Easy iPod and iTunes

Part 5. All About iTunes Playlists

As you’ve already learned, the music library contains links to all of the files you have imported or downloaded to your computer using iTunes. You have probably also noticed the other items in the iTunes source pane: Podcasts, Videos, Party Shuffle, Radio, 90’s Music, My Top Rated, Recently Added, Recently Played, and Top 25 Most Played. These items are called playlists, and you use them to organize your audio files. You also use playlists to tell iTunes which songs and other files to add to your iPod when you synchronize it with your computer. Two of the playlists (Radio and Party Shuffle) have special features that are described throughout this part. You’ll learn about the Podcast playlist in Part 8, “Finding ...