How do I Force a playlist play order?

I want to make a playlist to play in a particular order, so I can burn a CD for playback with that same order.
I don't see a way to change the order in the BURN list, so is there way to change the playlist play order?
I don't want to force it by changing the track name, because it screws up the sort order (like alphabetic title for instance).

Have you tried dragging the tracks in the playlist into the order you want them in? Open the playlist and click on the number column (extreme left). Click on the song you want to move, hold down the mouse button and drag the song to where you want it to be. Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks.

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Or, is there a way that I can arrange them in iTunes that is not in alphabetical order and have them stay in that non-alphabetical order?
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Just go to Settings, Shuffle, then turn it to Songs. The songs will stay in the same order in the playlist, but they'll switch it up.

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qda wrote:
I dug up my old apple account from years back just to log in here to tell Grant Greene:
You dug up an old apple account from years ago to respond to Grant Greene's 13 month old post?
I've been asking this question for years, because SOMETIMES I just make a playlist of a mix of checked and unchecked songs so that I can listen to ALL the songs in that playlist without checking them, ..
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4322
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I just posted this on another discussion about the same topic:
I spoke with Apple today, and they explained how to fix it.
First, plug in the iPod. Highlight the ipod on left side of iTunes. Then go to 'Summary' and make sure the 'Manually Manage Music' is checked. If not, check it, then sync.
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How can i organise my tunes in order of ***most recently added to playlist***. Playlist, NOT library!

Hi everyone,
this is my first ever post on a dicusion board so lets see...
i would like to know how to, if it is possible... to organise my songs of a playlist to show my most recently added songs (to my playlist, not library) at the top and so on.
all of my music has been on the mac for a while so it orders is on date added to LIRBRARY and not when i added it to my playlist.
i want to see my recently added songs of my playlist first.
is this possible and if so can someone help me please!
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Hi Mez,
Are you talking about a regular playlist, not a smart playlist?
If you drag a song to playlist to add it, the song will be added at the end of the list.
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Adding "Playlist is Music" does not seem to be required on my iPhone or iPad, their playlists match the library that I auto-sync both devices to.
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If that does not help some of your smart playlists, then right-click on the playlist name in iTunes and select "Duplicate". Then get the new playlist sorted how you like and "lock" the sorting as described above, then delete the original playlist (re-name the copy if you'd like) and check/ change your sync settings to make sure the new playlist syncs to your device.
Simon Chiplin wrote:
Adding the "Playlist is Music" rule does sort the order correctly but it loses the "live updating" feature on my iPhone which allows the list to be repopulated without syncing back to the PC.
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What format disc? MP3? Audio?
iTunes 10 for Mac: Create your own MP3 CDs - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1748
iTunes 10 for Mac: Disc burning overview - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1746
iTunes: How to set the play order of songs on an MP3 CD - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2455

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This may be tolerable with rock music, but in classical music when several movements must be played in order, it poses a major problem.
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Select the playlist.
Click on a column header to sort them.
If you want your own order, click on the first column
(above the numbers) and tehn drag the songs in the
order you want.
If you want them in Album order click on Album
header.
Then right click on the playlist name and select Copy
to play order.
Sync the iPod.
Thats what I did in itunes when operating on the ipod.
I chose to manually syn the ipod---does that mean when I sort the songs on ipod throught itunes by clicking the column, it will be displaying the right order I want?---I tried, then when I disconnect it. it is still the same order in ipod!

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