If you own a Mac, one of the best ways to take advantage of the built-in Music app is with Smart Playlists. These are automated song libraries that will periodically update, based on criteria you ...

Playlists are the heart of iTunes and the iPod’s advanced playback features, and smart playlists are the quintessence of playlists. While regular playlists let you add songs and set their order ...

It’s impossible to create smart Apple Music playlists directly on the iPhone. Or rather, it was impossible. Previously, you had to fire up iTunes on your Mac or PC, create a smart playlist there, and ...

Last month, Apple released iTunes 9.0.1, which addressed a number of iPhone syncing issues as well as making some performance and stability improvements. We covered some of these improvements and ...

Ok, everybody chime in with their most useful or unique smart playlists in iTunes. I'm just starting to discover them myself. I cooked up a somewhat complex set of playlists today. I don't know that ...

When you plug an iPod mini into a computer that bears an iTunes library larger than the mini’s 3.7GB capacity, iTunes offers to create a playlist that contains a subset of the tunes on your computer.

Much to the consternation of Play Music users, Google is clearly pinning its music business on YouTube Music. Naturally, it is trying to convince the users that the latter offers an even better ...

In the olden days, playlists were stored on tapes. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Think about your music library for a second. Which of the songs in your library come from Apple Music? Which ones ...

Leading up to WWDC last month, rumors indicated that iTunes on the Mac was being split into multiple apps, including standalone Music, TV, and Podcasts apps. It was expected that Apple might use its ...

Harnessing the capabilities of the Music app on your Mac, Smart Playlists offer a dynamic way to curate your music collection. These playlists automatically update based on criteria you set during ...