How To Create, Add Or Delete A Playlist In Itunes

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Manage playlists on iTunes

ITunes allows you not only to keep the entire library on gadgets and PCs, synchronizing it in both directions, but also to listen to your favorite tracks according to your mood, easily managing them in playlists. This is a convenient player in which storage and playback of music is organized according to the latest requirements of advanced music lovers.

Content

• 1 Why you need playlists in iTunes

• 2 How to create and edit playlists in iTunes

  • 2.1 How to create a new playlist in iTunes

  • 2.2 How to add tracks

    2.2.1 Video: How to Edit Playlists in iTunes 12

  • 2.3 How to create a playlist with selected tracks
  • 2.4 How to Create Smart Playlist in iTunes
  • 2.5 How to create a Genius playlist

  • 2.6 Transfer Music Lists and Other iTunes Content to Another PC

    2.6.1 Video: how to transfer your library from one computer to another

• 3 How to delete playlists

  3.1 Video: How to Clean Your iTunes Library

• 4 Problems with playlists in iTunes

Why you need playlists in iTunes

Like any playlist (playlist), Smart Playlists in iTunes let you sort your music tracks according to your liking. Apple has done everything to ensure that your favorite music is not only available anytime and anywhere, but the order of its playback can be easily adjusted to suit your preferences and your mood.

The iTunes interface on Windows and on macOS is almost identical - Apple retains only the essentials, mercilessly cutting off everything irrelevant, while striving for simplicity and convenience. Therefore, as an example, we took the version of iTunes for Windows - "poppies" are not available for everyone, but a PC or laptop with Windows is in every home.

How to create and edit playlists in iTunes

To work with playlists, iTunes must be installed.

How to create a new playlist in iTunes

Do the following:

1. Set the command "File - New - Playlist".

   

   To create a playlist, there is a corresponding option in the iTunes file menu

2. Give a name to the list you just created.

   

   Don't use the default playlist name as it can get confused quickly

Now you can transfer your soundtracks to it.

How to add tracks

To do this, you must have already created a separate playlist:

1. Open the newly created playlist (double click with the left mouse button).

2. Open the folder where you store the downloaded songs, and drag one by one (several or all at once) to the playlist window.

   

   Transfer tracks one by one or in groups

3. Highlight all songs (already in the list window) and give the command: right mouse button - "Add to playlist" -. If you bought some tracks from the iTunes Store, they will appear in your library - you can simply drag them to the name of your playlist.

   

   iTunes allows you to add tracks to the playlist selectively

Video: How to Edit Playlists in iTunes 12

How to create a playlist with selected tracks

It's even easier here:

1. Drag all the tracks into the iTunes library window from your folders on your PC, add purchased ones from the iTunes Store (if any).

2. Press the Ctrl key to select an arbitrary group of tracks and give the command "File" - "New playlist from the selected one", give the playlist a name.

   

   Free downloads and purchases from the iTunes Store appear in the same playlists

All selected songs will immediately be added to the newly created list. This method works faster than adding tracks from your folders to an already created playlist.

How to create a smart playlist in iTunes

Do the following:

1. Give the command "File - New Smart Playlist".

2. Assign Smart Playlist settings according to your preferences.

   

   Advanced track sorting in iTunes is close to the software of a real radio station

3. Add tracks to your smart playlist according to the instructions above (smart playlists appear along with regular playlists in the general list).

How to create a Genius playlist

Genius is a music mixing (mixing) technology that allows you to create smooth transitions from one soundtrack to another. The Genius function is a little more difficult to use, but this does not lose its attractiveness to the millions of experimental music lovers.

Genius is an internet addicted feature: requires an iTunes Store account. When you start iTunes for the first time, you need to enable Genius functionality using the "Music - Genius - Enable Genius" command.

Genius functionality will request a working connection

The Genius component connects to the Apple Genius service.

Genius only works when connected to the internet

If you successfully connect to the Apple Genius Server, the Genius Playlist Management will open.

Managing Genius Playlists will not be available without connecting to apple.com

Do the following:

1. Give the command "File" - "New Genius Playlist".

   

   After executing the command, you will have a new Genius playlist

2. Give a name to the new playlist (if required).

Transfer Music Lists and Other iTunes Content to Another PC

You must not lose access to your old PC, which contains your entire library, otherwise only tracks purchased from the iTunes Store can be restored.

Do the following:

1. Install iTunes on another PC (if the app hasn't been installed yet).
2. Copy the folder C: / Documents and Settings / / My Documents / Music / iTunes (most often iTunes files are stored here) to any external drive - it contains the entire library, including playlists. Do not only store your iTunes backups on the C: drive because it will be difficult to retrieve your local media library if Windows crashes.

3. Copy the same folder on another PC to the same location on the C: drive (or another drive specified as iTunes storage).

   

   ITunes folder is moved to the same address on a new computer

4. Launch iTunes on the second PC by pressing Shift (or Option on MacBook) and you will be prompted to select your iTunes library.

   

   ITunes will prompt you to select the folder where your music is stored

5. Select the location of the copied folder for iTunes.

The music library and playlists will be updated. You can use your media library in the same way as on the first PC.

Video: how to transfer your library from one computer to another

How to delete playlists

It is very easy to delete playlists in iTunes. Do the following:

1. Give the command "Music - My Music".

   

   Select a list of your tracks in the iTunes music submenu

2. Select the desired playlist and give the command: right-click - "Delete".

   

   After deleting, the playlist will no longer appear in iTunes music lists

Similarly, you can delete both Genius and Smart playlists. To delete a Genius playlist, click on the Genius sub-item and delete any of the playlists that appear.

Selective cleaning of lists of any format can also be performed track by track: for this, select any song that has become unnecessary and remove it using the "Delete" command. Deleting songs from the tracklist does not erase it immediately and from everywhere - iTunes will certainly issue an additional request to completely delete a file (or a group of files).

Selected songs can only be deleted from the iTunes library or completely erased from disk

If in doubt, click Leave or the Cancel button. But it is better to refuse in advance to delete those songs from the tracklist, which you are not sure of being unnecessary.

Video: How to Clean Your iTunes Library

Problems with playlists in iTunes

ITunes library problems can be both general and specific:

1. Unable to enable Genius Playlists. Check if your internet connection is working. Also check if iTunes is added to the list of exceptions for Windows Firewall, Antivirus, your local network firewall (or Firewall software).

   

   Error 13014 means iTunes has crashed

2. ITunes won't install or launch on another PC. The files of the drivers or Windows system libraries are damaged - you will need to restore or reinstall the system. In the case of a Mac PC, the culprit may be, for example, a custom version of MacOS (OS X), in which protection is bypassed and vulnerabilities and flaws made by Apple OS developers are exposed - the operating system will have to be reinstalled. In the case of Windows, the reason for the failure can be viruses that have replaced or multiplied some system processes that are vital for the operation of the system.

   

   ITunes startup error occurs when the iTunesSetup.exe source is not built correctly

3. You cannot transfer or copy your iTunes library. The reason can be both problems with the iTunes Store service (wait a few hours or days for Apple's network problems to be fixed), or damage to external media, USB ports on your PC. Check your PC hardware and external drive, use a different drive or flash drive.
4. Some songs not from the iTunes Store will not play. You may have manually deleted them from your iTunes folder. Re-sync with your media library on another PC or Apple gadget using backups on other devices or media.
5. The playlist is not created, not renamed. The reason may be either an overflow of the disk (or its section where iTunes "throws" files), or damage to the iTunes program itself (this will be accompanied by system or internal errors of iTunes).
6. Files are not added to playlists. The reason is the C: drive is full (the number of multimedia files in the iTunes folder is not limited). Clean up your disk from other unnecessary documents and temporary files saved by Windows.

7. ITunes library doesn't sync with iPhone, iPad, or iPod. One of the gadgets is full. Delete the songs that you are already tired of from the iTunes Store backup, do the same on all Apple computers and gadgets, then repeat the sync again.

   

   There are several errors showing that iTunes cannot connect to iPhone

In any case, if you experience a specific error that may be caused by iTunes or other Apple software on other devices, please contact Apple Support.

Managing playlists makes it easier to work with music in iTunes, just as editing a shared tracklist will make it easier to sort your music into playlists. Happy listening!