Is there an easy way to turn off Genius in itunes 10.6.1?

You must be signed into the iTunes store to turn off Genius.

Do you mean the iTunes store sidebar on the right side of iTunes window?

I'm not signed into the iTunes Store on my system and I can turn Genius off and on.

Regards.

That's interesting.

Does Off turn to On, like a toggle if you select it?

Did Apple change Genius so it does not require an iTunes account?

Does Off turn to On, like a toggle if you select it?

Yep, it does.

Did Apple change Genius so it does not require an iTunes account?

No, an iTunes Store account is still necessary to set up Genius. But on my system, at least, you don't have to be signed into the account to turn Genius off.

Regards.

I suspect it's because you have iTunes Match set up that you can't turn off Genius, though I'm not certain. I believe I've seen this mention in previous posts, though.

Regards.

peter2300 wrote:

As you will see I don't have the same options as you have, it only allows you to Udate Genius. Any more help would be very much appreciated

Just delete the Genius playlists you don't want. You are not required to have any, even if it is On.I have Genius enabled but I don't have any Genius playlists.

Okay Genius Mix vs Genius Playlist. There is a difference.

Connect the iPad and select it in iTunes.

Select the Music tab.

Select Sync Music and Sync Selected playlists, Artists, Albums & Genre.

Tick what you want on the iPad and untick the Genius Mixes.

You can also simply drag items to the iPad.

See this -> iPhone and iPod: Understanding Genius Mixes

iTunes prefs > General.

Under Show:, tick Genious.

If that still does not do it, iTunes menu Store > Update Genius.

In reply to Peter2300's problem of not being able to delete Genius Playlists on the ipdad. I had this same problem on my ipad2 and my son's ipad mini. In both our cases we had a number of extra Genius Playlists and most of these had no songs in them. We couldn't delete them the normal way by just holding down on them until the little X appeared. We both solved it the same way. On my iPad when I "tap" on the Genius playlist I want to delete, it switches to the screen showing the individual songs in the Genius list (even if it's just a blank playlist), and there is a "save" button near the upper right of the screen. I pressed the Save button and then hit the button on the upper left to return to the list of Playlists. After doing this, the last Genius Playlist displayed could then be deleted the normal way by pressing on it and waiting for the X. I had to repeat this process for each extra Genius playlist I wanted to get rid of (which was all of them b/c on mine they were all blanks). I just repeated the process of viewing each playlist, saving it, going back to the list of Playlists and then deleting the one that appeared last on the screen. So far these Genious Playlists have not returned. Hope this helps.