Let's say I have a few of my favorite artists who I've told my iPhone to sync, even though those songs might not be in any playlist.
Is there any way, when I open up my iPod (now "Music" in iOS 5) to see who those artists are? Or maybe there are specific albums I've sync'd; is there a way to see those albums listed anywhere?
In other words, instead of just my playlists, and all the artists and albums that are on my phone, is it possible to see who the specific artists are that I've checked in the music tab in iTunes when syncing to my iPhone? Or even the specific albums I've checked?
EDIT
Here's the use case, in case that prompts any workarounds.
I have my main "At Work" playlist, with my thousand or so favorite songs ever. Every once in a while though I might want a change of pace, and might want to browse through the albums and artists I like enough to sync in toto. "Ohh, Robert Cray sounds great right now". Currently, my "Artists" tab is full of every single artist anywhere in my iPhone, mostly because they have a song or two in the work playlist. I'd love to get a separate list of the artists and albums whose checkbox I checked in the iTunes Music tab to specifically sync.
Best Answer
You could create a smart playlist that excludes files that are already included in another playlist.
So, in your case if you generally sync a playlist called "At Work" whcih contains what you normally sync, but then also throw a few others into the sync too, you could create a smart playlist that looks for any ticked track that is not already in the "At Work" playlist. Call this "Adhoc" or something, and add this to your sync list, and you should have a new playlist that shows anything that wasn;t part of your original sync list.