ITunes Shuffle

I can't get the i'tunes shuffle to work. I click on the button in iTunes, but it doesn't shuffle the songs. It did awhile ago, but doesn't know. Am I not doing something I need to do?
Thanks
Carl

Hi Carl,
When you say it doesn't shuffle the songs, do you mean the tracks don't change order on the screen, or when you play them the order doesn't change?
The shuffle button doesn't show the re-ordering of your songs unless you have the "numbers" column (the one with no heading, just of the left of "Name") selected. For example, if you have the "Artist" column highlighted, the playlist is ordered by Artist and clicking the shuffle button will not show that the playlist will now play in shuffle mode. Yet when you play the songs, you'll see it doesn't play them in "Artist" order, rather it is shuffled (since the button is on).
Note that in the Library, there is no "numbers" column so you can never see the order that the tracks will be shuffled. Whenyou play the tracks however it will jump around the list when the shuffle button is on.
Does that help?
Sara.

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