iPod Playlists & iTunes DJ

A technique for making sure that some tracks from your iTunes library never appear in random play or Party Shuffle.

One of the many great features of iTunes is Smart Playlists. Smart Playlists let you automatically create playlists of songs that fit criteria that you define. This step-by-step guide will show you how to create and use Smart Playlists.

Learn how to use iTunes DJ, a feature of iTunes that lets you choose songs from a random selection.

ITunes' Party Shuffle feature is great – it randomly moves through your iTunes library to play songs in orders you'd never considered or remind you of gems you haven't heard in a while. Because it's random, though, it also sometimes plays songs you don’t want to hear.

There is a limit to the number of times a single playlist in iTunes can be burned, but what those limits are depends on what's included in the playlist.

What does random really mean? Can anything truly be random?

Publishing your own iMix to the iTunes Store for anyone to buy as easy as creating a playlist and clicking a few buttons.