Grouping "songs" in iTunes

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rhucko Author

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Grouping "songs" in iTunes

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From: Richard ****

Date: August 13, 2019 at 3:55:24 PM EDT

To: Richard ****

Subject: iTunes

In addition to listening to various other genres, I’m a fan of classical music. I recently downloaded numerous CDs containing symphonies to iTunes. I like to shuffle my music, but I don’t want the movements of symphonies to shuffle. That is, each movement enters iTunes as one "song," yet the entire set of movements should play together for each symphony. I can find various articles on the Internet that mention the concept of "grouping," but even ones that were posted just a few years ago must be completely out of date. That is, the instructions simply don’t work with the current version of iTunes. Can someone help me with this?

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Posted on Aug 13, 2019 2:07 PM

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turingtest2

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Aug 13, 2019 2:11 PM in response to rhucko

On my way out of the door so don't have time to fillet out the relevant points from this thread right now, take a look at Not playing classical music movements in … - Apple Community and come back with any questions.

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rhucko Author

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Aug 13, 2019 2:33 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, the issue seems to settle on the notion of "Shuffle by Grouping," which is exactly what I want to do. However, I see no such option. Indeed, the specific location that was cited must have applied to a prior version of the app. The key question: how do I shuffle by grouping?

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rhucko Author

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Aug 13, 2019 5:32 PM in response to turingtest2

That did indeed solve my problem. However, the trick involved the iTunes menu bar. I had no idea that there was one. I just played around a bit near the top of the screen and it appeared. But I can’t get it to stay there. Apple evidently changes the "look and feel" of its apps continually, and the instructions one can find online via a general search are meaningless because they no longer apply. Are you aware of how I can get that menu bar to remain visible at the top of the screen?

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turingtest2

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Aug 14, 2019 12:42 AM in response to rhucko

On a Mac the menu bar is hidden in full screen mode and is revealed if you move your cursor to the top edge of the screen. Move the cursor there and then tap the green dot at the top left of the window to exit full screen mode.

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rhucko Author

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Aug 14, 2019 1:25 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks. That was extremely helpful. It’s unfortunate, though, that earlier during the same day two separate Apple folks, one of whom was billed as an "iTunes expert," insisted I couldn’t do what I was trying to do.

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