To solve this problem, Apple developed the Smart Playlists so that iTunes creates a customized playlist for you based on the criteria that you set. Examples of such criteria include songs from a particular genre, artist, year or ratings. There is also an option of limiting the number of songs that can be included in the playlists; and it can be left unlimited. You can further modify your criteria such that only the songs that are toggled can be selected while the unselected ones are not included. Live updating can be done so that your playlist is modified anytime something changes in your playlist. Tracks can also be organized according to your mood or environment using smart playlists.

    The procedure for creating a smart playlist is simple and straight-forward. Open iTunes and click on New Smart Playlist under the File dropdown. When the smart playlist window appears, click on the match the conditions tab. On the first drop-down, select the desired criteria like artist, album and genre. Under the second drop-down, select the additional criteria like “contains”, “not contains” and “starts with” etc. then select “all” or “any” from match the following condition menu. You can limit your selection by limiting the number of minutes, hours, GBs or number of songs.

    Optimizing your iphone storage capacity can be done easily with the smart playlist options. For example, suppose you are planning on taking a trip which includes a 4-hour plane trip and 2- hour car journey. And suppose you want to listen to some blues while you are on the plane and up-beat rock n roll when you are on the bus. Using smart playlists, you can set the criteria such that only 4 hour of blues is included and 2 hours of rock n roll is included. This saves precious memory on the iphone without any sacrifice to your entertainment.The procedure for creating and organizing videos is identically the same; and the smart playlists are more effective when storing videos than when storing audio files.