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