Shuffle in iTunes 12

[MacBiter]

Aaaargh! In iTunes 10, you could set Shuffle by individual playlists (or their parent folder) and it stuck, so playlists either had Shuffle ‘on’ or ‘off’. You didn't have to change the setting when you were in another playlist.

But in iTunes 12, the Shuffle setting seems to be global, which means that you have to check for each playlist and reset it if necessary. Surely there must be a way to set Shuffle permanently for each playlist?.

 

[MacBiter]

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[IWT]

This Link below takes you to a selection of discussions about your situation with several answers;

My understanding is that you can't Shuffle permanently for each playlist, but as I have little experience in doing so, I may be missing something.

Google Search

Sorry - best I can offer.

Ian

 

[ferrarr]

Did you see this? It may do what you want.

can i shuffle a playlist and save the ord… - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

 

[MacBiter]

Did you see this? It may do what you want.

can i shuffle a playlist and save the ord… - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

I managed in the end by having global Shuffle ‘off’ and creating a Smart playlist ‘in random order’. Thank you.

However I still have a problem compared to iTunes 10, where I had 3 windows open permanently:

1. Chart hits arranged by year with the sidebar so I could choose a different year’s playlist each day.
2. The ‘shuffled’ favourites playlist
3. My entire Library with a Search bar so I could look for random tracks without disturbing the other two windows.

I can reproduce 1 and 2, but if I open the 3rd window, there is no Search bar! It seems you can only have the Search in the window with the sidebar. Any thoughts?.

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[ferrarr]

Can't you right click on each playlist, and select "open in new window"?