User's Manual

Chapter 2 Music Features 23
Genius playlists and Genius Mixes created in iTunes can by synced to iPod classic like
any iTunes playlist. You can’t add Genius Mixes to iPod classic manually. See “Syncing
Genius Playlists and Genius Mixes to iPod classic” on page 25.
Genius is a free service, but you need an iTunes Store account to use it. If you don’t
have an account, you can set one up when you turn on Genius.
Adding Music and Podcasts to iPod classic
After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily add it to
iPod classic.
To set how music is added from your computer to iPod classic, you connect iPod classic
to your computer, and then use iTunes preferences to choose iPod classic settings.
You can set iTunes to add music to iPod classic in several ways:
 Sync all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod classic, it’s automatically updated
to match the songs and other items in your iTunes library. Any other songs on
iPod classic are deleted.
 Sync selected playlists: When you connect iPod classic, it’s automatically updated
to match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes.
 Sync Genius playlists and Genius Mixes: Genius Mixes can only be synced to
iPod classic automatically, but Genius playlists can be added manually or synced
automatically.
 Manually add music to iPod classic: When you connect iPod classic, you can drag
songs and playlists individually to iPod classic, and delete songs and playlists
individually from iPod classic. Using this option, you can add songs from more than
one computer without erasing songs from iPod classic. When you manage music
yourself, you must always eject iPod classic from iTunes before you can disconnect it.