iTunes Drag and Drop
We’re keeping it simple today because tomorrow we’ve got very advanced stuff to wrap up iTunes Week. Well, maybe not that advanced. But it’s a good one. Today we’re going to show you two things you may have overlooked in iTunes.
First, we have making playlists on the fly. Highlight some tracks from the library or another playlist, and drag them over to a blank spot where your other playlists are parked. The tracks will be added to a new playlist, waiting to be renamed.
You know you can control-click a track and see its location in Finder. This makes it easy to copy the file or back it up - or do something with it. But if you select multiple tracks the Show in Finder choice disappears.
Not a problem. If you need to do something with the underlying files of your tracks just drag them out to a Finder folder. The files will be copied and you can burn them to a dvd, copy them to a laptop, or drop them to an external disk.
Tune back tomorrow for the exciting conclusion to iTunes Week. We’ll be using the Share feature in iTunes to copy songs from a remote computer.
29. March 2007 at 10:25 pm :
This may be elsewhere on murphymac but I was ecstatic when I found out I could add samples from the iTunes Music Store to a playlist. Makes a great way to collect songs you want to purchase at some point in the future. Just drag the tracks into a playlist like any other track and you can buy from there.
30. March 2007 at 12:11 am :
I’ve got a list like that! My shopping cart is pretty big too. I don’t think it’s been mentioned on this site. Thanks.