Oops, thanks, guys. I had forgotten about that step: stopping interaction with the sources table.
Teresa On Oct 11, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > Hi Martin > > Like Ricardo, I actually like using iTunes. When you get the hang of it you > will find it is very useful and gives you a combination of flexibility and > convenience. > > I will assume at this point that you have been able to add all the music you > wish into your iTunes library. > > Ass stated by Ricardo, you need to stop interacting with the sources list > before VOing ac > ross to your actual device settings. You can also simply press the tab key to > do this. You will hear a series of radio buttons like summary, info, music, > podcasts etc. Exactly which options you have will depend on which device you > have. You need to select the music tab. Now continue to VO right arrow and > you will come to a check box asking if you want to sync music. This needs to > be checked. You can then choose to either sync your entire music collection > or just selected items. Lets say you choose to just sync selected items, so > VO spacebar on this option and you will then find a series of tables. One > will contain all the playlist you have, one has all the different artists and > the other has all the albums you have. You can interact on any of these and > check or uncheck any thing you like. So for example I might choose to sync > two of my playlist that have faster songs by interacting on the playlist > table plus all songs by the killers by going into the artist table and > checking the killers in there and then interacting with albums table to > select a couple of U2 albums. All of these will then be synced to the device. > You can tell iTunes to perform the sync by going to the file menu. > > One feature of iTunes that i love is the smart playlists. I won't go through > complete instructions at this point but you can achieve a lot with these. The > default recently added is one of these. You can get an idea of how they work > by bringing up the context menu VO Shift M on it in the sources list and > choosing to edit it. You will find yourself in a dialog. VO around in this > and explore. I have changed mine a bit so current remember the defaults > settings but I think it is set to include items added within 2 weeks where > they media type is not a podcast. A smart playlist lets you choose songs or > books or any iTunes media via a series of logical arguments. For example I > set one to include all songs where the play count equal to 0 so that I could > listen to all those songs that I have in my library that I had never got > around to listening. to. The options available in smart playlists to create > the set of rules are extensive. The playlists can also be set to > automatically update themselves. So with the above example, whenever I synced > my iPhone it removed all the songs that I had listened to in that particular > playlist. > > Hope this helps a bit and please give iTunes long enough to grow on you a > bit. As I said earlier I think it is flexible and convenient as once you set > up a few things, everything just takes care of itself. > > Garth .. > On 11/10/2011, at 9:54 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is because you are interacting with the sources table. Stop >> interacting and you will be able to VO right arrow over to the options for >> your iPod. The first button you should encounter should be Summary. Its >> really not that hard once you get the hang of it. I actually like iTunes. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Oct 11, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Martin Brown wrote: >> >>> Thanks very much for that Teresa. >>> Perhaps you could help me a little more. In your response you said to find >>> my iPod in the sources table and then vo right arrow once and I should be in >>> a table. When I do that, I simply move down one row to the next item in the >>> sources table. >>> I have noted that when focused on my iPod in the sources table, voiceover >>> informs me that the device is charging and the state of charge. Voiceover >>> also informs me that the device is collapsed. Am I to assume that this means >>> that I have no direct access to the device. If so, how do I change this. >>> Many thanks to all those who have responded to my request for help. >>> May I just add that ITunes has to be one of the most unintuitive programmes >>> that I have ever had the misfortune to come across. Why Apple do not allow >>> users to simply use their devices as external drives remains a mystery to >>> me. >>> Martin >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran >>> Sent: 07 October 2011 16:45 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: An Idiot's guide to creating playlists in iTunes >>> >>> Hello, Martin, >>> >>> First of all, once you connect your drive, go to Itunes and press command-o >>> to add items to your library. You can browse in that dialog for your drive. >>> Import your files. Then, in the sources list, go to "recently added". Your >>> files should be there. Turn cursor tracking off with VO-shift-f3. This will >>> allow you to move the VO cursor around without moving the system cursor, so >>> you can select the files you want. Go to a file and press >>> command-option-control space to tell VO to select it. Keep doing this for >>> each file you want to copy. Hit command-c to copy, then turn cursor tracking >>> back on with VO-shift-f3. Once you have your IPod connected, find it in your >>> sources area. Once you have it, VO right once and there you should find a >>> table. Press command-v to paste the files you have copied there. >>> >>> You might have noticed that your Ipod area has some settings available. The >>> setings here will depend on your Ipod model. These will allow you to sync >>> your music in various ways. Once you have done the manual method I've >>> outlined, you might want to try setting these up, so that your Ipod will >>> sync your music for you. Personally, I do everything manually, but that is >>> just my own preference. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Teresa >>> On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:22 AM, Martin Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Everyone, >>>> >>>> I would like to create playlists so that I might put specific music into >>> them in order to use my iPod Touch. I have a Mac, but I just cannot get to >>> grips with how to use iTunes and copy music into it from an external drive >>> in order to make playlists. >>>> >>>> Please, please, please, could someone give me an idiot's step-by-step >>> guide on how to do this? >>>> >>>> Many thanks. >>>> >>>> Martin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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