Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Esther and Tim, I just needed to tell you that the task has been accomplished. My smart playlist is ready to receive new tracks. Magic! Best wishes Andrew On 2 Aug 2012, at 16:34, Esther wrote: > Hello Andrew and Tim, > > I'm coming in late to this, but at the risk of introducing a new wrinkl

Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Esther and Tim, Thank you both. It's been a fabulously helpful learning experience. I am beginning to undersand at last the power of play lists and smart playlists. I shall look for the script which will probably result in more questions being asked as I have never used scripts. Best wi

Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Esther, Excellent idea. Sometimes it's just getting your head wrapped around the logic and process of these things and then lots of good ideas arise. Thanks for your help. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-08-02, at 9:34 AM, Esther wrote: > Hello Andrew and Tim, > > I'

Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Esther
Hello Andrew and Tim, I'm coming in late to this, but at the risk of introducing a new wrinkle, I think there's an easier way to make the modification Andrew wants for his smart playlists. Instead of using checkboxes do the following: after creating your first smart playlist with all the crite

Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear tim, That's great! I did think that maybe checking or unchecking individual songs might work but did not relish having to do it for each and every one of them. Your method is easier. Thanks again. Andrew On 2 Aug 2012, at 14:48, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > The logic behind th

Re: Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Andrew, The logic behind this one could be difficult. A way around it though could be through the following: • Go to your existing Smart Playlist. • Interact with the Table. • Press cmd-a to Select All. • Press VO-shift-m to bring up contextual menu. • Choose Uncheck All. • Stop Interacting

Makin more than one smart playlist in iTunes

2012-08-02 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, I've now got my smart playlist of mpeg audio files only in my iTunes. Thank you for helping me to accomplish this. I've learnt an awful lot from this experience. Now I've limited the size of my smart playlist to 700 MB so that I could burn it to just one cd. However, I will want