Hi Annie, It's actually simple to select all the songs in an album to either add to a playlist or to create a new playlist if you use the Browser in iTunes, which is toggled on and off with Command-B. However, you may want to change from the default view option for the browser in iTunes 9 back to the way it was configured in iTunes 8 for more convenient use.
1. Start with focus in the iTunes sources list with your Music library selected. One quick way to navigate here, regardless of where you are in the iTunes application window, is to use Command-Option F to move to the search text field, then VO-Right arrow to the iTunes sources table and interact (VO-Shift-Down arrow). Quickly pressing "m u" should take you to your Music library, or you can use your arrow keys to go this entry at the top of your Library list. 2. Press Command-B to toggle the browser on. If it is off, you'll hear VoiceOver say "Show column browser". If it is on, you'll hear VoiceOver say "Hide column browser". A second Command-B will turn the browser on again. 3. Navigate to the "View" menu on the iTunes menu bar to configure your column browser. You'll want to make sure that "Albums" is one of the checked entries. I also have my column browser displayed "on top" rather than "on left", following the set up for earlier versions of iTunes -- this leaves more room for the display of track information. The default setting for iTunes 9 seems to be to display only "Artist" in the browser and to have the browser displayed "on left". To change the browser set up, use VO-M to move to the menu bar and press "V" to go to the "View" menu. Arrow down into the menu, then press "C" to select the "Column Browser" sub-menu. Right arrow to the sub-menu options, then arrow down to find out which options are checked. The first set of options are the browser categories: genres, artists, albums, composers, and groupings. Make sure that at least "albums" is checked. To check or uncheck an entry use VO-Space. Unfortunately, if you want to make multiple changes you'll need to navigate back to the "Column Browser" submenu (VO-M, press "V", arrow down, press "C", arrow right, then use your down arrow to select the next item you want to check or uncheck). As I mentioned, I also check the entry for "on top", which is not necessary, but recommended if you have more than one item checked for display in the column browser. You're now set up to select your music by album (or composer, or artist) using the browser. 4. To select an album of tracks using the browser, start by selecting the Music library in your iTunes sources table, then make sure that the browser is toggled on (Command-B). VO-Right arrow to the browser entry for Albums. Select the album you want by typing the first few letters of the album name or by using your arrow keys. You can create a playlist of all tracks in your album by using the Command-Shift-N shortcut, which creates a new playlist from your selection. Alternatively, if you don't want to create a separate playlist for each album, navigate to the songs table, select all tracks with Command-A, and use the context menu (VO-Shift-M) to choose the "Add to Playlist" option (e.g., press "A" or use your arrow keys to go there). Then right arrow to the menu of existing playlists and select the playlist you wish to add these tracks to. In general, you can combine selections in any of the browser categories you've set up (e.g. Artists, Albums, Composers, Genres -- or you personalized Groupings if you edit your tracks to create keywords in this category) with search terms you type in the search text field to find tracks. You can also sort on the various columns displayed in the songs table to determine the order of tracks to be added to playlists. HTH Cheers, Esther On Nov 7, 2009, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > > Hi Peter. > > Thank you. But I always want to copy an album, not only some of the > songs, how can I add all of an album to a playlist. Is there a way, so > I can copy an album to the IPod without making a playlist. > > Best regards Annie. > > 2009/11/6, peter apgar <[email protected]>: >> >> Annie, >> >> if you create a play list and put all music you want to load on the >> pod you can then open the pod in the list of sources and set it to >> sink that play list. this has been the fastest way for me. there >> are >> several other ways to do this and others will chip in with other >> help full directions. out. >> >> Pete >> On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> How can I copy albums from my ITunes into my IPod touch. >>> >>> Best regards Annie. >>>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
