Is it possible to add a song to a playlist on the Ipod Touch?

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baileylo July 01, 2011

Is it possible to add a song to a playlist on the Ipod Touch?

When I buy a new song and I sometimes want to add it to a specific play list. Currently I sync the Ipod with my computer, move the song to the play list on my computer, and re-sync the iPod. I feel like there's got to be better way.

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kris 10 months ago

To add a song to a pre-existing playlist:

Open the playlist in the Music player (on the iPod)
Press "edit"
Press the + in the top left of the screen
Locate the song you want to add (you can browse by artist, song, or album)
Press the + next to the song or album you want to add
Press "done"

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dave 2011-07-01 14:43:08

Ah, so it looks like it's only possible using iTunes and not on the device itself?

baileylo 2011-07-01 14:43:48

Thank you so much. The other thing now that just confuses me, if I can search a playlist for a song, how do I search the entire library for a song?

kris 2011-07-01 14:52:53

Dave: I meant the music player on the device itself. Edited for clarity.

Logan: Search the entire library for a song to add to a playlist, or just to find it? I don't see any way to do it other than scroll through the list alphabetically.

dave 2011-07-01 14:55:32

Oh, sweet! I did not know that. Voted up! :)

sean42082 2011-07-01 15:09:56

Touche, I never saw the + ...Brilliant!

baileylo 2011-07-01 15:40:19

Kris, I never noticed it before. Open up iTunes your device click artists and then scroll up and you'll see the search interface. I happened to accidentally do this when editing the list so I thought it was only on the edit playlist screen. But it's actually on every screen.

kris 2011-07-01 15:41:39

I think I've seen that a million times but never paid attention to it before. Huh.

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sean42082 2011-07-01 14:46:13

I think as far as editing an existing playlist goes on the iPod touch, you can delete songs, or rearrange them, but I don't think you can add to it. You can however create a new playlist, add the new songs you want to that, and then go to the Existing playlist and click add all songs. Name it, save it, love it. This will make an identical playlist to the one you already have, plus the new songs. Then you can delete the original one leaving you with the Happy times playlist you wanted. Should take less than 5 minutes, and will then sync the new playlist to your computer the next time you plug it in.

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