Restoring the "Classical Music" smart playlist

At some point I must have deleted the specially formatted "Classical Music" playlist that appeared in iTunes 9, probably because I had like two pieces of classical music on my laptop and didn't need the playlist taking up real estate (I left it on another computer). Well, now I've got more on this computer and I'd like it back.
Subsequent upgrades of iTunes have not brought it back. Is there something I can tweak to make this come back, or perhaps a template I can download, or bring over from another computer? (just the playlist format, not the contents) I can see the playlist on the other computer, but when looking at it via library sharing it's not the same format, but is instead just a plain old playlist with plain old columns. It's really the special formatting with Composer and whatnot that I'm interested in.

Thanks for the rules. That was helpful in getting the general selection of songs into the playlist, but then there's something else going on in how it displays and sorts them that I can't manage to reproduce. As you can probably see when you select that playlist, the column heads in the track info area, left to right, are Composer, Grouping, and then the more familiar number, Name, Artist, Time etc. It will display tracks based first on what's selected in Composer, then on Grouping (which is used for a "work" like a symphony or concerto that doesn't necessarily align with an album, or which you could have multiple artists doing different versions of).
But I can't get the columns to work the same way through the normal dropdown list of columns. I can get all the same elements, but not in that order: nothing will go to the left of Name or the number.

Similar Messages

  • ITunes 9.0 : how do i get the classical music ( smart ) playlist back ?

    it was there when i downloaded itunes 9.0.
    i removed it without realising exactly what it was, and now cannot find out where / how to get it back .
    thanks.

    To roll back to iTunes 10.7 first download a copy of the installer from here, uninstall iTunes and suppporting software, i.e. Apple Application Support & Apple Mobile Device Support. Reboot. Restore the pre-upgrade version of your library database as per the diagram below, then install iTunes 10.7.
    See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to scan the media folder and catch up with any changes made since the backup file was created.
    tt2

  • MUSIC SMART PLAYLISTS PROBLEM/ERROR/BUG

    It seems that Apple continues to ignore the problem with the music smart playlists... IT'S A SHAME!!! What's the point in getting an iPod/iPhone that doesen't work as it should???
    WAKE UP APPLE!!!
    Regards.

    For the n thousandth time (not to you obviously) , Apple do not read posts like yours, and almost never read anything unless they are pointed to it by a high level member. Then only for deletion ....
    They have jobs to do trying to get problems solved which are reported in the proper way, and random venting by people who have caps lock stuck on just gets ignored.
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • How do I add specific podcasts to the Recently Added Smart Playlist?

    Well,
    I guess the question is very self-explanatory, still; I subscribe to several podcast, most of them are news and I have a couple of them that are music that I'd like to add to the Recently Added Smart Playlist.
    By default the this playlist has the criteria Media Kind is not Podcast, so when I specify a podcast it'll not appear and if I remove this criteria, all the podcasts will appear which of course I don't want. I could just specify every single podcast I don't want but the problem would be that I'd have to keep editing the playlist everytime I subscribe to a new one; a thing I don't feel very comfortable with.
    I tried using subcriteria but the Media Kind is not Podcast just overrules everything I add afterwards.
    I'll really appreciate any help you can give me. I'm attaching a screenshot with the lastest config I put in–which doesn't work–so you can give yourselves an idea of what I'm doing.

    It is a mixed playlist and finally I came up with an answer; it might sound strange but I woke up from a nap with all correct settings figured out.
    This is what I did:
    I had to specify a subset for every podcast or I would end up with every episode available on my library which in turn would reach the limit I set but that's OK. I noticed though, that podcast won't sync to iTunes Match, which is a bummer, but still they sync over Wi-Fi. This is what I got finally:
    Thanks for all your help!

  • Is there a way to have the same music and playlists on 2 separate iPhones

    Is there a way to have the same music and playlists on 2 separate iPhones

    Yes. Create a New User Account on the Computer for the second iPhone.
    See Here  >  How to Use Multiple iDevices with One Computer
    More Info here...
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/18409815?ac_cid=ha

  • Filter songs by rating (on the fly, without smart playlists)

    Is there any way (3rd party app maybe) that would allow you to live filter the displayed/played songs by rating? ie. if I have an artist selected, and all 200 songs are shown by that artist -- I would like to select on the fly to only display/play songs that are rated 2 or higher.
    Aperture has a similar function that does not require making smart lists -- "Display only 2 or higher" of the current album, etc. -- AND you can sort with a sub-filter in addition (in iTunes, I would show/play only 2 and higher, and maybe sub-sort by album, or shuffle it.)
    The only current way to do this is to create a unique smart playlist for every artist, genre, etc. that you would want to filter by rating in that way. Alternately, you can sort by rating, so the best are at the top, but with large selection of those ratings I often want to be able to shuffle the order within that selected rating range.
    This software addition would be very useful!
    Thanks for any tips...

    Merci beaucoup for the response. However, what you described in both cases are the workarounds that I described & that I've been using.
    With sort by rating solution, the music can then only be sorted by rating -- and there will be songs of lower ratings played eventually.
    Let me try to describe what I'm looking for more precisely:
    Like in Aperture, there would be a small gui selection toward the top of iTunes, and you select what ratings should be shown/played -- for example, 2 & higher. Then, there will be no songs shown/played that are below 2 stars. You can then have it play on shuffle, or sorted by other data such as artist, album, etc. -- and you will never hear a song below 2 stars.
    The smart playlist is the other workaround I've used, but it's also not the solution. It requires making a separate smart playlist for every possible artist/genre, etc. that you would want only (for example) 2 stars & above to play. For example, if on a whim I wanted to listen to all of my U2 music on random/shuffle -- I'd like to be able to just select Artist-->U2, and with the 2+stars GUI selection, I know I will never hear anything below 2 stars -- *without* having to take the time to make a smart playtlist for this random & rare mood. If I suddenly want a even higher selection of U2, I just click the 3stars GUI selection, and the shown & playable songs instantly update. No need to always have to create & edit smart playlists for such random selections...
    This interface works extremely well in Aperture - I wish they'd migrate it over to iTunes!
    I hope I'm clearer now... Thanks again

  • Restoring the original "Recently Added" Playlist

    I accidently deleted the "Recently Added" playlist, and its accompanying path and logic when new songs are purchased and/or ripped that are automatically put there. Is there any way to restore the playlist and its original functionality? THANKS.
    DELL   Windows XP  

    This is simply a smart playlist which can re-built using the following criteria "date added is after", you pick how much time you want to use such 2weeks ago, 1 month ago, etc.

  • IPad music smart playlist sort

    I have a problem with the sort order of smart playlists being different than the computer I am synching with? Any ideas?. I hav ipad2 synced with an iMac 27" running lion. Any help very much appreciated

    it's a bug, but here's the workaround:
    at the bottom of the playlist, select "Limit to [however many] items selected by [choose the order you prefer].
    • by "limiting" to a high number of items or GB, you won't be limiting the playlist at all.
    • to sort alphabetically, choose "selected by name." (or whatever other option you want).
    after doing this, you shouldn't see any change to the items displayed in the smart playlist in itunes. however, the playlist will now sync properly to your idevices.  :-)

  • How can i change the order in smart playlist

    how can i change the order in smart playlist

    Click column headings until you find one you like, or select the leftmost column of numbers then drag into your desired order.
    tt2

  • Creating Smart Playlists on the iPad

    I don't understand why in all the changes with iOS 5 and the addition of the iCloud that smart playlist creation is not on the iPad.  I don't want to have my iOS devices teathered to my PC or Mac, they can now be devices unto themselves.  Has anyone heard if Apple is going to fix this as its annoying to not be able to rate a song and have it automatically appear in a playlist.

    Hello shytakki!
    I was looking for something  like your curosity. SOME VIDEO PLAYLIST!
    With the N97 and its massive memory you can easily put the MP3 music in the history and enjoy high quality videos with the mp4 format. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE F*****G Video Playlists!!! hehehe
    Have you found some video app that can do/make video playlist?
    I'm thinking about to change my n97 only for this little things!!!
    The easy way (but not quickly) it is to join all the files in one. For example, i put all the videos of David Guetta in one file named guetta.avi. The problem is when a new video comes, hehe.
    I'm sorry for my english, i'm from argentina and i don't know where to find some help,
    I hope you can help me.
    Andrés.-

  • Can I create Composer sub-playlists in Classical Music?

    I made the terrible mistake of upgrading to itunes 11. I've managed to mostly get it the way I want it with the exception of my Classical Music. In itunes 10 I had playlists for each composer under the Classical Music heading, which was the easiest way to sort things. Now I just have a list of tracks by composer, and it's impossible to navigate. I can't figure out a way to change this, and am thinking about reinstalling 10.7, but that looks painfully difficult - does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

    Use MetaZ to tag the files as TV Shows and the correct series and all other info.
    -> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36029/metaz

  • Smart Playlists and the Fifth Generation iPod

    Does anyone know if the issue of Smart Playlists not auto-updating has been addressed in the 5th gen. iPod?
    For more info. / background, please see:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301910

    You may be interested in our Smart Playlist discussion here:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1514307#1514307
    Podcast-containing Smart Playlists are still coming to grief, and do not update dynamically:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1536677#1536677
    and Level 2 Support have been notified about this:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1683550
    Kind regards,
    Gopha.

  • How to restore the link between on screen library item and audio file?

    Do you have a BORKEN LINKS problem?
    I'd like to share a useful discovery.
    I have read a number of posts both here and other forums concerning 'broken links' problem after moving iTunes music folder to an external drive.
    ie. In the iTunes window you see a long list of playlists on the left (blue tinted) column and song names and details in the other columns but when you try to play a song a message tells you the link is broken and ! appears to the left of song name.
    Broken links can easily be restored if you use SMART PLAYLISTS.
    Note: I'm not sure about manually created playlists, so take care.
    How to repair the broken links:
    Step one:
    Make a back up copy of 2 important files,
    the current iTunes library and iTunes Music Library.xml files
    place copies somewhere away from the iTunes folder.
    Preparation:
    first go to iTunes Preferences and in the advanced settings page, uncheck the two boxes, Keep iTunes Music folder organsied : and Copy files to files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to library.
    Method A. only some links broken.
    Within iTunes highlight each of your playlists in turn**, highlight all the songs listed and hit the delete key on the keypad. Don't worry all the category info will not be lost, keep the playlist window open so you can monitor the link repair progress.
    In the FILE menu, click on 'add to library', and select the artist folder containing the songs you just deleted. Click on the choose button, and soon all the songs will appear once more in the song list window complete with all associated info that you have previously added like genre, comments, grouping.
    Method B. all links broken.
    If your entire song list has broken links like mine did (ie when you try to play the song a ! appears to the left of song name, restoring the entire list is easy, having made the settings mentioned above, click on 'add to library' then select the iTunes Music folder itself, in a short time all the songs will appear on screen as before you deleted them with links restored.
    NOTE
    **For this reason it is a good idea to create a smart playlist corresponding to every Artist folder that appears in Finder, this greatly facilitates any future repairs of broken links in batches. In fact there is an advantage in making all the playlists of the 'Smart' type and taking the time to fill in fields like Genre, Comments, and Grouping as this information allows the application to place every song into at least one category which can be named when setting up the smart playlist.
    CE
    Message was edited by: Colin Edwards

    Replying to my own post here
    Apologies, this question should have been placed in Apple Mac users section.
    If you are a windows user please ignore unless you use iTunes also on a Mac :o)

  • Can't sync my podcast smart playlist(s) to my ipod

    I created a smart playlist to hold my podcasts, which would sync to my ipod when I was using the previous version of itunes, but after installing itunes 9 I can no longer get that playlist to sync to my ipod. I have tried both unplugging and replugging back in my ipod as well as restore factory settings and reloading everything back onto the ipod, still no luck. Does anyone know how I can solve this or if there will be a patch for itunes 9 to resolve this as well as some of the problems experienced with syncing with devices like the apple tv.

    Check out this article: http://www.gotknowhow.com/articles/how-to-get-podcast-playlists-to-sync-in-itune s-9.aspx
    I was in the same boat and 20 minutes on the phone with an Apple Product Specialist and we figured it out.
    Apple changed the sync behavior of iTunes, because what we all have been doing was a workaround for an old bug we didn't recognize as such. We abandoned syncing podcasts using the Podcasts tab because it didn't give us the control that Smart Playlists gave us. We discovered that iTunes would sync our podcast playlists under the music tab.
    That was fixed, though I wish it had been covered during the iTunes demo in the Keynote.
    Use the Music tab to sync songs and other files you find in your Music library. Use the Podcasts tab to sync podcast episodes you find in your Podcasts library. Both tabs have sections listing all of your playlists. On the Podcasts tab, you may have to scroll to the bottom.
    Next, Turn OFF the "Automatically include" option. This is simple syncing. If you want more control, turn this off and select the Smart Playlists you've defined using the bottom section.
    I found that all of the playlists I used to sync were still selected in this lower section. As soon as I turned of the "Automatically include" option, everything was back to normal.
    FYI, I love having the "Automatically fill free space with songs" option on the music tab. Now as I listen to podcasts and they are removed from the Smart Playlists, I get more music and no wasted space on my device.
    Message was edited by: SkyJack

  • Smart playlists problem!!!

    So, I've adressed this problem partly in another thread but since that one seems dead I'll start a new one. Got a new ipod touch to replace my ipod classic, and to be honest I'm very disappointed. Not only is synching MUCH slower, when I change the rating of a song on the ipod, it's immediately reset when I connect the ipod to the computer!
    This means that my system of rating songs, creating playlists for certain numbers of stars is totally worthless now.
    Edit:
    I'm getting really angry that Apple is selling these, I can't use live update on any playlists and I can't even change the rating on my own songs, what am I paying for?!
    Message was edited by: mikael.kallin

    Has your ipod been set up to manually manage music?
    That would stop the ratings and play counts from syncing back to itunes, if it's not set up to sync.
    A bigger problem is if you can't even change a rating in itunes itself. That would most likely be due to windows permissions not letting itunes edit the iTunes Library.itl file. And could also be the reason your smart playlists aren't working properly.
    In Windows Explorer, right-click > Properties on your top-level itunes media folder. Go to the security tab and give your windows userID full control and ownership of that folder, and all its child/subfolders. Restart itunes so it will see the new permission settings, and see if it starts behaving as you expect.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Data size bigger than max size for this type

    First, I'd like to thank you for release 1.2.1, it works like a charm! Keep up the good work. Here are my questions: 1. When parsing a stored procedure, I get the message "Data size bigger than max size for this type". Can you tell me what causes thi

  • How to integrate Struts & JSF ?

    Hi all, How to build an application using Struts 'framework' and JSF ? (Example please)

  • Select statement on table of objects

    My table is like this :- CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE VALUE_T AS OBJECT ( PROPERTYVALUE VARCHAR2(4000) ); CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE PROPERTY_T AS OBJECT ( PROPERTYNAME VARCHAR2(128) , PROPERTYVALUE VALUE_T ); CREATE TABLE TEMP ( SESSIONID , PROPERTY PROPERTY_

  • Generating pre-defined events for system or applications ?

    I would like to write a script of some kind which generates a series of pre-defined events to the system or an active application: such as "a mouse is clicked on position x,y", a "mouse is dragged to position z, w", a "key is pressed", etc. How do I

  • Unable to update WADAT_IST in Outbound Delivery via iDoc WHSCON (DELVRY03)

    Processing iDoc WHSCON (DELVRY03) to update an Outbound Delivery and post Goods Issue, the field ACTUAL GI DATE (WADAT_IST) is not updated. I am using segment E1EDT13 of iDoc WHSCON to inform dates. Can anyone tell me if there is any other segment, f