Can't i modify my smart playlists in iTunes

Suddenly I am not able to modify the settings for any of my Smart Playlists. I am able to get to the update mode (command+i) however if I modify the smart parameters it does not save or change the results of the settings.
Any help out there?

Wow- I just realized that the smartlists finally updated with the new settings. It appears it's iCloud and Music Match that has to run before the settings are finalized. It took over 5 minutes.

Similar Messages

Can't make an unrated smart playlist in itunes

i have 1/2 star ratings enabled on my imac. when i make a smart playlist with "ratings is 0" i get a playlist of all 1/2 star rated songs and none rated 0. i have itunes 11.
i tried it on my macbook (itunes 10.7) and it works fine. but i don't have 1/2 stars enabled on that.

I didn't think that smart playlists would work with half star ratings. However, I discovered that they do recognise the half star, but don't display it in the rule. It all depends on where you click on the star-scale. For example, if you wanted a smart playlist to show all songs you have rated four and a half stars, you click on the left side of the fifth star dot. In this example, it would show a four star rating in the rule, but show four and a half star rated songs in the actual playlist.
So, in your case, Edit Smart Playlist rule screen, click and drag from a star then to the left of the scale. It should recognise that you want all songs rated with nothing, rather than songs rated with half a star. Just make sure your click ends after being dragged past the actual scale. Confusing, I know.
Here is a screenshot of a smart playlist with the same idea of displaying all unrated songs that I created less than fifteen minutes ago.

How can I get my smart playlists on iTunes match to update automatically on my iPhone?

I've been trying to figure out how to have my smart playlist in iTunes update on my iPhone automatically via iTunes Match, but everytime I create a smart playlist it shows up on my iPhone but it contains every single song in my library rather than just the ones that are supposed to be in the playlist.

Experienced same situation with my iPhone4. Just started using the cloud last week for my music library.
Solution: Click "Update iTunes Match" using iTunes on my MacBook Pro. A minute or two later all of my playlissts appeared on my iPhone. Hope this is helpful

How can you shuffle songs in a playlist in itunes 11?

You used to be able to create a playlist, shuffle it, then synch it to your ipod. This was done easily with a shuffle button in the library. In 11 that button is no longer there. How can you do this now?

Your question is clear, but you then go on to say something completely different. I've answered your question "how can (you) shuffle songs in a Playlist in iTunes 11".
In Playlists, click on the "start playing in shuffle mode" icon (that I've ringed). And...
In this next shot (the space you need to watch), you can see the Shuffle icon (ringed in larey lime) is blue, so it's "on", and I've also clicked on the "show me what's coming up next" icon (ringed in red). Study the list of upcoming songs. It's the Playlist we're in, but shuffled:
Hey presto!
Now - if you actually mean something else, such as: "create the Playlist, adjust the order of the songs and then Sync it to the iPod"; then as before, you can drag songs within a Playlist to whatever order you want and Sync the Playlist - as before. I've no idea what the "button" you refer to, looked like. Can you explain?

Smart Playlist in iTunes not the same as on iPod?

Hi all,
Currently I am in the process of making my entire CD collection (> 800 CD's) available on my new iPod classic. Ripping goes fine, no problem at all. But I have a problem with the Smart Playlists. Every CD in my collection has a unique number. I put that number in the 'Comments' section of every ripped CD (select all tracks of an album, go into 'Get info' and fill the 'Comments' section with a number like 0245).
In iTunes I create a smart playlist containing every CD within a range of, say, 02. In iTunes I then see every CD starting with the number 02 (from 0200 to 0299). When i sync with my iPod, the playlists are available, but the sorting is not ok. I see a lot of tracks, but not organised by CD as in iTunes. Is there a way to change this so that on the iPod the sorting is the same as in iTunes.

Select your Smart Playlist in iTunes, arrange it in the order you want, then right-click on the Smart Playlist title in the sources panel and click on *Copy to Play Order*. Sync. Your iPod should now have the correct play order.
tt2

(HELP!)How can I import Windows Media Player Playlists, into iTunes Playlists, with Music . . for an iPod

How can I import Windows Media Player Playlists, into iTunes Playlists, with Music . . for an iPod
We are having no luck with the thousands of songs we have to manualy add to a particular playlist in iTunes alone. .. there must be a simpler way! How can this be done . . . if there is and it's complicated, is the Genius allowed to help us out with this? They seem to only master Mac's only. . or can they help us? PL E A SE E E HELLPPP!

tt2,
Your very helpful and knowledgeable. I for one appreciate all the hardwork and help you have been giving the people on theses lists, especially with the problems associated with the "importing playlists" from windows media. Unfortunately I need more help if you or someone else can provide it. I followed all the steps you have instructed so far in the threads I have seen. Unfortunately nothing so far works for me. Maybe you or someone can help me, I'd really appreciate it. I tried the notepad++ method and when I click on save I always get a notepad file that my iTunes can't do anything with. I click the "convert to UTF-8 without BOM" then click save as and it still saves as a notepad file. I am also unable to find the \n\ file path to replace with my \C:\ filepath. Here is a copy of the first part of one of my playlists:
<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 12.0.7601.17514"/>
        <meta name="ItemCount" content="161"/>
        <author/>
        <title>Power Surge</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <seq>
            <media src="..\Various Artists\Mixed Tape 2\13 Out of Control.wma" tid="{650561AF-AA9D-4EA3-84CC-2F09C24DF3B3}"/>
            <media src="..\Various Artists\Mixed Tape 1\12 One Step Closer.wma" tid="{EE5ADD9D-A879-404A-BC60-CE841045BCB6}"/>
            <media src="..\Various Artists\Mixed Tape 1\15 Click Click Boom.wma" tid="{0F71941C-1B67-425F-BDAA-246618709179}"/>
Now I went and switched the part from <media src="..\ to <media src="C:\ in all the files in hopes that was where I am supposed to have my drive letter but it didn't seem to help. Please forgive my encoding ignorance if that's what my problem is. I hope you can help. Thanks in advance.
Madmaxneo

Can't create smart playlists because iTunes can't see all my playlists

I noticed that my smart playlists aren't updating properly. When I tried to edit them, I got an error message saying "This smart playlist depends on one or more playlists that cannot be found." I am using as one of my rules "Playlist is" but the dropdown list next to that rule does not show all of my playlists. It shows some of my smart playlists, none of the "regular" playlists. That means I cannot fix the smart playlist.
For example, I have a playlist called "exercise" that is a regular playlist. It contains 965 songs that I have added manually. I can see the "Exercise" playlist just fine in iTunes, and I can add/remove songs from it. But my smart playlist, "Top Exercise Rare Recent," does not work, because it depends on the rule "Playlist Is Exercise." When I try to edit the rule "Playlist is," I cannot choose "Exercise" from the dropdown list--that playlist simply does not show up. But it is there. I can see it in iTunes. I just can't see it in the dropdown list.
I don't even know what to try to fix this.
In case it matters, a few versions ago, an iTunes update "lost" my library. I had saved backup of my library files, fortunately, so I did not lose all of my ratings and playlists (at least, I didn't think I did). After I restored my library files, iTunes did not recognize my iPod classic so I had to re-sync it (removing everything that was on it and replacing it with whatever was in iTunes, i.e., exactly the same files). Then the next update broke my ability to burn playlists to cds AND it broke my system clock. I had to revert to a restore point that preceded the iTunes update, then reinstall iTunes, then "repair" the installation to get my cd burning ability back.
I am now using iTunes 11.3.1.2 on a Windows 8.1 PC (64-bit). Wishing I had never update

Thanks for the clarification. Sorry, it's working for me so I'm not sure what to suggest. Perhaps someone else will have ideas.
Regards.

Can't sync my podcast smart playlist(s) to my ipod

I created a smart playlist to hold my podcasts, which would sync to my ipod when I was using the previous version of itunes, but after installing itunes 9 I can no longer get that playlist to sync to my ipod. I have tried both unplugging and replugging back in my ipod as well as restore factory settings and reloading everything back onto the ipod, still no luck. Does anyone know how I can solve this or if there will be a patch for itunes 9 to resolve this as well as some of the problems experienced with syncing with devices like the apple tv.

Check out this article: http://www.gotknowhow.com/articles/how-to-get-podcast-playlists-to-sync-in-itune s-9.aspx
I was in the same boat and 20 minutes on the phone with an Apple Product Specialist and we figured it out.
Apple changed the sync behavior of iTunes, because what we all have been doing was a workaround for an old bug we didn't recognize as such. We abandoned syncing podcasts using the Podcasts tab because it didn't give us the control that Smart Playlists gave us. We discovered that iTunes would sync our podcast playlists under the music tab.
That was fixed, though I wish it had been covered during the iTunes demo in the Keynote.
Use the Music tab to sync songs and other files you find in your Music library. Use the Podcasts tab to sync podcast episodes you find in your Podcasts library. Both tabs have sections listing all of your playlists. On the Podcasts tab, you may have to scroll to the bottom.
Next, Turn OFF the "Automatically include" option. This is simple syncing. If you want more control, turn this off and select the Smart Playlists you've defined using the bottom section.
I found that all of the playlists I used to sync were still selected in this lower section. As soon as I turned of the "Automatically include" option, everything was back to normal.
FYI, I love having the "Automatically fill free space with songs" option on the music tab. Now as I listen to podcasts and they are removed from the Smart Playlists, I get more music and no wasted space on my device.
Message was edited by: SkyJack

How can I make all my Smart Playlists sync onto my iPhone?

I recently updated my iTunes software to 10.6 or whatever the newest update was and since then, I have been unable to sync all my playlists onto my iPhone. The Top 25 Most Played, Recently Added, and 90s Music won't sync to my phone and I'm hoping someone can help me fix the problem. All the regular playlists are syncing just fine and 2 of the Smart Playlists I have are also syncing just fine. I've tried recreating the playlists but it still won't work. Any ideas?

I had the same issue. If they are selected in the Music tab, try duplicating, not just recreating, the playlist and deleting the old one. This worked for me and I have not had the issue again.

I can't change the view of a smart playlist in iTunes 11. Columns display at the top will not convert to list

Hi - I just upgraded from the previous version of iTunes to iTunes 11. One of my previous playlists appeared as a smart playlist, and when it displays there is a set of columns at the top with a separation splitting the columns from the list. I am trying to get rid of the columns from the top of this screen, but have been unable to find any information on how to do this. This only happens in this playlist, and I am unable to locate a view option or display setting that will change it. The "Column Browser' is unavailable in the view menu.
Thanks

Is the App-Installation restriction in Settings/General/Restrictions on that iPod activated?
Does the problem come back after restoring "as new iPod" without using the backup?
Message was edited by: Ingo2711

How can I create a randomized smart playlist?

When I create a smart playlist, pick a playlist and select add Random, it puts all the songs in alphabetical order. Randomizes the artists but not the music. In older versions of Itunes this worked.
Figurerd it out..the triangle at the top of the # column....Not very intuitive...

MVP video playlist app is the one you want download

Share Smart Playlists in iTunes?

Where do smart playlist rules live? I'd like to copy a smart playlist to another user on the same computer without having to re-type the entire list (there are over 60 items). We both use the same media folder which is on an external hard drive that we both can access.
I can export the smart playlist from my account as a regular (static) playlist and import it into the other user account, but I have to do this every time I add something to my account.
I'd really just like the same smart playlist on both accounts without having to re-type the whole thing.

Same problem here! I synced my iPod Touch with my other laptop sing iTunes 9.0.2 and everything is fine. If I sync using 9.0.3, no joy! I'd say we need 9.0.4 to fix this!

Mixed Logic Comes to Smart Playlists in iTunes 9!

Smart playlists have always been limited in that you could only use AND or OR logic, but not both in the same smart playlist. For example, if you had multiple criteria you had to choose between matching +All the criteria+ (AND), or +Any of the criteria+ (OR), but not both in the same playlist. This meant that to achieve mixed logic, e.g. "A and (B or C)", you had to use more than one playlist.
With iTunes 9 you can now combine AND and OR logic into one playlist, finally! To add indented criteria, just click the "..." button and the next line of criteria will be treated separately (think parentheses). Give it a try, its really cool!
So now, for example, let's say you wanted a playlist of top Rock and Blues songs that you haven't heard in the last month. Now in one playlist you can create the logic:
o Rating is > 3 stars, AND
o Last Played is Not In the Last 30 Days, AND
o Genre is Rock, OR
o Genre is Blues
Previously this would take three playlists (one for each genre, plus one to combine them). Very, very cool!

Agreed !!
This is one of the best feature of iTunes 9 yet no one talks about it.
Thanks Apple
Cheers
Xavier

Smart Playlists in iTunes

Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes. I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
Thanks
Bill

*Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes.*
You can make folder to put playlists into only. It doesn't to do anything else like put the music into different folders. It just helps to keep playlist straight.
I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
and?
Is there some reason you don't want to do this?

Smart Playlists crash iTunes

I have the latest iTunes (10.x, b*** 6), and when I went into iTunes all my smart playlists were gone and when i went to create a new one, iTunes stops working and needs to be shut down. I never knew i used the 'Recently Added' Playlist sooo much...Well, actually i did.

*Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes.*
You can make folder to put playlists into only. It doesn't to do anything else like put the music into different folders. It just helps to keep playlist straight.
I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
and?
Is there some reason you don't want to do this?

Can't i modify my smart playlists in iTunes

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for