I've found no need whatsoever to create a separate iTunes library for organizing Christmas music. I have used the grouping field to organize Christmas music into smart playlists and have unchecked them all, so during the year, none of them will sync with my iPhone. I have gone so far as to organize Christmas music by genre and occasion. (Family party, Christmas cocktail party, instrumental jazz, etc.)
There are times in the Christmas season where I want Christmas music and non-Christmas music to be mixed together, say at a party or just for my own sanity. Separate libraries don't work in this case, which is why everything is managed in the same music library. this approach also keeps me out of the Finder and the file system, which is fine with me. I posted some instructions on how to group tracks and create smart playlists in an earlier post. Find this and you will have found great wisdom. ;) Kevin On 2011-12-26, at 5:52 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi. Since I started using iTunes, I've maintained a separate library for > Christmas music. My reasons for doing this were that I didn't want my > Christmas music syncing over to my iDevices, and I also wanted that music > sorted in to multiple genres. At the end of each year, I create a disk image > of my iTunes Christmas library folder, and move that over to my backup drive. > > There are of course some drawbacks to this approach. Mainly that if you use > iTunes for podcasts and audio books, you have to switch back and forth > between libraries. > I haven't decided for sure yet, but next year I may move all my Holiday music > to my main iTunes library. I'm thinking that I might change the genres on > all the music to Holiday, and then use the grouping field for sub-genres. > Darcy > > On 2011-12-26, at 4:26 PM, Traci wrote: > >> So, the holidays are wrapping up, and I'm guessing most of us will be taking >> off all the holiday music from our iDevices. >> >> Something I read about today was creating a separate iTunes library just for >> holiday music. I found this idea kind of clever. Has anyone gone this way? >> If so, is it pretty easy to move all the music to that new library? Also, >> I'd possibly like to then move that library to an external hard drive, >> including playlist settings and such. >> >> The other idea I read was creating a holiday music folder inside the main >> iTunes library. *Grin,* I didn't read further on this idea, so I don't >> fully understand iTunes folders. >> >> Anyway, what are your thoughts? >> >> Thanks, >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
