How to actually get iTunes to shuffle ENTIRE music library.

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How to actually get iTunes to shuffle ENTIRE music library.

Says it all in the title.

I have 9 days (close to 4,000 songs) worth of music on my Mini Mac (and iPhone) and iTunes will not shuffle the ENTIRE library before it plays a previously played song again.

It should be a simple thing to make it shuffle play EVERY song in the library before it starts over again with the library.

The software code should always look first for an unplayed song.

I've been resetting the play count when a song gets to 3 plays, but that doesn't seem to have any effect.

A "random" order is not good enough.

I wish Google Play Music worked better, but that will probably never happen.

Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 19, 2019 11:44 AM

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turingtest2

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Apr 19, 2019 12:35 PM in response to Rusty_Relic

You're welcome. 🙂

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Apr 19, 2019 12:31 PM in response to turingtest2

Thank you for the reply.

This has been bugging the heck out of me! Almost 4,000 songs and it repeats?

I'll give the Smart Playlist a try.

I doubt that I'll notice the same order being played.

I am 71 after all. LOL!

Thanks again.

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Rusty_Relic Author

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Apr 20, 2019 3:29 PM in response to turingtest2

I'm finally starting to hear some new music being played.

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turingtest2

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Apr 20, 2019 4:17 PM in response to Rusty_Relic

😎

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turingtest2

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Apr 19, 2019 12:11 PM in response to Rusty_Relic

Make a smart playlist with a rule such as Last played is not in the last 10 days and limit to say 3,900 songs selected by random. As you play new tracks they will drop out of the list. If there are songs that now qualify as one track drops out of the list a new song at random will be added. If/when you get through the entire library and notice that songs are coming up again in the same order, select everything in the smart list and press delete to get a new random selection.

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How to actually get iTunes to shuffle ENTIRE music library.

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