[iOS][Your Music] Ignore articles ('the') when sorting artists

After the 3.4.0.684 update for IOS, the album sort by artist is out of order. It looks like the sort is only factoring in the first letter in the sort as seen below. Can the old sort methodology be put back in.

Updated: 2015-07-08

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ITunes's not ignoring the word "the" when sorting artists starting with THE

Ive just bought my new mac, updated to the new iTunes version and transfered all of my songs to the iTunes library, but a problem appeared: iTunes is no longer ignoring the word "the" that comes before every band starting with the.
What can i do to put it back the way it was before?

That shouln't be happening. If should start an automatic restore process. You aren't holding down any keys when you click the restore button are you? You shouldn't be.
B-rock

How do you see what bitrate your music is on the latest iTunes?

How do you see what bitrate your music is on the latest iTunes?

select
Music
Above the first song there are colums you can customize , select bitrate from that menu
tap two fingers on the trackpad will open up the menu to customize after moving the pointer to that field

[iOS][Your Music] Album sort by artist is out of order

After the 3.4.0.684 update for IOS, the album sort by artist is out of order. It looks like the sort is only factoring in the first letter in the sort as seen below. Can the old sort methodology be put back in.

Updated: 2015-07-08

Anyway to have iPod ignore articles ('The')?

While iTunes ignores articles (such as 'The') when grouping/sorting by Artist (for instance, albums by 'Arcade Fire' show up under the artist 'The Arcade Fire' since I have that artist name for some albums. I don't have both an 'Arcade Fire' and 'The Arcade Fire' artist), that behavior doesn't seem to persist on the iPod app on my iPhone (if sorting by Artists I have both a 'The Arcade Fire' and a 'Arcade Fire' artist).
Is there any setting I'm missing that resolves this? I never notice it til it's synced then have to remember to go back and adjust the artist in iTunes. Seems odd that iTunes and the iPod have differing behaviors.

There should be a "Order by" Tab under the song info window, in iTunes. You might try to remove the article from there. It SHOULD fix it, I never really had this problem. But you might give it a try

What do you do if all your music disappears into the Other folder......dreaded orange bar!

Hope this will help someone as there is clearly not much help from Apple nor this forum.
I am on vacation away from my home computer where my iTunes is. I turned on my iPod and scrolled down to Music and it showed "No Music." Went to "About" and saw that there were only 9GB of free space, so I felt for sure it was there because that's right at what I had when I last synced it, which was a couple days ago and it finished syncing with no problems. Went to the next "About" screen where you can see how much Audio, Video etc. etc. you have and it showed 0 Audio and The "Other" category had all the data in it. What happened to my music, and can I get it back on vacation without my iTunes on my computer at home? I tried the holding down of the Select middle button and the Menu button until the Apple logo appeared but that did not restore any Audio. Hope someone can help me out here.....Thanks
Re: Ipod Classic 160GB having issues, need help please?
Oct 25, 2011 5:06 AM (in response to Fishead)
Solved my issue and thought I might do someone a favor by posting the answer. If you wind up with NO MUSIC and find all your audio files have been synced into the OTHER folder on your iPod such as what happened to me, AND if you happen to be unlucky enough not to have access to your computer where your iTunes program would allow you to re-sync your iPod, here's what worked for me in a Windows7 OS.
1.You will have to find a computer that has enough storage to hold the amount of information stored on your iPod. In my case, 139GB!!! Download iTunes if it is not already on the system, or if it is, update to the latest software.
2. Plug your iPod into one of the USB ports.
3. Open iTunes if it does not open itself.
4. Select your iPod from the menu on the left and you should get a message that iTunes cannot read the iPod. Simply close that box. If you get a message that syncing your iPod will erase all content then decline the sync.
5. Open Computer and you should see your iPod as an external hard drive.
6. Open it and you will see some folders and a few files. The folders will likely look like they are a washed-out yellow instead of a deep yellow like you're accustomed to seeing. That threw me initially because as I was looking for the folder with @ 139GB, it was not there. Right click each folder, go to Properties and check the "Show hidden files" in the View menu. After that, the folders will appear dark yellow and as you hover over each one, you will see one that will have the full amount of data that was on your iPod before the mess started. Open that folder and you will see a bunch of other folders with strange names, like F00, F01 etc. etc. Do the Edit, Select All, right click and in Properties, View menu, check the Show Hidden Files again. All the folders that were that light yellow color will now turn deep yellow. Be sure to select show hidden files not only for the folder but all sub folders and files box that will come up....forgot to mention that earlier. Now all your folders and the files in them will be readable by iTunes.
7. The folders will all still be selected. If not, select them and then do either a copy/paste into iTunes Music Library or drag them over into that pane. The process will begin and likely take quite a while. In my case, several hours. When it is done, you will see all your music in iTunes along with the album art if you had any.
8. Now you will need to sync your iPod to that library, but before you do, you will need to Restore it. Simply select it from the left menu and click on the Restore iPod option. That will only take a few minutes and it will wipe your iPod clean. Before you do that, it is a good idea to MAKE SURE YOUR MUSIC IS ALL THERE!!! I also went to about a half dozen of the albums and tried playing a few songs just to be double sure. Proceed with the Restore, and when it is complete change the iPod name that will be in the small box on the same page as the Restore option and likely be something like"karens iPod" (whoever the computer belongs to will be the name there) to exactly what your iPod is called on your iTunes on your computer that it was originally synced to. I found that before I did this, it would not sync.
9. When you hit Sync, be patient because it took a minute or so before it actually began to sync. Then, it will be another few hours if you have as much music as I did for the sync to complete and depending on the speed of the computer you're using.
That's how I got all my music back and I am now a happy camper/listener again.,
I called Apple support and they were absolutely no help. Just told me I would have to re-sync to my iTunes even though I kept telling them that was 1,650 miles away at my house and not going to be possible. I even asked if the above process would work and they said they didn't know but "You could try it....." :-( At that time, I didn't have access to a computer with enough hard disc space on it yet so I called the Apple store in Louisville, KY which was 65 miles from where I was hoping that they might be able to help. After 2 calls and getting hung up in the same loop of menus that left me on hold for over 20 minutes long distance, I gave up and concluded that Apple and Support are two mutually exclusive terms and have no relationship to one another. This has been quite a nightmare, and if anything good has come of it aside from having my music back, it might be the learning process but I really feel that is a rather small reward for the time spent!
Not likely to be an Apple fan when considering my next purchase of home computer, laptop, nor the phone I am preparing to buy.
Hope this has helped someone.
Fishead
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I never throw anything away up to a point when it has become silly and then I have a cull. (This applies to the loft, the garage and the hard disk)
I always have (at least) two backups to external drives and by the end of a project also have a full backup to DVD.
I am a hobby photographer, so this isn't necessarily a good professional workflow!
I store work in progress within a folder structure that identifies just what it is, final folder being date stamped for the start date (eg D:\My Pictures\Photgraph Album Master\Family\Bob\20100715 Farnborough airshow)
Photographs of value are then kept within the folder with a date stamp and version number if they change within a day (eg 20100823 Alexander in cockpit 2).
Photographs I haven't touched remain with their camera-specified name.
Lightroom, which I use, doesn't know about external drives or DVD backups. (Maybe it should, but it would become confusing)
Bob

[iOS][Your Music] Give us a way to browse our "premium zone" offline music

I used to be able to easily find my offline albums on the go by searching for the little green symbol next to an album or playlist name. Now that symbol has been removed, and there is apparently no way to navigate the new offline music section beyond "Listen Now" and "suggested for you." What is the point of the offline music tab if it has actually taken away the ability to browse your offline music, and what is unique about this apparently functionless "premium zone?" Cheers for reading. This is on Iphone5s, on version 8.4

Updated: 2015-07-14Hello and thanks for the feedback!
A similar idea has also been suggested here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Your-Music-Offline-tab-to-show-only-synced-content-Mobile-Apps/idi-p/735017
Add your kudos and comments there please! ;)
You should still be able to browse your offline music when entering the 'Library' tab and filter the sections for offline content.

How does the iPod sort artists?

Hopefully this can be answered easily and quickly. I was changing the fields on a few artists and noticed that is has the album artist listed like The Beatles. Which while being true is a real pain. If that's how the iPod lists all the artists under The. Does it work sorting them under Artist? Or album artist?

It sorts on Artist unless teh Album Artist field is filled in.
If you do nto want to use the Album Artist field, don't.
Or you can fill in the *Sort Artist* field.
Right click on one song by The Beatles.
Clcik on the Sort tab.
In the *Sort Artist* field, put Beatles, then OK.
On this song, right click -> Apply Sort Field and select Same Artist.
This will copy Beatles to the *Sort Artist* field for all songs by The Beatles.
The Beatles will now be sorted under B.

Can you please fix the bug where firefox continually collapses addon buttons into the "more tools" dropdown? Your continued ignoring of the bug is incompetent.

No further details needed. 140 people saw an archived report of this a year ago.
Fix the problem already.

A year ago Firefox had a different user interface, so a comparison isn't accurate.
Usually caused by an extension or two - not directly by Firefox itself. Try moving the add-on buttons into a different order or disable them one at a time to find the culprit.

Skipping the work the when sorting by song title

Why does itunes put the song "the enemy" in the E section not the T section???and is there anyway to change this?
this happens with all songs that start with "the" or "a" "an"

There is an addon tool for modifying headers.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/header-tools-lite/
I suggest you view the source of a correctly Dated email, so you know the format.
In one of the badly dated emails source, it is possible the correct date is mentioned elsewhere in another header.

IPod/Music App in iOS5 not sorting artist list alphabetically

Hello.
I've got what it seems to be an annoying bug from the new Music App/iPod in iOS5. It simply sorts my artists out of alphabetical order on the artist dashboard. I tried to use the option "group by album artist" on and off and it seems to have no effect on that issue.
I also found a way to fix it temporally, erasing all music data, and resyncing all the playlists/selected albums. But whenever I sync again to add a new album or playlist, it messes up with the alphabetical order again. Anyone with the same problem? Is there a bug fix, workaround?
I got some Screenshots of the problem taking place, attached below.

I have the same problem, I called apple about it. they recommended that I killed the music on the device and then remove the .itl file. after completing those steps to no avail decided to remove the music from the device and then reinstall itunes as this was the next step according to the apple technician. nada. I was replacing my laptop that I sync with anyway so I moved the music to my new pc and re-added all music to itunes. before syncing I /completly/ wiped my device! synced for the first time everything went well. added additional music and viola *Problem Happen*! I know this isnt really that big of an issue but c'mon I thought that updating to 5.01 last night would help but no joy there either! hopfully some of you have better luck than I did, I will be calling apple today I guess. BTW, does anyone know where the indexing for the artist lists happen? is it in itunes or on the device itself. that may help in determining where the problem is actually created.

[iOS] Sort Artists with the prefix "The" based on the 2nd word in app

This is something that drives me nuts, especially since it's done correctly on the desktop app. Why are The Strokes sorted under the "S" category but under the "T" section in the app? It's especially a hassel for bands like The Cribs who would be significantly higher on the list if the sorting was consistant. This is a small, almost common sense change that I think Spotify should make.

Updated: 2015-07-12Hi and thanks for your contribution! A similar idea has also been suggested here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/iOS-Your-Music-Ignore-articles-the-when-sorting-artists/idi-p/1163932
Add your kudos and comments there please!

Your Music -- Album View under Artists [iOS]

When navigating the "artists" menu under "Your Music," please group the albums together when there is more than one so we can quickly find and play a specific album, rather than just placing all the songs by that aritsts in a list.

The new update to Spotify is a massive step forward for me. No longer will I scroll down and down and down and down to find a new album in my playlists. Brilliant!
But...Something is still missing.
The problem with the current versio of "Your Music" is that you can loose the ability to enjoy the music as the artisit indeeded, via their album. They spend days deciding what order to have the album, and with the current version of Spotify it makes it harder for you to pick out an album from the new "Your Music". All you can do is read the name under each track and work it out from there.
This is a simple fix for me. Just make the "Your Music" artisit page the same as the "Artist" page. Group the songs by album and allow is to play an album on its own.

HT1339 I have an ipod classic. I have approx. 2000 songs on it. WHen I move the settings to shuffle all music, the music stops in the middle of the song and moves on to the next one. It happens every other song or so.

I have an Ipod classic 120gb. I have approximately 2000 songs on it. When I put it on shuffle to play it, it stops in the middle of songs and moves to the next. This happens every other two songs or so. Please help!

Try playing the song again and if it does it in the same spot on both your ipod and itunes then you have a corrupted file. You need to re-download the song. Don't worry, this is free if you bought it on iTunes. First, verify that you did buy the song on iTunes and not anywhere else. Go to the iTunes store. On the right hand side of the window there is a column named quick links. Look for "Purchased" about 2/3 of the way down. Click on it. The next window that shows up should show you all the tunes you have bought. Find your tune and you'll see that is says "downloaded." Now you know you have the tune.
Now go back to your music library on the left hand column of the window. Click on Music. Find that tune that is giving you the problem. Delete the song.
Now go back to the iTunes store like before and go back to your "purchased" list. The page needs to be reloaded Press the back button and then click "purchased" again on iTunes so the list reloads. Find your tune again. Now instead of it saying "Downloaded," it has a picture of a cloud with an arrow pointing down. Click on it and the tune will download again with, I hope, no problems. I hope this helps.

Why is it on the photo app is that when you add your photos to new albums and when you are deleting from camera roll it will delete photos from everywhere so therefore once your photos are in the albums you have chosen you cannot delete f

Why is it on the photo app is that when you add your photos to new albums and when you are deleting from camera roll it will delete photos from everywhere so therefore once your photos are in the albums you have chosen you cannot delete from camera roll

Your photos are actually all in the Camera Roll. The album you create only contain pointers to these pictures. Albums are like music playlists; when you delete a song from the playlist it doesn't delete the song from your music library. But when you delete a song from your music library it will also be deleted from any playlists that it may have been in as well.

[iOS][Your Music] Ignore articles ('the') when sorting artists

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