What does checking/unchecking do in itunes? Am I missing something here?

[FearoftheNight]

I've used itunes for almost 2 years and I've never had to use it? Am I missing out on something?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

The main thing I use it for is designating which songs to sync with my iPods. I have years of Howard Stern shows I don't want to transfer, so uncheck them. There's a setting that lets you transfer only checked items.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I believe if the songs aren't checked then they won't play in in iTunes in shuffle or straight through mode

 

[Redfraggle]

Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
I believe if the songs aren't checked then they won't play in in iTunes in shuffle or straight through mode

This.

 

[bigrash]

I uncheck songs if I don't want them to sync with my music on my iphone.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
I believe if the songs aren't checked then they won't play in in iTunes in shuffle or straight through mode

Winnar. I keep full CDs in my iTunes rather than only keeping/ripping the songs I'm going to listen to but I just uncheck any songs that I frequently skip or just don't want to come up randomly... like doubles from different CDs (ie: most of the Beatles 1... since I have all the other albums anyway).