ITunes Shuffle not very Random

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ITunes Shuffle not very Random

Hi i recently started to just put my whole iTunes (9.0.2) library (over 4300 songs) and for over a month it seems to play some of the same songs every time i listen, and its really annoying me because i want some Variation! i know in previous version of iTunes there has been a slider in Preferences to change the likeliness of songs coming up but i can't find it anywhere!
So basically can you tell me how to get this to be more random
Cheers
Jake

20" Aluminium Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 3gb of ram 2.4Ghz Processer

Posted on Jan 9, 2010 4:26 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 9, 2010 4:51 PM in response to thefireboy

Here's the solution I like for this problem:

1) Create a Smart Playlist.
2) Set the criteria: Last Played > is not in the last > 1 weeks (or another time period if you prefer.)
3) Check the "Limit To" checkbox and set, for example, "25 > items > selected by random" (this is up to you.)
4) Check the "Live Updating" checkbox.

Works great. You can also add additional criteria like ratings, etc.

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Answer 2

wakker

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Feb 1, 2010 1:31 PM in response to heidismiles01

Many thanks for the smart playlist tip.
Very useful tool.

I still think Apple needs to address the random issue though.

Tested a playlist on the iphone against the one on my Mac and the songs played in the same order!!
Not clever.

All the best,

W

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