Apple MC984LL/A, MC769LL/A manual Using Playlists, Viewing All Tracks on an Album, Searching Music

See other podcasts in a series or chapters in an audiobook: Tap . Tap the podcast or audiobook thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen.

Viewing All Tracks on an Album

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: On the Now Playing screen, tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen.

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated songs.

Rate a song: Drag your thumb across the rating bar (the five dots under the playhead) to give the song zero to five stars.

Searching Music

You can search the titles, artists, albums, and composers of songs, podcasts, and other content you’ve synced to iPad.

Search music, podcasts, audiobooks, or other content in your library: Enter text in the search field at the top of a song list, playlist, artist list, or other view of your iPod content. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of a list and reveal the search field.)

Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.

You can also use Spotlight to search for music. See “Spotlight Search” on page 157.

Using Playlists

A playlist is a custom compilation of songs. You might want to create a playlist for a specific mood or occasion or organize your music library. You can use three kinds of playlists on iPad—standard playlists, Genius playlists, and Genius Mixes.

Creating Playlists

You can make playlists from the music, podcasts, or audiobooks in your iPod library.

Make a standard playlist:

1Tap iPod, then tap at the bottom of the screen.

2Enter a name for the playlist, then tap Save.

3Tap next to your selections, then tap Done when you finish selecting. You can also tap Sources to browse for selections.

4When you finish, tap Done.

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