I’ve been on a drive to hack some common tasks that I do as part of my workday on the laptop. I listen to music and podcasts on iTunes quite a bit as part of my workday (mostly when doing filing, cleaning, or coding). I’ve mostly ignored doing much with iTunes to improve its fit with my life, but that has changed as of this week. So I bring you four tips to implement greater iTunes efficiency:
Music Only smart lists for shuffles etc – better random tunes from via 43 Folders
SRS iWow – for better sound out of your system.
Launch bar – not something that you do inside iTunes but rather a killer launch app (like Quicksilver or Butler) that lets you pause and play tunes from the keyboard as well as start specific playlists, albums, and songs.
Constant fresh songs on your iPhone/iPod – if you are anything like me you have more music and videos than will fit on your iPhone. Use the music smart list from above to create a random music list of songs not played in the last 14 days and limited to a certain file size (I set mine at 1 gig). Then sync that playlist with your iPhone.
