What does the check box on the left side the song means?

its to decide which song u want to sync and which not

if u select it those song will sync

if u don't those will not

The check can be used for various things:

1. When playing in random mode, unchecked songs do not play

2. For the ipod, you have an option "sync only checked songs"

3. Can be used in smart folders in the "Match only checked songs" option

4. If you don't want to import tracks on a CD you can uncheck them and click import

I think there may be a couple of other things it can do too.

Tip: If you want to check/uncheck a whole album, select the album in browser and command-click any track - voila the entire album is unchecked/checked (note: you can select multiple albums by command or shift-clicking them in the browser window and use the same method, OR do it to entire genres or artists the same way - whatever is shown in the tracks part of the window will be checked/unchecked)

Do you mean in the main Music listing of iTunes? If so it's to select which songs to play automatically.

If you are referring to those in the Music panel of iTunes when you have selected your iDevice, then it determines what will be synced.

Most of my songs aren't checked. I don't know why but it is annoying that my random play keeps playing the same short list of songs. How can I globally check all of the songs? I have 10,000 and most are unchecked so I really don't want to do it manually.

Hi,

Select all tracka then ctrl + click and select check tracks from pop up.

Jim

Thank you Jim!!!