| There are loads of ways to manage your iPod tracks. | | | | away in a subfolder of iTunes Source pane). You can |
| The totally best way is using the Smart Playlists. I have | | | | use "playlist" "is not" Spoken word filter to stop speech |
| chosen 5 ways to utilise the Smart Playlist. | | | | getting into other playlists. So click on "match the |
| Smart PlayList tip#1 | | | | following rules", then in the boxes from left to right: |
| My Limited Top Tracks | | | | genre, is, Podcast. Then in the boxes underneath from |
| This can be done through iTunes icon in the Dock or | | | | left to right: genre, is, AudioBook. Then in the line |
| system tray while you are listening to a track. If you | | | | underneath. Podcast, is true. |
| limit your tracks to just 10 or even 40 and selected by | | | | Smart PlayList tip#4 |
| most often played then you will always have a cool | | | | Music Store Back-Up. |
| track playing. So click on "match the following rules", | | | | Keep your iTunes Music Store safe and sound by |
| then in the boxes from left to right: My Rating, is, 5 | | | | backing them up on CD. The best way of picking them |
| stars. | | | | out from your tracks is to make a Smart Playlist with |
| Smart PlayList tip#2 | | | | the following rules: Click on "match the following rules", |
| When did I listen to that? | | | | then in the boxes from left to right: Kind, contains, |
| If you own a large drive iPod some tracks can easily | | | | Protected AAC. |
| get forgotten and lost. Each track within your collection | | | | Smart PlayList tip#5 |
| is tagged by how many plays that it has had. So you | | | | Unwanted Tracks |
| can set up a playlist to listen to the tracks that you | | | | You can easily get tracks that you don't like or want |
| have listened to once, or even never. So click on | | | | within your playlists. So setting up a playlist dedicated |
| "match the following rules", then in the boxes from left | | | | soley to tracks that you don't want to hear will also |
| to right: Play Count, is in this range, 0 to 1. | | | | allow you to stop them appearing in future smart |
| Smart PlayList tip#3 | | | | playlists. If you save this file as "don't want" allows you |
| Podcasts and Audio Books | | | | to then select "playlist" "is not" "don't want" on a future |
| Apart from tunes, the Smart List can bring together | | | | smart playlist. So click "match all of the following rules", |
| most things iPod related. If you have other files like | | | | then in the boxes from left to right:genre, contains, |
| Podcasts they can creep into your music playlists. So | | | | podcast.genre, contains, holiday.genre, contains, humour. |
| you can create a playlist specifically for them (storing it | | | | It is up to you what you want to exclude. |