[iTunes] iPod sorting?

[Greg McNeil]

Kirk,
Sorting from within iTunes didn't solve my problem, but here is what 
did. I wanted the songs in my Playlists to be listed alphabetically by 
song title rather than by artist. I found the info in another iPod 
discussion forum.

Select the playlist you want to sort then select which category you 
want to sort (song name, time, artist etc) the songs then are sorted. 
To get them to be sorted on the iPod control click (right click on a 
PC)  the playlist name and go to "Copy to Play Order"

The songs in the Playlist then appear in the order you selected.

Thanks,

Greg

On Sep 18, 2004, at 2:38 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 9/18/04 3:19 AM, "Greg McNeil" <gmcneil99 at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> How in the world does the iPod sort songs within the different
>> playlists?
>>
>> The songs at the top of the playlist are by the artist who's name 
>> comes
>> first in the alphabet, but the song I just added recently are at the
>> bottom of the list even though that is not where they should be if the
>> playlist is sorted alphabetically
>>
>>   I would like for the songs in my playlists to appear in alphabetical
>> order by song.
>>
>> Is there any way to make the playlists sort the way I want?
>
> The iPod depends entirely on iTunes. Its sort order is that in the 
> playlist
> in iTunes. If you want to change the sort order, click one of the 
> column
> headers to sort in that order (title, artist, etc.) If you want to 
> drag the
> songs in your own order, click the left-most column header - the short 
> one
> with no label - then drag the songs in the order you want.
>
> As I say (repeatedly) in my forthcoming iPod book, the key to 
> understanding
> the iPod is understanding iTunes.
>
> Best,
>
>
> Kirk
>
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