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the options on the Edit menu to remove or delete songs and rename or delete playlists.
You can sort a playlist by clicking the title of the column. Click the column again to
reverse the sort. You can also right-click Music Library, then click Sort Playlists.
You can edit the name of the artist, album, and title, as well as the track number and
track count. Simply select a song, then click Edit > Edit Track Information ( E ), or in
the main window right-click the song and select Edit Track Information. You can also
rate your music, which gives you the ability to play only songs with a certain rating.
To rate a song, select the number of stars you want to assign in the Rating field.
Figure 24.6 Track Editor
If you want to set all fields in a group to the same value, select multiple songs in a
playlist, then click Edit > Edit Track Information. Make the changes you want, then
click Snyc all field values. You can also use the Back and Forward buttons to cycle
through the selected songs.
Click the Properties tab to view detailed information about the selected song, including
the bit rate, the sample rate, when a song was last played, when it was imported, how
long the song is, and how many times the song has been played.

24.2.2 Creating Smart Playlists

You can create playlists that automatically add and remove songs based on criteria you
specify. For example, a smart playlist can contain songs you rated as five stars but that
you have not listened to for six months. Another smart playlist can contain all songs
published in 2006 that you have labeled with the Classical genre.
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