Ha! I sympathize, Chris! I have very ecclectic taste in music, so frequently have this experience when using Shuffle. If you find a way to keep it from happening, please do let me know. Take care, Donna On Aug 24, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> > I use smart playlists for most of my music (over 7000 songs) and think > they are tremendously interesting. First off, before you set rules, > assuming you will have more than one, it is usually best if you switch > the combo box that says "All" to "Any" as that will resolve a lot of > contradictions. > > Once you have your list of rules in place, you just name it and off > you go. For instance, I have one in which filters on Bruce > Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed and a few others whom I > feel work together. With automatic updating, I was able to rip the > latest Springsteen album and the playlist automatically contained the > songs. > > My quejstion is how to keep "shuffle" from grabbing items outside the > current playlist? This happens on my MacBook, iMac 24, Nano and > iPhone whether I hit the button or shake the handheld devices. Thus, > I jumped from a movement in Brahms Fourth to a song by Eminem an > experience that nearly knocked me out of my chair. > > cdh > On Aug 23, 2009, at 11:45 AM, rayna424 wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I know I'm asking lots of iTunes/iPod questions, but I get the most >> useful information from ya'll, so I've just given up searches. I >> don't >> understand this smart playlist thing. I click create playlist and it >> asks me for all these guidlines, but no matter what I pick, it says >> something like, this will never work, haha. I'd love to just be able >> to click a button and have an interesting playlist created...does >> anyone have any tips? >> >> Thanks! >> Randi >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
