ITunes 11.0 doesn't shuffle within playlists.

Ive just updated Itunes to 11.0 and I can no longer shuffle within a Playlist. ANy thoughts?
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I have just bought the new 8gb Nano, and i love it. But one thing is driving me mad. When i am playing songs within a playlist and then shake to shuffle, it goes back to my entire library of songs.
My questions are therefore:
Why doesn't it shuffle the playlist, when i shake?
Is this a bug?
Do Apple intend to do anything about this?

Use this link. They can't reply back to you but it says on the website that they read every comment:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodnano.html

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I've had my Nano for a couple of days now and absolutely love it, anyway I do have one question I'm sure someone will be able to answer...
Is it possible to shuffle songs within a certain playlist?
I know you can shuffle by song or album which is fine but ideally I'd want to have say a playlist dedicated to easy listening/for music for the gym or whatever and be able to randomise the songs within that playlist only.
It doesn't look possible at the moment but I'd thought I'd post just incase anyone knows otherwise!
Cheers

Hi Mitzi,
To shuffle within a playlist, try the following:
- In 'Settings', select 'Shuffle' and you'll see that you can set it to 'Off', 'Songs' and 'Albums'
- Change Shuffle to 'Songs'
- Go to any playlist and select a song
- When the song is playing, you will see the shuffle icon above the song name
- The nano will stay in that playlist and shuffle the songs
Have fun! (I sure am!)
Regards,
David

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Can someone please tell me if it is even possible to shuffle within a playlist or does is do it by itself someone please help

Go to settings/shuffle and set it to "songs".
Select any playlist and press play.
The songs within that playlist will be shuffled.

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Is it possible to shuffle songs just within a playlist? I have lots of other songs on Ipod, but wanted to just shuffle through one of my playlists.
Any help appreciated!
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Is it possible to shuffle songs just within a
playlist?
Yes.
I have lots of other songs on Ipod, but
wanted to just shuffle through one of my playlists.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks
Change your settings to shuffle by song then start playing
Regards,
Colin R.

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I have a 5th Gen. iPod (30gb)0. I need to know how to shuffle within playlists. I appreciate any help.
Thanks

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Go to settings-->shuffle and set it to songs.
Then go to music-->playlists. When the playlist you
want to shuffle is highlighted, hit play.
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btabz
btabz: Thank you thank you thank you. I searched through most of the Apple tutorials for clarification on this issue; they sometimes are quite poorly written. You saved me a lot of headache.

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I have an iPod classic that I plug into my car stereo. My car stereo can play playlists, or if just plug it in, it will play every song in alphabetical order. Once plugged in, I cannot use the iPod to "shuffle". I require a pre-shuffled playlist. I have done this before in iTunes 11 will special instructions, but I've since misplaced those instructions. I know how to build a large playlist of all of my songs. Now, how do I shuffle that list of, say, 20,000 songs, and save to a new shuffled playlist? Don't say it can't be done, because I've done it. I know Apple removed the ability to do this quickly and easily, because obviously Apple doesn't really take their customers wants and needs into account. Otherwise, they would see the thousands of complaints after they removed that feature.
So, is there anyone here that can help me? I don't really need to hear that it's not supported or that it used to work. If you know how to shuffle a playlist and save it in that shuffled state, please post the steps for doing this in Windows iTunes 11.
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Bluemookie

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.

My IPod no longer shuffles songs within playlists that are clearly set to shuffle. It is about 3/4 full so I thought of maybe compressing the files to get more space. Do you think that is the problem and if that might help?

My IPod no longer shuffles songs within playlists that are clearly set to shuffle. It is about 3/4 full so I thought of maybe compressing the files to get more space. Do you think that is the problem and if that might help?

Storage space on the iPod would not affect shuffled playlists or playlist shuffling, though substantially full iPods may wind up skipping songs on larger playlists after a while, and require a restart. As for compressing the files themselves, you can automatically re-encode files to a lower bitrate by checking the box on the summary page when your iPod is connected to your PC/Mac.
As for the shuffle problem, after restarting your iPod (hold the center button and Menu for a few seconds, until the Apple logo appears), make sure you're telling the iPod to shuffle the songs in a playlist by repeatedly clicking the center button until the Suffle Menu comes up, then scroll to the right to turn it on. From that song forward, the playlists' contents should be shuffled every time the playlist ends, or is accessed from a new song.
Shuffle does sometimes turn itself off, I've found, so double-check the setting is still on. Also, iPods shuffle by randomly assigning a playlist order for your songs, which is different from traditional shuffle (on, say, iTunes or Windows Media Player, where the new song is determined at random upon the current track ending. The iPod only chooses a random order of songs when you shuffle, to conserve battery life and queue up songs coming up on the playlist in the event of a shock).

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With no pattern, just nasty surprises, iTunes refuses to let me drag tracks in or out of or within playlists.
I have searched the Apple Support Communities and elsewhere and found no solutions which work.
It's nothing to do with Wacom - I don't have one. It's nothing to do with setting iTunes to manual sorting. It's not set to shuffle or repeat. It's just an ordinary playlist. It's not a folder nor a Smart playlist.
On one occasion I phoned Apple and a nice man told me how to display the Library (but it's now hidden again) and delete an iTunes preference file. This solved the problem for a while. But I have forgotten how to display the Library again and can't remember the name of the preference file to delete.
Anyway, the problem should have been fixed by now we are at V 10.6.3
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If I open a playlist and press 'Shuffle' (or the Shuffle icon) above the first song, nothing happens--the playlist will not play, and I'm unable to play any of the individual songs within the playlist (the songs in the list will gray-out briefly when clicking on them).
If I start a playlist and try shuffling from the 'Now Playing' screen, only the current song will play. For example, I hit 'Shuffle'--"Shuffle All' is highlighted but '1 of 41' becomes '1 of 1.' If I then hit 'Shuffle All," '1 of 1' becomes '0 of 0.'
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how can I shuffle a playlist in itunes 11 (really shuffle the songs in order to burn them on a cd - not to listen to them through the player).
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So far I have not found a way to shuffle pre-burn either...only to play.
It is another one of those lovely user-friendly features that doesn't seem to exist in iTunes 11...which seems to have been an update which was a step back for many loyal iTunes users. I sure wish I can use the previous, more intelligently designed version.

How do you shuffle within a selected playlist?

That's all I need to know. We're trying to manage 2 iPods from one Itunes account on one laptop and my wife hates most of my music. This makes her shuffle of all songs not very good.

wpp764s wrote:
That section only discusses how to shuffle within entire playlist and by albums, which I already know. *I'm trying to figure out how to shuffle within a selected playlist. It isn't discussed within the manual.*
Have you tried doing the following in your *selected playlist?*
*Setting iPod nano to Shuffle Songs*
You can set iPod nano to play songs, albums, or your entire library in random order.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle and play all your songs:+
Choose Shuffle Songs from the iPod nano main menu.
iPod nano begins playing songs from your entire music library in random order,
skipping audiobooks and podcasts.
+To set iPod nano to always shuffle songs or albums:+
1 Choose Settings from the iPod nano main menu.
2 Set Shuffle to either Songs or Albums.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle songs, iPod nano shuffles songs within whatever list
(for example, album or playlist) you choose to play.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle albums, it plays all the songs on an album in order,
and then randomly selects another album and plays through it in order.
You can also set iPod nano to shuffle songs directly from the Now Playing screen.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle songs from the Now Playing screen:+
1 From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button until the shuffle slider appears.
2 Use the Click Wheel to set iPod nano to shuffle songs or albums.
You can skip ahead to a random song by shaking iPod nano.
+To shuffle songs while a song is playing or paused:+
Shake iPod nano from side to side. A new song starts to play.

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It had been a while since I've used my iPod Classic and I guess the newest iTunes update had changed things a bit. In the past I would click on a icon in the lower right corner of the playlist, each time you clicked the icon the playlist would shuffle itself. Now with the current iTunes I can't find that icon anywhere. Does anyone know where the missing icon is? Thanks in advance!

I'm a bit confused, but I assume you want to shuffle your playlist while you are playing it in iTunes. If this is so, you will actually have to start playing a song before the shuffle button appears, and it appears in the top center panel of your iTunes window. Yeah, I know...

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