How To Shuffle Track
Apple's iPod Shuffle boils down the popular line of music players to a single core feature: playing audio files. Without a screen, the Shuffle relies entirely on buttons and switches to operate. Turning on or off your Shuffle takes only a flip of the power switch.
The Three-Way Switch
How To Shuffle Tracks
Learn below how to shuffle your songs when using the YouTube Music app! The big white play button just plays from the first track. Not sure what song or album you're in the mood for? The iPhone's Shuffle feature surprises you with random songs. Here's how to use it.
The fourth-generation iPod Shuffle has a three-way switch on its top side, near the Volume Up (+) button. While looking at the face of the iPod, place the switch in the far right position to turn off the device. To turn on the iPod, slide the switch one click to the left, placing it in the center of the track. With the iPod on, you'll see green on the switch track. Moving the switch to the far left turns on shuffle, which plays your music in a random order.
Tips
The iPod Shuffle won't play audiobooks or podcasts while in shuffle mode. Put the switch in the center position to play these types of media.
Power Status Lights
When you turn on your iPod Shuffle, the status light next to the headphone port indicates the Shuffle's battery power. At half power or better, the light turns green. An orange light indicates a battery between 25 and 50 percent power, and a red light warns that the battery is nearing its end.
The Shuffle's status light has different meanings while the device is plugged in. An orange light shows that the Shuffle is charging, while a green light means the battery is full and you're ready to go. A blinking orange light means the iPod is syncing, so don't disconnect the cable until it stops.
Tips
Double-tap the VoiceOver button between the status light and the three-way power switch to hear the current battery status.
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Writer Bio
Aaron Parson has been writing about electronics, software and games since 2006, contributing to several technology websites and working with NewsHour Productions. Parson holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.
Have you ever wondered why Apple doesn't allow users to sync offline Apple Music tracks to iPod shuffle? Preventing piracy is the main reason.
iPod shuffle doesn't have the Wi-Fi support so it is impossible for Apple to check the status of your Apple Music subscription on an iPod shuffle. By disabling Apple Music on iPod shuffle, Apple can ensure that no users can save downloaded songs on their devices after their subscription is canceled. That's why you will get a warning message saying that 'Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod.' when trying to sync Apple Music offline tracks to and iPod shuffle.
But nothing to worry about, in this article we'll show you the easiest way to sync and play Apple Music songs on iPod shuffle.
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Although Apple has already discontinued iPod shuffle and iPod nano in mid-2017, iPod shuffle is still a great option for playing music offline because of its small size, large storage space and long battery life. iPod shuffle supports MP3, VBR, AAC, Protected AAC, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), WAV, AIFF and Apple Lossless. Obviously, Apple Music's M4P format is not included.
To put Apple Music on iPod shuffle, you can use a tool like TuneFab Apple Music Converter Lite to convert Apple Music songs to more compatible formats such as MP3. After that, you can sync Apple Music to iPod shuffle via iTunes and play Apple Music on iPod shuffle easily.
Step by Step Guide to Sync and Play Apple Music on iPod shuffle
TuneFab Apple Music Converter is one of the best Apple Music to iPod converter that can remove Apple Music DRM restriction and convert Apple Music songs to high quality MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, AIFF and other common audio formats. Besides Apple Music, it can also convert iTunes purchased music and audiobooks with lossless quality. After converting Apple Music to MP3, you can can transfer the music to iPod shuffle easily via iTunes.
Step 1. Launch Apple Music Converter
To get started, make sure iTunes has been installed on your computer. Run this Apple Music Converter and iTunes will be automatically opened along with this program.
Step 2. Select the Apple Music Songs
Since all your iTunes library will be loaded into this program, you can preview your Apple Music songs on the 'Playlists' section. Then, tick the Apple Music songs you want to convert or use the search function to locate the specific Apple Music track.
Step 3. Choose Output Format for Playing on iPod shuffle
On the 'Output Settings' section, you need to specify an output format from the drop-down list and then choose a destination folder to save your converted Apple Music files.
Step 4. Convert Apple Music to iPod shuffle
Simple click on 'Convert' button, then the program will start converting immediately. If you want to add more songs into the converting list, just click 'Library' and select the songs you want to add, and click 'Convert' again, then the items will be added to the converting list.
When the conversion finished, you can go to 'Finished' > 'View Output File' to find the converted songs on your PC or Mac.
Step 5. Sync Apple Music to iPod Shuffle with iTunes
After converting your apple music songs, you can use iTunes to add music from PC to iPod shuffle.
Firstly, import converted Apple Music to iTunes
Launch iTunes, and then create a new music playlist in iTunes. Next step is to add the converted songs from computer to iTunes playlist. You can simply drag and drop the all the songs from PC into the new playlist in iTunes.
Then, connect iPod shuffle to iTunes
Connect your iPod shuffle to iTunes and then go to the iPod shuffle window in iTunes. Simply click on the 'Device' icon in iTunes then you can get to the manage interface.
Go to 'Settings' > 'Music' and check 'Sync Music'. Because one device can only sync with one iTunes library at a time, if you see a pop-up windows asking you to confirm your action, please select “Remove and Sync” to continue.
Finally, sync music from iTunes playlist to iPod shuffle
Now under 'Sync Music' tab, select 'Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres'. After that, go to 'Playlist' and select the new created playlist in iTunes. When all is set, click at 'Apply' to start syncing DRM-free MP3 to iPod shuffle. The process will be don within minutes.
So, it is a really perfect solution to help you enjoy Apple Music on iPod shuffle. Once the DRM protection is removed, you can also enjoy Apple Music on iPod classic and iPod nano. Don't need too much effort, you can listen to Apple Music whenever you want. Now just download the trial version of Apple Music Converter Lite for free and give it a shot!