So, here we go. This is going to cover:
- How to tame your MP3′s and get them ready for every day use
- How to make a base radio station
- How to filter out stuff that you don’t want to hear
- How to add in stuff that you do want to hear
- Mood music: How to get your groove on
- Solving the problem: Too much from one artist
- Other neat tricks
Why? Well, I think I know a little bit about Smart Playlists (and Boolean logic in general), and I find myself often offering up tips and tricks for how to leverage iTunes better, often writing notes on napkins and the like and sending people to go try things.
Why write this? Well, my brother posed posed a question to me the other day, and I haven’t come up with a simple answer. I’ve come up with some elaborate ones that should work, but not a simple one. So, I’m doing as our father taught us — deconstructing the problem and examining my facts and assumptions, in hopes of finding something I did not know that I had missed. The problem? Too much of one artist showing up in a playlist.
References
- Applematters: Obsessing Over iTunes
- Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 iTunes Smart Playlists
- Lifehacker: Geek to Live: iTunes power tips
- Just about everything iTunes-related from 43Folders
- But only some things from Smartplaylists.com (like….)
April 27th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
[...] I got dressed and packed some kit, and was just about all ready to go. My GPS was charged up, and my iPod (I thought) was loaded with a special 4 hour rock block of music (but instead, I listened to @art). [...]
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
[...] files then filter through my integrated Smart Playlists just fine, and show up in my playlists just [...]
September 16th, 2008 at 2:42 am
[...] Also, if you’re getting into Mac, you might want to get smart on iTunes magic. I wrote about it a couple of times, and it’s all clumped here. [...]