Apple MC751LL/A User Manual

Chapter 3

Setting up iPod shuffle

Managing iPod shuffle manually

If you manage iPod shuffle manually, you can add and remove individual songs, playlists,
podcasts, and audiobooks. You can add music and other audio content from multiple computers
to iPod shuffle without erasing items already on iPod shuffle.

You can add Genius playlists, but not Genius Mixes, to iPod shuffle manually.

Setting iPod shuffle to manually manage music turns off automatic sync options in the Music,
Podcasts, and iTunes U panes in iTunes. You can’t manually manage some content and
automatically sync other content at the same time.

If you set iTunes to manage content manually, you can set it later to sync automatically.

Manually manage audio content on iPod shuffle:

In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices, then click Summary.

In the Options section, select “Manually manage music.”

Click Apply.

When you manage iPod shuffle manually, you must always eject iPod shuffle from iTunes before
you disconnect it.

Add a song or other item to iPod shuffle:

In iTunes, click Music or another item in the Library list.

Drag a song or other item to iPod shuffle in the list of devices.

You can also drag entire playlists to sync them with iPod shuffle, or select multiple items and drag
them all at once to iPod shuffle.

Remove a song or other item from iPod shuffle:

In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices.

Select Music, Audiobooks, or Podcasts under iPod shuffle.

Select a song or other item, then press the Delete or Backspace key on your keyboard.

If you manually remove a song or other item from iPod shuffle, it isn’t deleted from your iTunes library.

Use iTunes to create a new playlist on iPod shuffle:

In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices, then click the Add button (∂) or choose

File > New Playlist.

Type a name for the playlist.

Click Music or another item in the Library list, and then drag songs or other items to the playlist.

If you make changes to any of your iTunes playlists, remember to drag the changed playlist to
iPod shuffle when it’s connected to iTunes.

Add songs to or remove songs from a playlist on iPod shuffle:

Drag a song to a playlist on iPod shuffle to add the song. Select a song in a playlist, then press
the Delete key on your keyboard to delete the song.

Set iTunes to sync music and other audio content automatically:

In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices, then click Summary.

Deselect “Manually manage music.”

Click Apply.

The update begins automatically.