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how do I move songs around on my Ipod shuffle

I have a new Ipod shuffle 4th gen. It uploaded my songs all out of order, how do I move songs around on my Ipod. I was able to do this in Itunes with my 2nd gen, but when I pull the music up thats on my shuffle, it won't let me organize the songs.

iPod shuffle, Windows 7

Posted on Oct 19, 2012 11:45 AM

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Nov 16, 2012 10:41 AM in response to JennC1972

Wait. how did Cheesy's comments straighten you out? I'm having the exact same problem. I spent hours ordering 2GBs of songs on a shuffle i created for a gift for a friend, only to have them all copy in alphabetical order by Artist. To make it worse, when I printed out a song list so he could go through and mark songs he might want removed, the print out only prints out in order by song title! So it is completely useless as the gift I intended to introduce him to music!!!


This HAS to be a glitch! Apple hasn't become this brain dead, please!!!! Is there ANY work around?

Oct 19, 2012 11:52 AM in response to JennC1972

If you want to manually reorder the content for your iPod via iTunes, you need to enable Manual management from under the Shuffle's Summary tab in iTunes.


Otherwise if syncing automatically, you'll need to order everything in your iTunes library first (whether that be a playlist or album) and then resync your Shuffle.


B-rock

Oct 24, 2012 4:33 PM in response to JennC1972

How are you selecting music for the iPod? Are you syncing a playlist, or choosing for it to be filled automatically? The way that the shuffle is synced was changed from Gen 2 to Gen 3. The way that you are used to using the Gen 2 shuffle, where you have a list of songs inside the iPod under "devices," is simply not available with the newer shuffles. I have a 3rd gen Shuffle, and there is no way for me to reorder the songs inside "music" or inside the playlists within the "devices" area - the only way I can set the order of songs is to create a playlist for syncing, and reorder that playlist the way I want within the iTunes playlists. When I go in through devices, and look at the contents of my Shuffle, I can see the songs, but I can't change the playlists in any way. I think this is the behaviour that Apple has designed for the shuffles after 2nd gen. If you just play the music files in straight-through order, it plays alphabetically by artist name. The only way around this is to create a playlist of the right size to fit on your iPod, preferably a smart playlist unless you always want the same music on there, and sync that playlist across. (Or multiple playlists.)

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