Save A Genius Playlist

One of the neat new features in iTunes 8 is the “Genius” playlist builder. Basically, it creates playlists from the songs in your library or from the iTunes store. What’s the big deal with that you ask? Well, it does this based on a track you select from your library. So, in short, you pick a song and iTunes uses some voodoo to pick 25 other songs that it thinks you might like based on your “seed” song. Got it? Good.

In this post we will show you how to save your Genius playlist in iTunes.

First, pick the track you want to use as your “seed” track. Next, click on the Genius button (it looks like the nuclear atom icon above), it’s located in the bottom right-hand corner of iTunes.

Tada, you playlist is now created. You can now go ahead and tweak the playlist to your liking. At the top you’ll see the “seed” track that the playlist is based on. Next to that is a drop-down menu which lets you select the number of songs to include. You can pick from 25, 50, 75, or 100.

You can also exclude any individual song you might not want to listen to by deselecting the gray checkbox next to it. When you’re happy with what you’ve got, click on “Save Playlist” in the top right-hand corner. Your new playlist will now appear with all your other playlists.

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