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CHAPTER 13: MAKING SMART PLAYLISTS
You have the option of making mediocre playlists for your
iPod that simply “do the job”. Or you can master the art of
creating Smart Playlists that wow everyone including
yourself. Smart Playlists are one feature of iTunes that is
very underused. A Smart Playlist is automatically updated
depending on what kind of criteria you set for them. iTunes
lets you create playlists by combining your music tracks
from a variety of albums, artists, and genres. Using Smart
Playlists lets you take the playlist to an even higher level.
Smart Playlists were first introduced in iTunes 3. With the
Smart list you are able to personalize the music that you
listen to by updating your playlist with criteria that includes
last played, my rating, play count, and comment. You have
the choice of using any or all of these criteria when you are
creating a Smart Playlist. You also have the option of
eliminating some of the criteria, such as song name. The
great thing about a Smart Playlist is that it is something
different for everyone who creates a playlist.
One thing that you will want to know how to do on your
iPod is “rate a song”. To rate a song all you have to do is
press the center of the wheel two times. The first press will
push the wheel into “jog mode” while the second push of