— -- You're listening to a favorite song in iTunes and want to hear other tracks that replicate the mood. At the click of a button, Apple generates a playlist of songs that mix well together.

For most creatives, music is inextricably intertwined with the creative process. Before we sit down to hammer out a project, many of us pick a playlist that (we hope) will inspire or, at the very ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Genius features built into the new iTunes version 8 are amazing.

Users have found that upon updating iTunes to version 8, the Genius Sidebar is enabled by default. When users select the options to set up Genius (which requires an iTunes account) the sidebar shows ...

Several users who have recently installed iTunes 9 hoping to enjoy the new Genius Mixes capability have run into issues with their mixes not appearing in iTunes. Forum postings suggest several ...

At its "Let's Rock" iPod event today, Apple announced iTunes 8.0, the first new reference release of the company's music and video player and media store in two years. The primary new feature in ...

The Genius Mixes in iTunes are nice: They group related tracks in convenient playlists without any intervention on your part. But they do have their flaws: You can’t see which tracks are in them, so ...

Apple sometime later today or this week will make available for download a speedier version of its iTunes media software that will extend the company's Genius feature to more media types and support ...

After learning of iTunes 9 becoming available by repeatedly clicking “Check Now” on Software Update for the past couple of hours, I installed the update and immediately went for the Genius Mixes ...

Booted iTunes last night and it quit out on me as it was starting up. And again. And again. Each time, it was as iTunes was trying to upload Genius info to Apple, so I cancelled the operation and ...

Genius certainly is a nifty little sidebar to your iTunes collection. After it’s collected every scrap of information about your library and sent it through the Apple ultra-computer you can select any ...