Refreshing the playlist on my shuffle

My shuffle holds a subset of my songs. How can I easily refresh the playlist with a new batch of songs from my collection?
Update: Answer found here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/9911819#9911819

Just got this reply - my online access has been curtailed recently.
Thanks for the reply, I'm happy to see there's a solution out there.
I've started nosing around online to find some of these apps you mentioned, but haven't had much success. Any specific apps I should look into?

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As a test, shut down your computer and disconnect ALL USB devices. Do this procedure to Reset the shuffle
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1655
Start up computer with nothing connected, except for standard keyboard and mouse (if it's not a laptop). Run iTunes. Connect shuffle to a direct USB port on the computer. See if there's any improvement,
If the shuffle is now recognized, there may have been a USB device conflict previously, or maybe all of the devices connected at the same time overloads the USB bus (for power). An iPod charges its battery while connected, so it is a high-power USB device.

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The shuffle setting in the main menu will shuffle through the entire library as you have found out.
You need to go to settings>shuffle this will toggle through off/song/album. Once you have set this it will stay the same until you change the setting.
Now when you start playing a song in a playlist the iPod will shuffle through that playlist (or if you select your song through artist then it will shuffle through all the songs for that artist etc)

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How do I get the playlist in shuffle to play in sequential order rather than alphabetic?

How do I get the Shuffle to play in sequential order not alphabetic order ?

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.
Then, drag and drop your playlist into the ipod. On the left side of the ipod name is an arrow. Click that, which will show 'Music' and your playlist. Right click the playlist, then hit 'Copy to Play Order'. This option will not be available if you haven't already checked the 'Manually Manage Music' in Settings.
THEN, hit sync, and disconnect/remove the ipod. When you turn on your ipod the music will still be out of order. You have to press and hold the voiceover button. The voice will list your options, starting with 'All Music', then the name of your playlist.
While you are hearing the name of your playlist, press play on the ipod, and it will play them in the correct order.
And there you have it.
Why so hard, Apple?

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I have a shuffle and way too much music for it. I have a playlist of stuff I would use at the gym but that is still too big. Can't my shuffle just randomly choose enough song from my playlist to fill itself. You know "Shuffle" the music. I had a very old version of a shuffle that did just this every time I plugged it in.
Does anyone know how to tell iTunes to do this?

Yes. It's called Autofill.
Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. If the iTunes sidebar (along left side of widnow) is not visible, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
With the iPod selected in the sidebar, its Summary screen appears to the right. There is a checkbox for Manually manage music. To use Autofill, the shuffle needs to be set for Manually manage music. If you changed that option, Apply the change.
In the sidebar, click on the small triangle to the left of the shuffle name, to drop down it content list, indented below the shuffle. Click on Music there. To the right, you see the list of songs on the shuffle. At the bottom of the list, there are controls for using Autofill. Select the playlist you want to Autofill from. Click Settings to get the desired results.

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gakansas wrote:
It has some songs I would like to keep
There is no legal way to do this- You would need to be using the same AppleID (account)
As far as deleting the songs, in a situation like this, you should restore the iPod which will delete the songs as well as allow you to sync your own music.
For instructions on how to delete/add songs it's best to check the manual:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#ipod
As far as restoring, you didn't mention what model you are using but just choose your model from here (they have step by step instructions):
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/

I can't get my playlist on my iPod Touch to shuffle while I'm running using the Nike . The playlist keeps defaulting to play songs in alphabetical order.

I use my iPod Touch with Nike+ while running. I have setup my workouts into my iPod but when I can't get my playlists to stay on "shuffle". The playlists only play in alphabetical order. Is there a way to make sure the songs play on shuffle and not in alphabetical order?

similar problem with my 6th generation ipod nano. if i select a playlist within the nike+ workout function it only ever plays the songs in alphabetical order of artists.
the shuffle works fine if i'm playing the playlist outside of the nike+ environment
never had these problems with my 2nd generation or 4th generation nanos
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I recently bought a 160GB Ipod Classic for use mostly in my car. I've organized my music into the playlists that I want and now I want to let the Ipod pick which lists to play. The only two options I see in the Shuffle Settings Menu are by Song or Album, not by Playlist. I do NOT want this - I only want it to shuffle the lists! I'm making the jump from Cassettes and I just want to have the same basic setup - a big block of music in the same order as before, but I don't want to have to pull the ipod out all the time and program in another list. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks!

Please let me know if this is possible.
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I was down loading music from my list of songs from my computer, the playlist on my iPod shows the title of the song, but there is no music, and the iPod shuffles to the next song

I down loaded songs from my playlist off my computer to my iPod, the playlist on my iPod shows the title of the song, but no music plays and my iPod shuffles to the next available song. I down loaded about 300 songs at once, was that to much at one time ? How do I get those songs on my iPod without duplicating song titles on the playlist? Plus I have a couple of song duplications on the playlist, can't figure out how to remove them.

If iTunes purchases, delete and redownload by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise delete and resync if they play OK in iTunes on the computer

Refreshing the playlist on my shuffle

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