With a fresh twist comes new possibility , and the iPad is full of newfangled ways of work with your medicine . While it ’s much more than just a portable medicine thespian , you ’ll probably listen to music on your iPad from time to metre .
One feature that is greatly improved equate to both the iPhone and iPod trace is the power to produce and edit playlists on the iPad . The only possibility on these smaller devices is to utilize the on - the - go playlist feature . But the iPad has some supernumerary - bombastic play list creation features — here ’s what you may do to make your own playlist on the iPad . ( Apple annunciate that the iPhone OS 4 update due this summer will bring playlist creation accompaniment as well , so these feature may not be limited to the iPad for farseeing . )
To get at your medicine on the iPad , you wiretap the iPod app . This displays an port that is closer to that of iTunes than that of a pocket - sized touchscreen equipment . The left-hand column shows your library : music , podcasts , audiobooks , and any playlists you have synced . When you bug one of those entries , you ’ll see its content to the right wing .
Creating a playlist by drilling down into an artist page.
To create a new playlist , intercept the positive ( + ) button below the sidebar . This brings up a box — standardized to the one you get when prompted to enter a Wi - Fi password — asking you to name the play list , as well as an on - sieve keyboard to type it . Enter a name , then wiretap Save .
The playlist display briefly in the sidebar , then a inclination of all your song pops up . Each song has a blue plus ( + ) icon to the rightfulness ; to tote up a song to the play list , just wiretap on the image next to its name . This song leaning is limited , though ; it only picture the song name and creative person , so if you have more than one version of a song , you wo n’t know which album it comes from . There ’s also a Sources push button the right way under the volume Pseudemys scripta in the upper - leave recession — utilise it to pick from music , podcasts , audiobooks , or any other playlist to make a raw play list .
Creating a play list by drilling down into an artist Thomas Nelson Page . you could view your music in other style , however , to add call to the play list ( the Sources button serve the same function with them all ) . At the bottom of the song leaning are buttons label Songs , Artists , Albums , Genres , and Composers . Tap one of these to see your euphony sorted in different ways . If you tap Artists , you ’ll see each artist ’s name with a single album cover in front of it ( assuming all your music has album art ) . exploit an artist name and you ’ll see all the songs you have by that artist , sorted by album and then call on the right , with record album artistic creation on the left .
The pop-up window lets you choose songs from an album.
beg Albums displays all of your record album as cut through artwork computer graphic , similar to iTunes ’ Grid thought . Tap an record album image to get a papa - up of its contents ; tip a Song dynasty to add it to the playlist . Tap outside the pop - up window to make it go away , and tap another album to see its contents .
The pop - up window lets you choose songs from an record album . Tap Genres and you ’ll get a Grid view display of your genre . intercept one and you see a jolly useless pop - up ofallthe song or tracks in that genre , without any creative person or album entropy to aid you reckon out what ’s what . Finally , if you beg Composers , you get a display similar to that of Artists : one line for each composer , with a name and album cover .
Whichever method you use to get hold your euphony , just add all the call you want , then tap the dreary Done push , at the top - right of the windowpane , when you ’re finish .
One of the biggest difference with the iPad ’s playlist feature film is what you’re able to do after you ’ve made a playlist . Choose it by tapping it in the sidebar , then , if you do n’t like the manner you ’ve set it up , you may make changes . Tap the Edit push button , then if you want to change the order of the songs , rap and hold the three - line of merchandise image at the right of a song , and scuff it where you want . If you desire to delete a song , just tap the red minus ( - ) icon , then the Delete button that seem to right . And if you want to lend song , tap the Add Songs button next to Done and throw off another few songs or albums in the mix . When you ’ve finished , strike Done .
Want to make a raw playlist ? pink the plus picture again and start the process again — you may create as many playlist as you desire . Tired of your playlist ? Tap Edit , then wiretap the red ikon to the left hand of the play list ’s name , then Delete .
You may even find that get play list on an iPad is easier or more convenient than on your Mac . Since any play list you make on the iPad sync to your Mac the next clip you associate the iPad , you’re able to habituate this method to set up playlists you plan to make use of on your computer as well .
There are a few defect with playlist creative activity on the iPad , however . You ca n’t easily create playlists using TV shows , movies , or music video , which are confined to the Videos app ( that is , unless you ’ve created a play list on your computer to synchronize with the iPad that contains videos — and even then , the iPad treats them as songs ) . You also ca n’t create smart playlists . At least not yet .
[ Senior contributor Kirk McElhearn writes about more than just Macs on his blogKirkville . ]
