Default Smart Playlists

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Default Smart Playlists

When I bought my IPOD several weeks ago it had several smart playlists. It had Most recently Played, Most Recently Added and several others. I idiotically deleted them and then decided I wanted them again. I even went through a restore of the IPOD under this itunes 7 but the lists did not appear. The restore claims to put it back to the way it came form the factory. It did not create these list. I since have created them myself but wonder why they were there in the first place. Did someone do this during original testing or what. I am fairly certain that the IPOD was not somebodies return as it had no tunes and every envelope and the box were all sealed.

HPa1247c, Windows XP Pro, Actually Media Center Edition

Posted on Sep 14, 2006 4:41 AM

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Zevoneer

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Sep 14, 2006 6:42 AM in response to W0MN

I can't recall all the default playlists but basically they are just Smart Playlists and you can recreate them and then update your iPod. In iTunes go to File>New Smart Playlist

"90s
Match the rule "Year">"is in the range">"1990">to>"1999"

You can do 50s, 60s, 70s & 80's by adjusting the range

Recently Added:
Match the rule "Date Added">"is in the last">"1">"Days" make the days and the interval to suit yourself, you can have days, weeks or months.

Top 25 Played:
Uncheck the "Match the following rule" box
Then check "Limit to">"25">"Songs">selected by "Most often played"

Recently Played:
Uncheck the "Match the following rule" box
Then check "Limit to">"25">"Songs">selected by "Most recently played" make the "limit to" to suit yourself.

For all of these also check the box "Live Updating"

You can read more about smart playlists here: How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes

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