IPhone synching unchecked playlists

I just updated my iPhone and then did a synch and for some reason it took an entire unchecked playlist of several gigabytes from iTunes to my iPhone, which I never intended to happen. The playlist didn't show up but all the tracks did. There are 271 of them. What did I do wrong here or is there a flaw in the new firmware? And how can I get rid of these tracks on my iPhone? Thanks.

Connect your iphone to the computer and open itunes.
When the iphone shows up on the left side under devices, click on the name of the iphone if it is not highlighted.
To the right you will see the summary page with some tabs at the top.
Click on the music tab and set to sync either entire library or selected playlists.
Once you have checked the boxes you want, click apply at the bottom right of itunes.
If this does not work, here are a couple of articles from the apple support website that might help out.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305740
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305744
Hope this helps

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IPhone syncing unchecked playlists

This has been posted numerous times, but the discussions are all archived. Plus, I think I have figured out what is causing this situation.
I have discovered that the issue with unchecked playlists syncing on the iPhone is caused by the weird fact that iPhone sync will add any/all playlist the items you have synced appear in.
In other words, if you have a song/video in "Smart Playlist A" as well as in "Smart Playlist B" and only set "Smart Playlist B" to sync, because the item is in both playlists, both will show up on your iPhone.
In yet other words, if you sync an item to the iPhone, any playlist that item appears in—even if that playlist is unchecked in the "Sync selected playlists only" section—will show up on your iPhone.
This is idiotic. I am hoping someone knows of a way around this.
I discovered it by adding some home videos to my iPhone, and after doing so a bunch of odd playlists showed up on the phone. They only contained the videos. By unchecking the video sync checkbox and running another sync, those extra playlists disappeared. I deduced what was happening after reading some archived posts on the discussion here.
Anyone know why this is happening? Or can people confirm that this is happening to others, and not just me? If someone can replicate my steps above and have the iPhone not sync those unchecked playlists, I would like to know about it.

George Coghill wrote:
I have discovered that the issue with unchecked playlists syncing on the iPhone is caused by the weird fact that iPhone sync will add any/all playlist the items you have synced appear in.
I realize this is an old post, but in case you haven't solved this there is a workaround -- for all music-only smart playlists, add the criteria "Kind Does Not Contain Video" (use the "Kind" criteria, not "Video Kind"). You can still have smart playlists for your videos, and obviously you would leave that criteria out. Only the music smart playlists need this, and it seems to affect all iPods going back several iTunes revisions.

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Hello jamesia11,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Without additional information, you can use the following to get started to make sure you are hitting all the steps to sync your playlists.
Sync your iPhone, iPad and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
Regards,
Jeff D.

My Itunes is no longer allowing me to manage my music on my phone i can no longer select on my iphone to make playlists and delete music. Please help fix my problem.

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Hello Salmomma,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing when trying to connect your iPhone to your Mac. I recommend following the steps in the tutorial below for an issue like this:
iPhone not appearing in iTunes
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/
Additionally, you can delete music directly from the iPhone by swiping the song:
Delete a song from iPhone: In Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete.
iPhone User Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1658/en_US/iphone_ios6_user_guide.p df
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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4. How can I transfer pictures in my iPhone "Photo Library" to the new computer?

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What you have on your computer is your iTunes library, not an iTunes "account." The account that is related to iTunes is your Apple ID, which you use to sign in to the iTunes Store and make purchases. It is also used with iCloud. iPods (that are not iPod touch) are associated with your iTunes library, not to your Apple ID.
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In iTunes, if the sidebar (along left side of iTunes window) is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar. In the sidebar, the iPod appears under DEVICES, when it is connected.
Select the iPod in iTunes. There is a row of buttons, starting with Summary. Click on Music next to Summary. This is the iPod's Music screen, where you tell iTunes how to sync songs to the iPod.
Check the box for Sync Music (if it's not already checked). If your iTunes music library fits completely on the iPod, you can choose to sync Entire music library. Otherwise, you can choose to sync Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres. On the lists below, checkmark the playlists, artists, albums, and/or genres that you want on the iPod. When you click Apply, the songs from your selection sync to the iPod.
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