[shaulzofef]

I create new playlists quite often, and was wandering if there was any more efficient way to create playlists than draging and dropping. Maybe a keyboard shortcut that would add the currently selected songs to the last used playlist...
any ideas?
thnx

[Uisce]

Only way to automatically get music in is to use Smart Playlists, but maybe you can create an AppleScript or Automator action to do that.

[shaulzofef]

Thanks... smart playlists won't do the job though, but I might try and make a script... I'm just a newbie, havn't tried these things before...

[Boris_Noir]

I know its not quite what you are after, but this is the way I have done it.

Firstly I downloaded and installed The Filter from The Filter - Instant Playlist Generator Plugin for iTunes.

Then, all you need to do to build a playlist is select up to three songs in iTunes and then press Command + F - and a new 15 track playlist is automatically created from these three initial traks. The playlists are pretty decent btw so might save you a bit of time.

I've also managed to nerd this up a bit recently - I downloaded a little application called Remote Buddy which lets me control iTunes with a Nintendo Wii remote. I mapped out a new command for The Filter, so now I can sit on my couch and listen to my music library - when I hear a song I like I just press the down button on my Wii Remote and The Filter will build me a new playlist build around this song. So slack, but so brilliant.

[shaulzofef]

The Filter works ok... but I like to be in control of what I'm listening to... I figure the best way would be to command click all the song i want to add to a playlist and then generate a new playlist from the selected songs by pressing command shift n. The down side is that I can't use coverflow that way , and besides, why would I want to hold cmd all the time I'm looking for the songs I want to add... bahh!.. guess I'll just keep dragging...