Apple MA107LL Features Guide - Page 20

Loading Music and Podcasts onto iPod nano, To make a playlist in iTunes, To make a Smart Playlist

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To make a playlist in iTunes: 1 Click the Add (+) button or choose File > New Playlist. 2 Type a name for the playlist. 3 Click Music in the Library list, and then drag a song or other item to the playlist. To select multiple songs, hold down the Shift key or the Command (x) key on a Mac, or the Shift key or the Control key on a Windows PC, as you click each song. To make a Smart Playlist: m Choose File > New Smart Playlist and define the rules for your playlist. Note: You can also make playlists on iPod nano, called On-The-Go Playlists, when iPod nano isn't connected to your computer. See "Making On-The-Go Playlists on iPod nano" on page 25. Loading Music and Podcasts onto iPod nano After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily load it onto iPod nano. MENU To set how music is loaded from your computer onto iPod nano, you connect iPod nano to your computer, and then use the iTunes preferences to choose iPod nano settings. You can set iTunes to load music onto iPod nano in three ways: Â Sync all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod nano, it is automatically updated to match the songs and other items in the iTunes library. Any other songs on iPod nano are deleted. Â Sync selected playlists: When you connect iPod nano, it is automatically updated to match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes. Â Manually manage music on iPod nano: When you connect iPod nano, you can drag songs and playlists individually to iPod nano, and delete songs and playlists individually from iPod nano. Using this option, you can download songs from more than one computer without erasing songs from iPod nano. When you manage music yourself, you must always eject iPod nano from iTunes before you can disconnect it. 20 Chapter 2 Music Features

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Chapter 2
Music Features
To make a playlist in iTunes:
1
Click the Add (+) button or choose File > New Playlist.
2
Type a name for the playlist.
3
Click Music in the Library list, and then drag a song or other item to the playlist.
To select multiple songs, hold down the Shift key or the Command (
x
) key on a Mac,
or the Shift key or the Control key on a Windows PC, as you click each song.
To make a Smart Playlist:
m
Choose File > New Smart Playlist and define the rules for your playlist.
Note:
You can also make playlists on iPod nano, called On-The-Go Playlists, when iPod
nano isn’t connected to your computer. See “Making On-The-Go Playlists on iPod nano”
on page 25.
Loading Music and Podcasts onto iPod nano
After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily load it onto iPod
nano.
To set how music is loaded from your computer onto iPod nano, you connect iPod
nano to your computer, and then use the iTunes preferences to choose iPod nano
settings.
You can set iTunes to load music onto iPod nano in three ways:
Â
Sync all songs and playlists:
When you connect iPod nano, it is automatically updated
to match the songs and other items in the iTunes library. Any other songs on iPod
nano are deleted.
Â
Sync selected playlists:
When you connect iPod nano, it is automatically updated to
match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes.
Â
Manually manage music on iPod nano:
When you connect iPod nano, you can
drag songs and playlists individually to iPod nano, and delete songs and playlists
individually from iPod nano. Using this option, you can download songs from
more than one computer without erasing songs from iPod nano. When you manage
music yourself, you must always eject iPod nano from iTunes before you can
disconnect it.
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