![]() This is a small excerpt of a playlist, only showing 2 songs. When you open the playlist, it may look something like this. Open the playlist m3u file with a text editor, like BBEdit or Notepad++. ![]() (You can save it elsewhere first if you want because we have to modify it.) When you are finished modifying the playlist, you want to export it.Ĭhoose File > Library > Export Playlist, and save it to the root of the thumb drive as an M3U formatted playlist. If you want playlists, then continue.Ĭreate any desired playlists and add the songs to them, within iTunes/Music.app. This is all you need if you want to manually choose artist/albums/songs from the car. Once iTunes/Music.app is finished adding the mp3s and reorganizing the folders/files, you should have a thumb drive with a folder for each artist at the top level, with album folders within them. ![]() Then add them to iTunes/Music.app and let the app do any folder/file organization. You may want to do this first, before you sign into this account. Check the box for ‘keep Music Media folder organized’.Ĭopy any desired mp3s from your usual music folder to the root of the thumb drive. If your thumb drive is called ‘MUSIC’ then this preference will show, “/MUSIC”. Make sure you set it to the root of the thumb drive. Set this account’s music storage location to the USB drive. Click on Files at the top of the Preferences window. Open iTunes (now called Music.app) and open Preferences. The main hurdle for me was formatting the playlists.) (If you have a Windows computer then the logic is similar. ![]() This way I don’t have to mess with the music stored on my main account.Ĭall this new computer login whatever you want, then login to that account. On my Mac, I created a new login just for the purpose of copying music to the thumb drive. ![]() It’s incredibly small, very low profile, and affordable.įirst, the USB thumb drive must be formatted as FAT32. This is how I was able to get the car entertainment system to read the thumb drive’s music folders AND playlists. If interested, you can subscribe to it here. It’s all alternative/indie too… from the late 60s (artists that influenced modern day alternative rock) through today. Yes, 1600 songs with only one song per artist. I should note that I have a meticulously maintained playlist on both Spotify and my Mac called ‘ 1 song per artist‘ that currently has about 1600 songs. I wanted to load up a USB thumb drive with mp3s to have the option to play music just in case I was in an area with poor reception, or just got tired of flipping through stations or streaming music playlists. ![]()
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