Hi, It kind of depends on whether you are doing this on the iPhone itself, or doing it on your Mac/PC in iTunes then moving it over. If you have Apple Music or iTunes Match where the iCloud Music Library is present, then the latter is the best, otherwise, we can make something work. In either case though, this is most easily accomplished if the music is properly tagged as having the Genre Christmas, Holiday or something common like that. Also, with respect to the random order, simply use the Shuffle All feature and they will be played in a random order, no need to have the playlist items in any specific order for them to be played in the random order.
On the iPhone itself, I'd go into the Music app, double-tap on Library then flick right until you hear Genre. Double-tap it. All Genres on the iPhone will then be listed. Just double-tap on the one you want then double-tap on the Shuffle All button. It will just play them in a random order for you. In iTunes, you could use a similar method as above and simply select the Genre you want, move to the table of songs within that Genre, do a Select All and create a playlist from that selection using the cmd-shift-n shortcut. You could also do a Find from within the main library of iTunes with the key word "Holiday" or "Christmas". the resulting titles could then be added to a playlist by pressing cmd-a to Select All, then use cmd-shift-n to create a playlist. the resulting playlist could be transferred over to the iPhone either via the iCloud Music Library or by syncing the specific playlist from within iTunes. I realize that this is not a step by step answer, but I can go into more specifics once I know more specifics about your situation. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 27, 2016, at 19:03, Brian Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: I’m hoping someone can give me a bit of help here. I need to create a playlist for all of my wife’s Christmas music. Is there an easy way to get her hundreds of songs into the play list, and then have iTunes generate a randomly sorted playlist she can use on her iPhone? Thanks for any and all help. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
