THE PLAYLIST DIRECTIONS ARE NOT WORKING FOR ME

Question

I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS AS STATED AND CANNOT SEEM TO CREATE A PLAYLIST WHICH WAS LOST (1300 FIDDLE TUNES) WHEN I TRANSFERRED FROM DELL TO IMAC.  I WILL REBUILD IT BUT THE DIRECTIONS DON'T SEEM TO WORK.  I HAVE NOW CREATED TWO NEW FILES AND TUNES WILL NOT BE DRAGGED IN NOR SIT ON THE RIGHT WHILE MY VOLULME OF TUNES LOADS UP TO CHOOSE WHICH TO DRAG.  ALSO, I WONDER HOW I CAN GET RID OF THAT STAR RATING, SEEMS JUVENILE.  I USE GENRE TO PUT THE KEY OF THE TUNE, SURPRISED YOU HAVE NO KEY COLUMN.  SOME OF US UTILIZE THE KEY THAT THE TUNES ARE IN.

Answer 1

Hi Kate,
First, just so you know, all caps is the equivalent of yelling....figured you weren't aware of that.
Display your Sidebar to see your playlists and the music at the same time - click on View in the Menu Bar at the top, and click on Show Sidebar.
No way to get rid of the Star Rating - ignore it. I never even notice it because it it meaningless to me....
As for the Key issue, use one of the other sort columns to assign a Key to your music - click on a song, or select a group of songs (click on first one, then use the Shift Key plus the down arrow to select a consecutive group, or click on a song, then use the Command Key and click to select songs that are not consecutive)
Then, once selected, click on File and Get Info. You will get a message asking if you want to edit information for multiple items - say Yes.
Use the Grouping field to type in your Key. Or you can go to the Video tab and use the Show field. When you are editing multiple items, all of the fields are empty, but many of them are used by the system, so you don't want to randomly select a field to put your own info into . The two I suggested are "user" fields, so they are safe. If you want to see what else if available, select a single song and look at the Get Info tabs. Do that for several so you get a good sense of where the empty fields are.
Once you have assinged the value for your key, click OK.
Then you will want that new criteria to show in your Music window, so click on View and Show View Options, and check the box for the field that you used to assign the Key.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
GB