mollyrose1956
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Q: Is there a way to look at my iTunes songs and tell if they have been added to a playlist?

Is there a way to look at the songs in my iTunes and tell if they have been added to a playlist? I would like to be able to tell which of my songs have yet to be added to a playlist, so I can add them to one. Thank you.

Posted on Sep 4, 2016 4:03 PM

by turingtest2,Apple recommended
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The easiest way is make a playlists folder for your playlists, move the playlists that count in this respect inside the folder (you might want to leave the iTunes pre-supplied ones alone for this project) then make a smart playlist for everything that is in music, but not in the new playlist folder.

 

tt2

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 10:29 AM

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Q: Is there a way to look at my iTunes songs and tell if they have been added to a playlist?

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  • by Rysz,Helpful

    Rysz Rysz Sep 4, 2016 4:25 PM in response to mollyrose1956
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    Sep 4, 2016 4:25 PM in response to mollyrose1956

    AFAIK, there is no way to find this out in iTunes, not even by creating a smart playlist.

     

    The closest that I found is this AppleScript from Doug's iTunes scripts website.

    http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=showinplaylists

  • by mollyrose1956,

    mollyrose1956 mollyrose1956 Sep 4, 2016 4:24 PM in response to Rysz
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    Sep 4, 2016 4:24 PM in response to Rysz

    Thank you for your response. I'm not sure I really understand exactly what that does (I'm not extremely tech-savvy), but I see that it is only for macs, anyway. I do have a macbook pro for a laptop, so maybe I could try it on that, if I get to feeling venturesome. I'm always afraid of downloading things like this, though – basically because I'm not that tech-savvy & I don't want to mess up my computer! I appreciate that you took the time to help.

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    Rysz Rysz Sep 4, 2016 4:31 PM in response to mollyrose1956
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    Sep 4, 2016 4:31 PM in response to mollyrose1956

    Sorry, I should have noticed that you posted in iTunes for Windows forum. My bad.

     

    The script seems to accomplish what you want, but works in the opposite direction. Rather than make a list of songs not appearing in any playlist, it will display whatever playlist a song foes appear in. Selecting each song in turn just to find if it's used in a playlist seems extremely tedious, so not much lost here.

  • by turingtest2,Apple recommended

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 6, 2016 10:29 AM in response to mollyrose1956
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    Sep 6, 2016 10:29 AM in response to mollyrose1956

    The easiest way is make a playlists folder for your playlists, move the playlists that count in this respect inside the folder (you might want to leave the iTunes pre-supplied ones alone for this project) then make a smart playlist for everything that is in music, but not in the new playlist folder.

     

    tt2

  • by mollyrose1956,

    mollyrose1956 mollyrose1956 Sep 7, 2016 4:04 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Sep 7, 2016 4:04 PM in response to turingtest2

    Okay. I will try this. I'm not sure what a smart playlist is, but I will figure it out. Thanks for your input!

  • by turingtest2,Apple recommended

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 8, 2016 10:02 AM in response to mollyrose1956
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    Sep 8, 2016 10:02 AM in response to mollyrose1956

    See iTunes 12 for Windows: Playlist overview for details.

     

    tt2