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Jukefox Is A Smart, Genre-Based Music Shuffler For Android

Android: If you like the intelligence of something like Pandora, but want it to use music you already know and have, free app Jukefox is like the iTunes Genius of Android, shuffling tracks together by genre.


April 27, 2011
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Jog.fm Suggests The Best Music For Your Workout

We’ve previously looked at creating the ultimate workout playlist, which involves calculating the beats per minute (BPM) of your music and choosing the songs that work best. Jog.fm takes the work out of that process for you by not only providing the BPM but suggesting the best music based on your average mile time.


April 9, 2011
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Make iTunes’ Genius Mixes Suck Less By Turning Them Into Playlists

iTunes’ Genius mixes are a good idea in theory, but sometimes they don’t give you exactly what you want. If Genius keeps giving you duplicates of certain songs (or adds songs that shouldn’t be there), here’s how to improve them.


April 5, 2011
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Create A Custom Blacklist To Exclude Songs From iPod Syncing

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You can easily control what gets synced onto your iPod (or iPhone) by using playlists or excluding specific tracks, but the former isn’t comprehensive and the latter stops you playing the full contents of your iTunes library on your computer. Blogger Scott Buckley details a clever use of playlists that lets you blacklist specific tracks and sync everything else to your iPod.


February 11, 2011
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Groovylists Imports Your iTunes Playlists Into Grooveshark

Streaming music websites like Grooveshark are great when you’re away from home, but they don’t have any of your playlists. Free service Groovylists imports your iTunes, Spotify and Last.fm playlists so you can listen to them on other computers.


January 5, 2011
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iTunes Remote For Windows Phone 7 Controls Playlists, Volume And Multiple Libraries

Windows Phone 7 (and Windows/Mac): Just because you’re on Microsoft’s mobile platform doesn’t mean you need to leave iTunes behind. This nifty app controls any iTunes library wirelessly, giving you power over playlists, volume levels, and song/album searching.


December 27, 2010
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UWall.tv Is A YouTube Front End Optimised For Music Videos

If you’re looking for a fast way to queue up YouTube-hosted music videos without fussing around and sorting through all the garbage, UWall.tv offers one-click video playlist creation.


December 18, 2010
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How To Recover Lost, Missing, Accidentally Deleted iTunes Playlists

Have you ever accidentally deleted an iTunes playlist or two and figured it was gone forever? Here’s how you might be able to get those missing playlists back.


November 18, 2010
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How To Manage Multiple Music Libraries In Any Media Player

Whether you’d rather keep your Christmas music from cluttering up your library for half the year, or you need iPod-friendly tracks alongside your lossless ones, you can make your life easier by splitting your music into two separate libraries. Here’s how.


September 25, 2010
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How To Find Your Music’s BPM To Build A Great Exercise Playlist

Matching your song playlist to your running distance and style is a task you don’t want to botch up. Lifehacker reader samc352 shares some great tips on automatically and manually generating Beats Per Minute (BPM) playlists.