed for the user, inviting one to be selected.
 * 
 * The performance of this is very important. If necessary, it may be
 * necessary to run as a separate thread so that the user interface is
 * not delayed. It is essential that the user be able to type letters at a
 * reasonable speed and not have the keystroke processing held up by
 * previous text.
 public void showMatches( )
 run();
 // First clear the text area
 //results.setText("");
 // Determine the leading characters of the surname that is wanted
 input = namefld.getText();
 // Locate the data for this name, and display each matching item
 // in the JTextArea ...
 // Example of how to set the data in the popup dialog
 matches.list.setListData(found);
 matches.pack(); // resize the popup
 // set the location of the popup if it is not currently visible
 if ( ! matches.isVisible())
 Dimension sz = matches.getSize();
 Point mouse = getMousePosition();
 Point framepos = getLocation();
 int x=0, y=0;
 if (mouse == null)
 Point pt = results.getLocation();
 x = pt.x + 20 + framepos.x;
 y = pt.y + 20 + framepos.y;
 else
 x = mouse.x - 2 + framepos.x;
 y = mouse.y - 2 + framepos.y;
 matches.setLocation(x,y);
 matches.setVisible(true);
 namefld.requestFocus();
 /** Perform any final processing before closing down.
 public void quitProcessing( )
 // Any closing work. Then
 System.exit(0);
 public void run()
 ArrayList<String> foundit = new ArrayList<String>();
 System.out.println(input);
 if(input != null)
 Iterator it = members.iterator();
 while(it.hasNext())
 trimember test = (trimember) it.next();
 if (test.last.startsWith(input))
 foundit.add(test.last +", "+ test.first);
 found = new String[foundit.size()];
 for(int i=0; i<foundit.size();i++)
 found[i] = foundit.get(i);
 /** A window for displaying names and addresses from the data set which
 match the leading characters in namefld.
 
 This will automatically pop down if the user moves the mouse out of the
 window.
 
 It needs code added to it to respond to the user clicking on an item in
 the displayed list. */
 class Chooser extends JWindow
 /** To display a set of names and addresses that match the leading
 characters of the namefld text field. */
 public JList list = new JList();
 Chooser( JFrame parent )
 super( parent );
 Container cpane = getContentPane();
 cpane.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter()
 public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
 Chooser.this.setVisible(false);
 cpane.add("Center",list);
 list.addListSelectionListener( new ListSelectionListener()
 public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e)
 Chooser.this.setVisible(false);
 System.out.println("ValueChanged");
 // First clear the text area
 results.setText("");
 String in = (String) list.getSelectedValue();
 System.out.println("Selected Value was : "+in);
 String[] inlf = in.split(", ");
 System.out.println("inlf[0]:"+inlf[0]+" inlf[1]:"+inlf[1]);
 results.append("Surname \tFirst \teTag \tMemberNo \tSex \tYOB " +
 "\tTel \tAddress \t\t\tClub\n");
 Iterator it = members.iterator();
 while(it.hasNext())
 trimember test = (trimember) it.next();
 if (test.last.equals(inlf[0])&&test.first.equals(inlf[1]))
 results.append(test.toString()+"\n");
 namefld.requestFocus();
 public class trimember implements Comparable
 String eTag;
 public String memberNo;
 public String first;
 public String last;
 String gender;
 String yob;
 String tel;
 String addr;
 String club;
 public trimember(String eT, String me, String fi, String la,
 String ge, String yo, String te, String ad, String cl)
 eTag = eT;
 memberNo = me;
 first = fi;
 last = la;
 gender = ge;
 yob = yo;
 tel = te;
 addr = ad;
 club = cl;
 //To String method to output string of details
 public String toString()
 return last + "\t" + first + "\t" + eTag + "\t" +
 memberNo + "\t" + gender + "\t" + yob + "\t"+ tel + "\t" +
 addr + "\t" + club;
 //Compare and sort on Last name
 public int compareTo(Object o)
 trimember com = (trimember) o;
 int lastCmp = last.compareTo(com.last);
 int firstCmp = first.compareTo(com.first);
 int memCmp = memberNo.compareTo(com.memberNo);
 if (lastCmp == 0 && firstCmp !=0)return firstCmp;
 else if (lastCmp==0&&firstCmp==0)return memCmp;
 else return lastCmp;
}

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