The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide, Second Edition

Chapter 3: iTunes and You 75

5. After you’ve dragged the material you want into

your playlist, arrange its order: Click the Number

column in the main window, and drag tracks up

and down in the list.

When the iPod is synchronized with iTunes, this

is the order in which the songs will appear in the

playlist on your iPod.

If the songs in your playlist come from the same

album, and you want the songs in the playlist to

appear in the same order in which they do on the

original album, click the Album heading.

Playlist from Selection

You can also create a new playlist from selected

items by following these steps:

1. Select the songs and/or videos you’d like to

appear in the new playlist.

2. Choose File > New Playlist from Selection

(Command-Shift-N on a Mac; there’s no keyboard

shortcut for this in the Windows version of iTunes).

A new playlist containing the selected items will

appear under the Playlists heading in the iTunes

Source list. If all selected tracks are from the

same album, the list will bear the name of the

artist and album. If the tracks are from different

albums by the same artist, the playlist will be

named after the artist. If you’ve mixed tracks

from different albums or music tracks and videos,

a new playlist bearing the name “untitled play-

list” will appear.