Easy iPod and iTunes

Part 13. Managing Your iTunes Library

Like house plants and long-term relationships, your iTunes library requires care and feeding. You can move, delete, and edit the library’s contents when things become cluttered, or simply to make it easier to find things.

iTunes’s powerful ID3 tag editing tools enable you to fix mistakes that came into your library along with songs you’ve ripped or purchased. You can even edit groups of files to associate them with one another.

Music ratings in iTunes and on the iPod help you find and play the music you want to hear. Party Shuffle and iTunes smart playlists work with ratings to bring the best songs to the forefront.

Deleting songs or song references in your iTunes library helps cut down on clutter or broken ...