Steve Zodiac

Q: Is it no longer possible to create shuffled playlists in iTunes 11?

I've just upgraded to iTunes 11, and I find that it appears I can no longer create a shuffled playlist. (Or have I missed something?)

 

In the previous versions of iTunes, as long as I had songs in a playlist sorted by number, I could click on the shuffle button against a playlist in the sidebar and all the songs in the list would be shuffled up randomly. I could then sync to my iPod and the songs in the playlist would play in the order they appeared -as shuffled- in the song view list in iTunes.

 

But that no longer seems to happen. There are some shuffle icons scattered about the new version, (at the top of the list view by the title and in the play panel at the top), but clicking them doesn't seem to re-order the list of songs at all; they remain in order in the list.

 

I'm confused...

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 12:07 AM

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Q: Is it no longer possible to create shuffled playlists in iTunes 11?

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Sep 23, 2014 8:21 AM in response to sw7777
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    Sep 23, 2014 8:21 AM in response to sw7777

    sw7777 wrote:

    I've been returning to this question for several years.  This is such a bad problem that I thought Apple would have fixed this by now, but they haven't, so I thought I'd add my one small opinion to the discussion.  My use of iTunes is exactly the same as Steve Zodiac describes his.  It is thoughtless of Apple to have removed this feature, and infuriating that they have not listened to their users and returned it to iTunes.

    Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • by sw7777,

    sw7777 sw7777 Sep 25, 2014 6:47 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Sep 25, 2014 6:47 AM in response to Chris CA

    Thanks.  I followed the link and submitted a feedback request.  Hope it works. -- sw

  • by alienbean,

    alienbean alienbean Oct 18, 2015 11:03 AM in response to Steve Zodiac
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    Oct 18, 2015 11:03 AM in response to Steve Zodiac

    JD from Atlanta has the answer! Works perfectly! It's a lot more work than it should be for such a simple task, but if you copy the shuffled Smart playlist back into a regular playlist, you can sync your iPod and it will appear as the shuffled version.  Thanks JD!

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