Now, whenever you give a song the same rating you defined in making the smart playlist, it'll automatically add itself to that playlist. In the window that appears, set the playlist to: Rating » Is » x Stars (where x is the number of stars you specify, 1 through 5).

But if you want to make multiple editable playlists, you need to edit the rules to the stock Top Rated playlist (or just delete it and follow along).

If you're content with just one editable playlist, then you can just use the stock My Top Rated playlist. So if you go to the song's rating on your iPod and rate it five stars, it'll be added to this playlist on the iPod - without any assistance from the computer. My Top Rated will add any song that is rated above three stars. This dynamic updating happens both on the computer and on the iPod. It also dynamically updates - if you rate a song as 0 stars, it'll be removed from the playlist. Just so you know.) The My Top Rated playlist is a Smart Playlist, which automatically adds songs that meet its criteria. (Note: If you use iTunes' rating system for anything other than this purpose, this probably won't work.

But that, too, will freeze once synced with the computer.įortunately, there is a way to keep the ability to edit playlists intact, and it makes use of the (if you haven't deleted iTunes' stock playlists) My Top Rated playlist. Sure, you could just select all the songs from the previous playlist if you're on an iPhone, and roll them into your new one. Normal playlists aren't editable on the iPod/iPhone. There's only one flaw in this setup: Once you sync your iPod/iPhone to the computer, the On-The-Go playlist freezes into place, and turns into a normal playlist. If you're like me, you like the fact that the iPod and iPhone gives you an On-the-Go playlist that you can edit while you're on the go.

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