How do you manually put a playlist on the iPod in iTunes 11? I don't want to sync them, but would like to drag the new mixes onto the iPod icon like you used to be able to do.
Apple's latest version of its music-management program has a much different user interface than the previous 10 editions and may take some getting used to. Once you have made a new playlist in the program, there are a few ways to add it to the iPod.
One way is to connect the player to the computer and click the iPod button at the top of the iTunes window. Click the Summary button and make sure the checkbox next to “Manually manage music and videos†is on. Next, click the On This iPod button on the right side of the window. (If you do not see the On This iPod button, make sure the iTunes window is open wide enough to display the entire row of buttons.)
Click the Add To button on the right side of the window, which should rev eal a column showing the iPod's libraries and existing playlists. Click the Playlists button at the top of the window and drag the desired playlist from the left pane of the window to the right pane showing the iPod's contents. The playlist should copy over to the iPod.
If you preferred the look of the old iTunes program, go to the View menu and select Show Sidebar to restore that vertical pane on the left side of the window that displays all media libraries, connected devices and playlists. Once you do that, you can drag new playlists onto the icon of the connected iPod, just as before in previous versions of iTunes.
Manually adding songs, albums and videos to a connected iPod is a bit simpler. You can still click the Add To button on the On This iPod screen and drag files over if you want to do it that way. For a quicker approach, just connect the iPod to the computer, then click and select the items you want to copy over. Drag the files to the right edge of th e iTunes window. A panel opens showing the icon of the connected iPod. Drop the files on the iPod icon to add them to the player.
