how do you uncheck all on itunes

[mkjuk]

i want to be able to do this and then just tick the tunes i want to play but not have to create new playlists

please help

[fo3nix]

I believe the ticking is for telling it what songs you want on the iPod.

If you want to only play certain songs, then create a playlist.

[mkjuk]

i know, but there must be a way of doing it as stated in the question

[Nemesis9]

This drives me nuts!
I have about 20gbs of music on my PC, but only use a 4gb ipod. The time I spend having to 'drag and drop' each song I want simply because I can't check (or uncheck) from the library is ridiculous. Sorry I'm not being helpful, but if you find out I'd like to know as well.
itunes is a mind numbingly poor piece of software as far as intuitive use and interfacing is concerned.
Hope you find out a a way to do it.

[fo3nix]

mkjuk: no, I don't think there is a way. You want to do something that it's not designed to do. Why don't you want to have to create new playlists?

Nemesis: I've always found it a very good piece of software, and I've never had any trouble with it at all.

[Nemesis9]

Foxnix, transferring 4gbs of songs from, say a 20gb itunes library (as in my own case, and I suspect similar to mkjuk, and many other users) involves 'dragging and dropping' EVERY single track individually into your ipod (as obviously 20gbs will not fit on to a 4gb ipod).

This is a tedious ,unnecessary, and time consuming process.
In normal circumstances, because the default setting on itunes requires that all tracks are ticked, all you would have to do is just drag and drop the entire 'library', (one quick and simple step, instead of several hundred).

The obvious thing to do in 'our' circumstances would be to uncheck everything in the library, then a simple mouse click against the tracks you want, followed by the same 'drag and drop' process. However, for some mystifying reason, no one thought to make this available, instead (at least up to this version of itunes) it requires several hours of mind-numbing patience and an accurate mouse technique.
Illogical.