How to Create a Playlist on the iPhone

By creating a series of playlists on your iPhone you can access different musical genres to fit your mood. Here's how to organize a soundtrack for your day.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Use your iTunes library to create playlists before you connect your iPhone. Any playlists you create on iTunes will automatically transfer to the phone and vice versa. You can create lists with different names to help you choose music from your iPhone.

2. Begin your iPhone playlist by pressing the "iPod" key on the main page of your phone. This is an orange key with a silhouette of an iPod, and it takes you to your music library. You can press "Playlists" from the "iPod" menu to organize music on the move.

3. Touch the "On-the-Go" feature on your iPhone to create a quick playlist while you are away from your computer. Browse through your entire music library and drag music into the list field without connecting to your laptop or desktop.

4. Complete your iPhone playlist by pressing the "Done" button at the bottom of the screen. Each playlist is automatically named in the phone and appears in a special field in the "iPod" menu to get you to your music quickly.

5. Activate the "Shuffle" feature on your playlist to randomly play songs. You must distinguish between an individual shuffle on your playlist and randomly shuffling every song on your iPhone to avoid confusion.

6. Eliminate songs from your iPhone playlist. You can press the red "Delete" button next to the song title to clear a song from your playlist.

7. Rate albums and individual songs on your playlists with a finger tap. There is a star-based rating system that can be modified by swiping your finger until you reach the desired number of stars.

Tips & Warnings

• Arrange individual playlists on your iPhone to change pace or hear songs at the end of your list. You can click next to the file name on the symbol that features 3 parallel lines. Use your fingertip to drag the title up or down on your playlist to find the right musical combination.

[partner1234]

on 10/8/2009 It's easy. Go to iPod > Playlists > On-The-Go, add all the songs you want (by finding them and pressing '+'), and then press 'Done'.

Unfortunately Apple doesn't include a decent printed manual with the iPhone/iPod touch. You can read it on the iPhone (Safari>Bookmarks>iPhone User Guide) but I really recommend downloading (and reading or printing out) the PDF from:

manuals.info.apple.com/en/iphone_user_guide.pdf

[vijer]

on 7/29/2009 I would like to create playlists on the iPhone/iPod but this does not seem possible. Am I missing something? It seems that Apple assumes you will use iTunes on your computer to do everything. That is ludicrous, not only is iTunes a mediocre music library in and of itself, but while I am away from my computer I may decide I want to create a play list, but no it is not possible!? How ridiculous is that? So what the user has to add several empty playlists in iTunes on their computer then sync with the iPhone before they leave home just incase they decide to make a new playlist?