#Shuffle new itunes series#
#Shuffle new itunes mac#

Although the iPod is old, it works with the latest version of iTunes (as long as it is functional). In iTunes, your iPod Shuffle will appear on the left-hand sidebar. It's works well because you do not have to activate iTunes before using them. Launch iTunes and connect the old iPod shuffle to a USB port. Quite intuitively, you can revert this behavior to its default at any point: just re-check the ' Open iTunes when this iPod is connected' checkbox and click ' Apply' - the next time you connect your shuffle to your computer, iTunes will automatically launch once again.I liked John Sauer's approach so much I wrote myself some getters/setters for these properties using his approach. Resume auto opening iTunes when your iPod shuffle is connected Select the Transfer iTunes Music to Device option in order to begin the transfer. The DEVICE window should now have changed to show the different transfer options that iMusic provides (as is shown in the image below.) This is exactly where you want to be. Click on the Options tab, then set Part of a compilation to Yes and Gapless album to Yes. Right-click on a song and choose Get Info to modify the group of songs. Select the songs you want to join together as a group with gapless playback. And you cant intermingle different albums like this, you have to do that manually in the Up Next panel. Step 3 Device > Transfer iTunes Music to Device. Open iTunes if you have not done so already.

Oddly, if I do that for the artist it only adds the first song in the list. You will typically not have any issues if you accidentally unplug your iPod before ejecting it, but consistently doing so is the recipe for problems in the long run (though you might be able to repair corrupt-file-system-type issues from iTunes by restoring your iPod shuffle to ' factory settings'). You can option-click the shuffle button at the top of an album to queue it in a random order. If you don't (or no longer) see your iPod shuffle in Explorer / Finder, launch iTunes and manually eject your shuffle from it.

#Shuffle new itunes mac#

Note: if you don't open iTunes while your shuffle is connected to your computer, eject it manually from Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder before unplugging it, as you would (or should!) with any external device.

If you want to manage your iPod shuffle from iTunes (adding or removing audio files and music, changing its settings, synchronizing podcasts, etc.), all you need to do is manually launch iTunes the way you typically do: as soon as it opens, iTunes will detect that an iPod is connected, and it will show it in the left Sidebar as usual! (And automatically start sync'ing it if you have left this setting to its default.) Shuffle albums or groupings: Choose Controls > Shuffle > Albums (or Groupings). When Shuffle is on, a box appears behind the button and music or video plays in random order. Now launch Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder, and you should (a) get confirmation that your iPod shuffle is indeed detected by your computer, and (b) be able to access its content outside of iTunes (assuming you also use your shuffle as a USB storage device). Do any of the following: Turn shuffle on or off: Click the Shuffle button in the playback controls. If you look at the shuffle while doing so, you'll notice that its LED light goes green for about a second, as visual feedback: you know that it is connected - and iTunes has not opened. ITunes will take a few seconds to save and sync your iPod shuffle: once you see the ' OK to disconnect' message, eject your iPod shuffle and unplug it, exit iTunes, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. As soon as you do, an ' Apply' button will appear in the lower right corner of the main iTunes window: click on it to save the new setting. To turn shuffle on globally for your library, choose Controls > Shuffle > On, and start playing a track. Scroll down you see the available ' Options' then, uncheck the ' Open iTunes when this iPod is connected' checkbox.

#Shuffle new itunes series#

Disable auto launch + access your iPod shuffle when iTunes is closedįirst, connect your iPod shuffle to your computer when iTunes opens, select the shuffle in the Sidebar on the left, and you'll see its ' Summary' screen, which contains a series of settings (if it was already plugged in, make sure that the ' Summary' tab is selected).