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Lets say I want to create an iTunes Smart Playlist that contains music from two different genres, but I don't want this playlist to contain tracks from a specific artist. This is only three conditions and seems simple enough... but it's impossible?
I can either have it meet ANY or ALL of the rules. I can't have it meet "Any" because then it will include *all* artists except for the one that I excluded. I can't have it meet "All" because then I can only include one genre without having contradicting rules.
There are surely solutions. Perhaps there could be an "Or" option, like "(Genre) (Is) _____, (Or) (Genere) (Is) _____". There are probably plenty of other ways to go about it. But, maybe I'm once again in the minority for whom a feature like this would be useful. 
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Playlist A: Music is of genre "this" or of genre "that".
Playlist B: Music is from playlist "A" and artist is not "David Hasselhoff".
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Originally Posted by Apfhex
Lets say I want to create an iTunes Smart Playlist that contains music from two different genres, but I don't want this playlist to contain tracks from a specific artist. This is only three conditions and seems simple enough... but it's impossible?
I can either have it meet ANY or ALL of the rules. I can't have it meet "Any" because then it will include *all* artists except for the one that I excluded. I can't have it meet "All" because then I can only include one genre without having contradicting rules.
There are surely solutions. Perhaps there could be an "Or" option, like "(Genre) (Is) _____, (Or) (Genere) (Is) _____". There are probably plenty of other ways to go about it. But, maybe I'm once again in the minority for whom a feature like this would be useful.
They probably are doing it because "Or" logic can be tricky to present understandably to the typical user especially through a UI. They don't have it in Find/Spotlight either. That said, I sure wish it were available. 
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
Playlist A: Music is of genre "this" or of genre "that".
Playlist B: Music is from playlist "A" and artist is not "David Hasselhoff".
That's a good idea.  Too bad it requires an extra playlist, but it's still better than a manual playlist in this situation.
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