Saving Genius playlist in iTunes 11?

Could you share what you've figured out? We're probably several of us with the same issue.

For the record or in case someone else was looking for the answer.

Basically the difference with iTunes 10 is that now "Start Genius" doesn't pop a new playlist window filled with Genius' suggestions anmore.

You rather have to click the little gray ">" next to a song. That pops an alternate pop-up menu than the one you get from a right click. From the ">" contextual menu you choose the Genius playlist create.

Thanks, That was simple enough!

This is driving me nuts!!! I have rebooted my computer. Opened and closed iTunes. I'm running iTunes 11 and I can't save a Genius playlist. If I Control-Click the ">" I get a Start Genius, Genius Suggestions, but no freaking playlist to save. ***???

in the top of the itunes window in the track playing info area, right click on the album art and select the option: "Create Genius Playlist"

But how do you actually save it?

There is no save button after you create a genuis playlist. Look in the sidebar and you'll see a playlist that is named the same as the song you initially selected to create a genius playlist.

DagnyTaggart6 wrote:

But how do you actually save it?

Sameish problem here. List is created in the sidebar, but it's empty - no songs on the list!

However, on the up next list, it shows the songs.

What do?

Not sure how Apple intends users to get this done, but I found a way. Once your genius list of song has played a bunch of the songs, you can look at your play lists and select the "smart" play list called "Recently Played". Sort that list by "last played", then select them and drag them to a new play list that you've created. They'll be in reverse order, but at least they'll be in a playlist you can now control.

Seems silly to me. There really ought to be an easy way to save a genius created play list that you are listening to.... It's pretty much not-genius that there's not an easy way to do this. But until someone can explain how to do this with some built-in feature, this method will work for me for now.

Here is what I did:

1. create a genius playlist

2. create a new empty playlist

3. Highlight items in genius playlist you want to copy

4. DRAG highlighted items to new playlist

5. save playlist

this works well in iTunes 11.02

As opposed to back in iTunes 10.7 where we hit the button which said 'Save Genius Playlist'. I want iTunes 10.7 back... :/ are you listening apple?

serioulsy - i'm so tired or regressions like this ... a single click vs. the steps ovibonjovi mentions?!?!? ... what the h***

How did you get to see the individual items in the genius playlist?

I can't open it using itunes 11.1.4.

1. Open your Music Library.
2. Highlight the song you want to make a genius playlist from.
3. Click the little arrow next to the songs name. You should see a drop down list.
4. Click on "Create Genius Playlist". You should see a list of songs that Apple created by using the original song. The initial song you selected will be the number 1 song in the playlist. The new playlist will be entitled the same as your originally selected song and it will appear in the Genius area in the left hand column.

These instructions should be good for iTunes 11.1.4.