Hi, you know, interacting with the sources table isn't even necessary unless you want or need to bring up the context menu for a playlist.
hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Oct 11, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > 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. > 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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