Thanks very much. I think I learned more about iTunes from your email than I had known before and I've been using it daily for more than a year. On Aug 24, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Esther wrote:
> > Hi Chris, > > Shuffle playback uses whatever group you're in at the time you turn it > on as its basis for shuffling. So in iTunes on your Mac, if you select > your Music playlist in the sources table, turn on the file browser > (Command-B), select a genre or artist, and press the "Do Not Shuffle" > button (which describes the current setting) to turn on shuffling > (where this becomes the "Shuffle" button), then start playing music > (either by pressing the "Play" button or by starting from any of the > tracks in the resulting songs table and pressing enter), iTunes will > shuffle through all the songs in the songs table, playing each exactly > once. If you select a playlist, turn shuffle play on, and start > playing from that playlist, then iTunes will only play tracks from > that playlist (and will leave out any tracks where you have checked > the box for "Skip when shuffling" on the Options pane if you edited > the track with "Get Info" (Command-I)). If you want iTunes to > continuously shuffle through the playlist, press the "No Repeat" > button (which describes current setting) to turn on repeat play (this > now becomes the "Repeat All Songs" button) and start playing. Chances > are, you turned on shuffle play from your music playlist and never > turned it off, which is why you're getting a mixture of Brahms and > Eminem. > > On your Nano or iPhone, navigate to your playlist and then turn on the > setting to shuffle songs before you start playing your playlist. > Remember that these iPod/iPhone settings "stick". If you set your > iPod or iPhone to shuffle songs, either from the Settings menu or > while playing from a playlist, when you next go to play an Album > you'll hear the tracks play in shuffled rather than sequential order. > The shuffled setting (on the song level) applies to whatever group of > music you're in, and only exempts tracks that were marked as "Do not > shuffle" (such as Audiobook tracks, or any tracks where you checked > this setting if you edited the Options tab in iTunes.) > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Aug 24, 2009, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >> 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. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
