Drag-and-drop Playlists in iTunes

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In true Mac fashion, thereis more than one way to build Playlists in iTunes. One slick way to create new Playlists takes advantage of simple drag-and-drop tactics. Hereis how:

  • Select the songs you want in your new Playlist. If the songs are already grouped together, click the first song to select it, and then Shift-click the last song to select all of the songs between. If the songs arenit grouped together, click the first song to select it, and then Command-click the rest of the songs you want.
  • In iTunes 7, drag your group of songs to the Playlist heading in the source list.

  • Drag your songs to the Playlist heading in iTunes 7.
  • In iTunes 6, drag your group of songs to the title bar at the top of the source list.

  • Drag your songs to the source list heading in iTunes 6.

Your new playlist will be named "untitled," so be sure to rename it to something more descriptive.


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Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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