iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

MusicMatch Administration

At its heart, MusicMatch is nothing more than a glorified database. Its job is to search, sort, and display information, quickly and efficiently. Here, for example, are some powerful managerial tasks it stands ready to handle.

Searching for Songs

The Find feature can search out all the songs that have a specific word in their title, album name, or artist attribution. To make it work, click Find at the top of your library window.

In the Find in Music Library box, type the word or name you’re looking for, and then click Find First.

For example, in Figure 5-14, typing love jumps down the library list to tracks by different performers that all have the word “love” somewhere in the song’s information—maybe the title of the song, maybe the band name. Click Add to add the song to the playlist window, and then click Find Next to move on.

Figure 5-14. The Find function in MusicMatch Jukebox makes it easy to find love, or rather, songs with the word “love” in their titles within your music library. This sort of thing could be useful for creating themed playlists, like a mix for that Valentine’s Day special someone made from songs that all have the word “love” in the title.

Tip

There’s another way to find a certain song, too: just start typing the first few letters of the artist or album. MusicMatch highlights the first matching song in the list.

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