Changing Sort order in iTunes

I need to change the sort order in iTunes, pretty much like clicking on the browser header until the sort is "album by artist". Is there a way to do this?
Thanks

Took me a long time to get past the inconsistencies that Accessibility Inspector was revealing in iTunes. I finally ran a verify in Accessibility Verifier and discovered some inaccurate reporting in the Inspector. This works. Figured I would share it.
If things are changed to "Album", it will not do more than re-sort that column. It will not change the Album by... setting. I hope I can figure that out.
-- This will ensure that the artist column is sorted in ascending order
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
--read sort of grouping column
set groupSort to (get value of attribute "AXSortDirection" of button "Artist" of group 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1)
-- click button to select artist column if necessary
if (groupSort = "AXUnknownSortDirection") then
click button "Artist" of group 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
end if
-- set to ascending if necessary
if (groupSort = "AXDescendingSortDirection") then
click button "Artist" of group 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
end if
end tell
end tell

Similar Messages

Changing sort order in iTunes does not change order on iPad

If you create a new playlist (not a smart playlist) in iTunes, you can get the songs to order according to the track number or the name of the song or the size etc. It used to be that this selected sort order would be reflected in the corresponding playlists on the iPhone/iPad
This doesn't seem to work using iTunes 10.6, iTunes Match and iOS 5.1 on my iPad 2.
1. I create a new playlist in iTunes and name it Test.
2. I sort this playlist by the Name column, so that the songs are in the A to Z order (Fernando, SOS, Waterloo)
3. The new playlist appears on my iPad.
4. The iPad playlist lists the songs in the order selected in iTunes.
Now, back in iTunes, I click on the Name column again, so the names are now sorted in reverse. That is, from Z to A (Waterloo, SOS, Fernando). I also rename the playlist to Test 2 so that I know that the same playlist has been updated on my iPad.
So the playlist Test 2 is now ordered by the song name from Z to A in iTunes. However, the playlist on the iPad does NOT reflect the new sort order. It is still ordered A to Z, not Z to A as I expected.
5. Now I create a new playlist named Test 3. I open Test 2 (still in the order Z to A) and copy the songs to Test 3.
6. The new playlist named Test 3 appears on the iPad.
7. The songs are in the correct order.
8. Change the order again in the playlist.
9. The change in the order is NOT reflected on the iPad.
Grrr. I quit the Music app (including the background process on the iPad) and launch it again. But the order of the songs in Test 2 is still not the same as in iTunes.
Totally frustrated, I do the following:
1. Quit all apps running in the background on the iPad.
2. Go to Settings and turn off iTunes Match.
3. Log out of the iTunes store.
4. Restart my iPad so that the playlists disappear from my Music app.
5. Turn iTunes Match back on.
6. Log back into the Store.
7. Wait for the iCloud to sync.
8. Playlist Test 2 is still in the incorrect order! This is unbelievable.
I have tried the Right-Click 'Copy to Play Order' trick that I read about in another post but it doesn't help.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Any solutions?
Thanks in advance.

This isn't an issue of putting songs on that I don't want, it's that it doesn't CHANGE my music, even when I try to make it change. I've got over 15000 songs in my iTunes; my iPod can only hold around 275 songs. My problem, is that I can't make it "randomly" choose different songs. when I try to change the music, it puts the same songs on over and over.
Emphasis here is on RANDOM: I do not want to have to select the music to put on my shuffle. and
CHANGE: If I only wanted to listen to the same 275 songs, I wouldn't have bothered purchasing the others...

How do you change the album sort order in itunes

It seems that Itunes sorts albums by Artist then Album... How can you change sort order to Album name only.

I've been playing with this and discovered it has to do with your personal ratings (ie stars) for albums and songs - seems iTunes now selects the highest rated album to use for the Artist icon. If you have no ratings it seems (but not always) to select the most recent album/song to use fo rthe display.
I've been able to get iTunes to use specific album artowk by rating both the album and all individual tracks as 5 star. You may need to restart iTunes for the changes to take effect.
But I'd be much happier just telling iTunes which image to use - like we used to be able to do. Yet another step backwards for iTunes 11 (one of many).

IPhone no longer syncs playlists in the same sort order as iTunes

iPhone 4 no longer syncs playlists in the same sort order as iTunes after iOS5 upgrade. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, it is very frustrating. That was one functionality that worked very well. Not only is the sort within the playlist bad but the sorting of the playlists themselves is bad. I used to use an undetscore "-" to sort some of my folders to the top of the play list of the most played playlists and that does not work either. It ignores the underscore and just sorts on the alpha character. Hope this gets fixed.

In my opinion, the real solution is for Apple to offer us a choice of the photo sort order in ITunes. My preference would be filename, perhaps with options to choose the Date Taken attribute, file timestamp or date modified filestamp (EXIF date fields as

I tryed to sort my pictures with buying Apps and following suggestion from apple, but without any success. In my opinion, the real solution is for Apple to offer us a choice of the photo sort order in ITunes. My preference would be filename, perhaps with options to choose the Date Taken attribute, file timestamp or date modified filestamp.

Not a problem when using iPhoto on a Mac, which the transfer of photos is primarily based on - not manually managing photo storage as seems to be common with Windoze.
The same should be available with a supported photo management app on a PC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4221

How to change sort order in Notes?

I just installed the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion and found the self-contained Desktop-App for Notes.
But how do I sort my notes alphabetically???
Using Mac OS X Lion I could change sort order within the mail-application. Btw I would love to sort my notes on my iPad and iPhone as well! It is possible via browser on the iCloud-Website - but the sort order is not transfered to iOS or the new Desktop-App!!
Can anybody help, please? Apple???

View > Sort By > Title

Change sort order on WF_NOTIFICATION(HISTORY) procedure - 11.5.10 Apps

Is it possible to change the sort order of the lines in the Action History section that shows up on e-mail notifications?
We are using Blanket Sales Agreements in Apps 11.5.10 CU1, including the delivered workflow approval notifications. My users are happy with the notifications except that they want the approval history table sorted in reverse so that the most recent action is at the top of the list.
I have looked at the WF_NOTIFICATION procedure, but it's not just jumping out at me where to make this change, if possible. I'm also assuming that if I change this procedure that it will change for all notifications (PO, AP, etc.). Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Rhonda

Hi,
It is possible to change sort order on WF_NOTIFICATION(HISTORY).
You can add an atribute to your WF Notifications (Messages) and add an "if" into WF_NOTIFICATION procedure to apply your sort routine just to that kind of notifications.
Best regards,
Luiz

Ipod Sort Order in Itunes

Hi all;
I've had an Ipod since last Xmas and just noticed something odd.
For a long time, whenever I synced my Ipod, the content would appear (in Itunes) in Artist order (i.e., under Devices/My Ipod, the content on my Ipod would appear in alphabetical order by Artist order in Itunes).
Recently, however, it has started appearing in some sort of strange order that looks random. The "Album by Artist" column header is highlighted, but the list of songs seems to be completely random, or at least unpredictable. This has been happening for a few weeks.
It doesn't seem to make any practical difference, but it's just odd. So does anyone know:
a) Why this changed?
b) How do I change the order in which my Ipod content is displayed in Itunes?
I'm running Itunes 7.3.1.3 on Windows 2000.
Thanks.

Maybe your view options got reset? Go to view, view options, and see if Album Artist is checked. If so, uncheck?
I have a related question:
I just finished reinstalling my entire database from an external harddrive.
It used to be that -- in the album column -- for example
'64 Meet the Beatles
would appear before an album without the apostrophe and numbers, i.e.,
Beatles Assorted
is now listed before '64 Meet the Beatles.
Is there any way to get iTunes to list albums the old way?

Change sort order of Podcasts on iPod?

In iTunes, my podcasts are sorted in ascending order according by the Release Date field. I've also made sure that the different parts of a certain podcast episode has proper Track Numbers.
However, on my 5.5G iPod, the podcasts are sorted in a descending order (newest first) which plays everything backwards (i.e. a podcast with 4 parts play's part 4 first).
How can I change the sort order of my podcasts on my iPod?
I've noticed that even if all my podcasts have been given Track Numbers (usually 1-4 per episode), when they play on my iPod, it says "1 of 1" instead of "1 of 4" etc. Why is that?
Also, the most annoying thing is that after a podcast has played, I'm thrown out back to the main Podcast Menu. I then have to go back into Podcasts, choose the Podcast folder and then choose the next podcast to listen to. Very weird behavior.
My iPod is set to automatically sync with iTunes, so I can't change anything in iPod playlists in iTunes

i discovered this completely by accident.
connect your iPod to your computer.
click the podcast bit of your iPod on the left hand side. (so it brings up which podcasts you have on your iPod)
you can then click 'release date' to change the order from either newest or oldest first.
unfortunately you can only do this for your entire podcast collection. i subscribe to some audiobook podcasts, and for some reason the episodes seem to have been released with the earlier episodes on later dates, meaning listening to the sequentially would mean listening to them backwards, but otherwise this works perfectly.
hope that helps.

Change sort order manually

Anyone noticed that in iTunes 7.2 you can no longer manually change the songs sort order? When I copy podcasts or songs on my iPod, sometimes I want to change the order in which they will play. In 7.1.1 I could simply upload the songs and drag and drop songs within iTunes to change the sort order. Since I have upgraded to 7.2, this does not work. Any idea ?
Dell Latitude Windows Vista

I know what you mean. I just got the Queens of the Stone Age CD and I have song that didn't get put onto the CD.
I'd like to put it on as the 8th track (out of 12) on the CD, but it won't move it. I've tried everything I can think of, including rearranging the tracks, deleting it and re-uploading it.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

List of found events changes sort order when pasted from clipboard

when I find a set of events in iCal, the list appears in the window at the bottom of the page in the correct sort order when sorted by date, title or type. When I then copy that list to the clipboard and paste it into another program (Pages, MacJournal, TextEdit) the sort order changes.
I work mostly in English, but my macbookpro keyboard is German, so I assume the problem is with the language settings. I've tried changing the system preferences for language and sort order, and that changes the sort order, but it doesn't get it right.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

when I find a set of events in iCal, the list appears in the window at the bottom of the page in the correct sort order when sorted by date, title or type. When I then copy that list to the clipboard and paste it into another program (Pages, MacJournal, TextEdit) the sort order changes.
I work mostly in English, but my macbookpro keyboard is German, so I assume the problem is with the language settings. I've tried changing the system preferences for language and sort order, and that changes the sort order, but it doesn't get it right.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

Differences in sort order between iTunes and iPod

Can someone explain how the sort order of artists / albums works? It seems that it is different between iTunes and the iPod. In iTunes (7.3.1) I can enter data in the fields for Artist, Album Artist, Sort Artist and Sort Album Artist. When I get the tracks to appear in the order I want in iTunes, it doesn’t seem to transfer across to my iPod. I know there are some differences in how the sort order works in both, but how is it different?
John.
Dell 5150 Windows XP

ou must have an older iPod.
I believe the new sort order only works on the new iPods (Nano and Video)

Changing Sort Order in Smart Album when Looking for Roll Name=Corruption

We've confirmed via testing and from new posters that changing the sort order in a Smart Album who's criteria is to look for a roll name will cause iPhoto to crash and then crash upon launch after that.
So to avoid corrupting your library do not change the sort order of a Smart Album designed to locate rolls.
The thread discussing this is:
IPhoto keeps on crashing, cannot use it
Rebuilding the library with iPhoto Library Manager recovered the library. However, I don't know if a rebuild via the Control+Option key will do the same.
G5 Dual Core 2GHz, 2G RAM, 22 Display, 250G HD, 200G FW HD, QT 7.0.4P Mac OS X (10.4.6) Canon S400, i850 & LIDE 50, Epson R200, 2G Nano

Ha! I upgraded to iPhoto 6.0.3 and opened the dummy library I had created. (This was the library where the crash on launch kept happening because I had a smart folder looking for rolls and sorted by title or something else other than the default.)
Guess what, it opened just fine! 6.0.3 fixes the crash. Not sure how much it helps people who started new libraries, but at least others won't run into this.

How to change sort order for Notes in iOS?

When using Notes in OS 10.10, I can change the sort order. However, I cannot see how to change the sort order for Notes in iOS8 on my iPhone. I sync using iCloud, but the iPhone does not pick up the sort order (alpha) that I have chosen on my MBP.
Is it possible to change the sort order on phones?
Thanks.

View > Sort By > Title

Changing sort order in Finder to display folder first

In almost every other release of OS X there was a tweak to edit the frameworks so that you could have finder, when sorting by "Kind/Type"you could display folders first. Well of course they broke that in Leopard.
Has anyone discovered a way to reinstate this nice little feature so that folders don't appear at the bottom of the list view but at the TOP like PathFinder?
For those that are curious here WAS the "tweak" (go to System: Library: Frameworks: ApplicationServices.framework: Versions: A: Frameworks: LaunchServices.framework: Versions: A: Resources. Whew. Within that folder, you’ll see the English.lproj folder. Highlight it, and then select File: Get Info. In the Ownership & Permissions area, click on the Details triangle, click on the lock icon, and then click on the Owner pop-up menu and set it to your user name (enter your password if asked). Leave this window open; you’ll be changing it back in just a minute.
Inside the English.lproj folder is a file named Localized.strings. Drag it onto TextEdit. Find the line that reads "Folder" = "Folder"; and insert a space before the F in the second Folder.)
TIA,
Peter

Hi VFRJOEY,
there is no way to change the sort order in column-view. This was under discussion since the very first release of MacOS X but never made it into any one of the releases.
If this answered your question please consider granting some stars: Why reward points?

Changing Sort order in iTunes

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for