Solutions:
Let me show you how to do it - it's pretty darn easy.
Pop into iTunes and choose File --> New Playlist. Now rename it to something logical: I use "iPhone Sync":
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: New Playlist for iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/xitunes-playlists-iphone.png.pagespeed.ic.jFIliHEghf.png)
Now you can just drag and drop music from your iTunes library (in
iTunes, needless to say) into this new playlist. When you're ready,
you'll see a bunch of music happily ensconced in the playlist (remember,
it's all just "pointers": the actual music files are still safely in
the main music library, so if you delete something from a playlist , you
haven't deleted the original music file itself):
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: New Playlist for iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/584x401xitunes-iphone-sync-playlist.png.pagespeed.ic.v5Da8nv8R9.jpg)
Notice here on the very bottom of the iTunes window it shows you how
many songs are in the playlist, along with the size and total playing
time. For my current playlist, it's 140 songs, 10.1 hours, for a total
file size of 851MB, no problem for my 4GB Apple iPhone.
At this point, you need to plug in your iPhone if you haven't already done so. It'll pop up the usual summary screen:
![Apple iPhone: Summary view in iTunes](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/607x365xitunes-iphone-setup-summary.png.pagespeed.ic.dO6zwk_I_6.jpg)
Cool. Now click on the "Music" tab and you'll see that you can select
"sync playlist". Do that, then select the new iPhone sync playlist
you've created, as shown here:
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: Synchronizing New Playlist with iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/xitunes-iphone-sync-music.png.pagespeed.ic.txuwR6qCnr.png)
Set things up just as I have shown and that's all there is to it. Now
click "Sync" in iTunes and it'll synchronize your playlist with the
iPhone music library and next time you click on that ole' "iPod" button
on the iPhone, your selections from you music library will be present.
Oh, and one really nice feature of creating this playlist is that you can manage it, adding and deleting songs to your heart's desire, even without your iPhone present. Whatever changes you make are instantly applied to your iPhone music library the very next time you synchronize the device. Suddenly even 8GB might feel small. :-)
Let me show you how to do it - it's pretty darn easy.
Pop into iTunes and choose File --> New Playlist. Now rename it to something logical: I use "iPhone Sync":
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: New Playlist for iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/xitunes-playlists-iphone.png.pagespeed.ic.jFIliHEghf.png)
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: New Playlist for iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/584x401xitunes-iphone-sync-playlist.png.pagespeed.ic.v5Da8nv8R9.jpg)
At this point, you need to plug in your iPhone if you haven't already done so. It'll pop up the usual summary screen:
![Apple iPhone: Summary view in iTunes](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/607x365xitunes-iphone-setup-summary.png.pagespeed.ic.dO6zwk_I_6.jpg)
![Apple iTunes in Mac OS X: Synchronizing New Playlist with iPhone](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.askdavetaylor.com/0-blog-pics/xitunes-iphone-sync-music.png.pagespeed.ic.txuwR6qCnr.png)
Oh, and one really nice feature of creating this playlist is that you can manage it, adding and deleting songs to your heart's desire, even without your iPhone present. Whatever changes you make are instantly applied to your iPhone music library the very next time you synchronize the device. Suddenly even 8GB might feel small. :-)
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