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Using Playlists

As you collect more digital audio files, your audio collection can contain hundreds of audio tracks. To organize your audio tracks, iTunes offers playlists. You can use a playlist to store audio tracks based on particular criteria. For example, you might create a playlist that contains your favorite inspirational songs and another playlist that contains your favorite Beatles and Rolling Stones songs.

Creating a Playlist

You can create a playlist in two ways. You can create the playlist and then add songs to it, or you can select the songs you want and then create a playlist using those selections.

Here’s how to create an empty playlist:

1. Start iTunes.

2. Select File ▸ New Playlist (or press -N). An untitled playlist appears at the bottom-left ...