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IOS7 Problem: Music App: Shuffle Through 1 Genre

Hello,


I used to play one genre and play all artists in that genre and shuffle songs. I can't seem to figure out how to do this in iOS7. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

iPhone 5, iOS 7, Used to work on IOS 6

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 12:34 PM

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Sep 18, 2013 4:06 PM in response to MasterCosmas

You're not alone! The option is missing entirely and I have no idea why they would remove that. I used it all the time.


I did notice that if you happen to have an artist with multiple albums in a Genre, you can choose it and shuffle within that artist.


Anyway, I'm going to call Apple about this omission in the hopes that they can get the engineers to add this back in or explain where it went. I suggest you do the same.

Sep 18, 2013 8:18 PM in response to MasterCosmas

I don't understand why they would take that feature off. I'm sure they'll put it back on once they realize the multitude of people that are complaining about missing options. I found a easier way to shuffle a genre instead of asking Siri. I'm Hispanic and Siri doesn't always understand what I'm trying to say when I say to shuffle "salsa" for example. But anyway, all you have to do is go to Artists..in the search bar type in the name of the genre and it should pop up as a "genre (1)" with the name of the genre underneath. Then you just click it, and on top it should say shuffle all songs and voila! Hopefully this helps.

Sep 20, 2013 11:14 AM in response to Anthony Curcione

As someone posted in another thread, going into artists and searching for your genre of choice will allow you to shuffle the whole genre. Still annoying though. One of the main reasons I bother putting a genre is so I can separate and play just that type (really only important for my collection of Japanese Rock)


Someone already said what I said. So yeah Apple should probably put things back where they were with this shuffle business.

Sep 20, 2013 12:22 PM in response to antuanoro

Yeah I had figured out the smart playlist thing, but still - you shouldn't have to do it this way. And you shouldn't have to hunt for it by going into artists and searching for it. I tried that as well, but most Genre usually ended up at the bottom of the list of what it came back with!


Anyway, there are workarounds, but that's all they are - workarounds. And for something that Apple never should have removed in the first place!

IOS7 Problem: Music App: Shuffle Through 1 Genre

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