Itunes match playlists empty

I ran update itunes match, and all of the songs in my playlists were deleted. The main library is untouched. none of my itunes backups are restoring the playlists, and copying and re-naming the old .itl files isn't working either. is there any way to revert itunes match back a few weeks or any other methods?

I have the same problem, anything can be done here?
I can restore everything back, i have backup BUT once i enable iTunes Match again, all playlists will have no songs in them in the main library all songs there just empty custom playlists

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I have a few problems with iTunes Match, but my biggest relates to Playlists going missing.
1. Missing Playlists: I have a number of playlists which I've been carefully building for a very long time. A few are very large, with upwards of 1,000 songs. I signed up for iTunes Match, and a handful of the playlists (all of my favorites, which are some of the biggest) simply do not appear on my iDevice at all. For instance I have two Rainy Day mixes, one longer than the other. The shorter one appears, the longer one is just completely nonexistant on my phone.
2. Freezing Music App: I have two "Summer" playlists, both of which are quite long, in a folder called Summer. The folder appears on my iPhone... but when I tap it to play one of the playlists... the Music app freezes, and then eventually crashes, without ever opening the folder. Could this be because the phone knows there should be playlists there, but there are none and it doesn't know how to display an empty folder?
I want my big playlists back, they're what I listen to most!
Side note: Wow has my battery life been horrendous since turning on iTunes Match (I have an iPhone 4). This has never been a problem in the past for me, but suddenly it's dropping like crazy.

I have the same issue. I have some playlists on my phone that are blank which is really annoying. One of the Playlist is "Recently Added" for music that I added over the last week or so. The playlist shows up on my phone, but it's blank which is annoying. I can't access my newer music easily and I end up just pulling up Rhapsody or Pandora instead. Very frustrating.

ITunes match playlists across multiple devices

my wife has a PC (due to business reasons), my kids each have an iMac, we all have iPhones. we all use a single "household" apple id so that as my children begin buying more things we'll be able to track their purchases. if i sign up for iTunes match, I understand that all those devices can be registered to the single iTunes match account, but I'm wondering if the four individual users (using the one apple id) will be able to create their own playlists using iTunes match.

Hi,
Yes, you can create playlists on each computer. However, a playlist created on one machine will appear on all machines.
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I just activated iTunes Match and all songs and (I assume) playlists were uploaded. Upon turning it on for my iPhone, everything worked as expected except for playlists. They all show up, but no songs are in any of them. I tried turning iMatch off for my iPhone and then turning it back on to force a resync - which it did, but still no songs in my playlists.

Does this iPod have the contents of your library? If so see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device. Otherwise, depending on the nature of the failure, you may be able to extract the hard drive and recover the media from it. Or you will have to rip your CDs again.
If you'd like access to all your media on any device/computer in future you might consider purchasing a subscription to iTunes Match though personally I just maintain my own backup of my library.
tt2

ITunes match playlists didnt sync

All my music are synced by iTunes match,but there is no playlist on iphone or ipad, what i created it itunes on PC.

Hi Tangogeoff,
If you are having difficulties with iTunes Match, you may be able to troubleshoot it using the steps in this article -
iTunes Store: Troubleshooting iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4054
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

HT204406 itunes match playlists from imac not appearing on ios devices

I've finally gotten my entire iTunes library onto iTunes Match. (Be patient folks, it only took 4 weeks for my entire library to load!)
However, the Playlists that I've created on my iMac are not appearing on any of my IOS devices (iPad, iPhone, etc.).
Can anybody help me with what needs to be done on my iPhone and iPad to import my iTunes playlists from my iMac?
Thanks in advance!

The cause is likely to be a corruption of the iTunes library on the iPhone. The neatest route is to reset the iPhone to factory condition.
The alternate is to remove the iPhone library files and force it to rebuild them - this is a little more complex but has the upside that you do not need to recreate content on the iPhone, the steps needed are:
1. Connect iPhone, open iExplorer (or equivalent)
2. Navigate to iPhone\Media\iTunes_Control\iTunes
3. Delete these 3 files:
          MediaLibrary.sqllitedb
          MediaLibrary.sqllitedb-shm
          MediaLibrary.sqllitedb-wal
4. Hard reboot the iPhone (home button + sleep/wake button, hold until you see the apple logo)
Hope that these will work for you - the simplest alternates is here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/22457142#22457142
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HT4352 iTunes match playlists won't update on apple tv

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Obviously the film Kees checking where it as you can't watch it in two places at the same time. I can understand that but I knw it's not anywhere else.
The only thing I can think of is if when time machine backs it up it thinks it's being watched!
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on my computer, my Recently updated goes by date added.. In Music, on iPhone, it goes by alphabetical order. how can i change it to date added?

Hi Michael,
Thanks for coming back to me. I only subscribed to match a few days ago so definately using the same apple ID. Really frustrating.
When I sign back into the store on my iphone and go to turn on itunes match is gives me the subscribe message and when i go to enable automatic downloads it asks for the password, which I put in, and then it just keeps popping up again asking for the password, even although its the correct one going in.
As I said, my iphone is a device on the left hand side, but when I go to itunes in the cloud on my account its only my Ipad that is showing up.
New problem- since I switched itunes match off and back on again, I can enable the itunes match button on my Ipad but none of the music is showing- so neither device is working now. Really annoyed.

HT204406 Started iTunes Match and the songs are individually available but none of my playlists are on my apple tv yet looking at the playlists from my iTunes on my mac there looks to me no issues

Started iTunes Match and the songs are individually available on my apple TV, and there is a tab for playlists. Yet the only playlists available are the Preset itunes generated 4: 90's music, Classical Music videos, and Recently Added. Yet even the recently Added playlist does not contain my most recelty added music purchased form iTunes and shows that is in the Cloud. None of my other playlists are on my apple tv yet looking at the playlists from my iTunes on my mac, there looks to be no issues relating to them and the cloud. Even tried making a new playlist. It made no difference. It would be nice to figure out how to have my music available on my TV without having to open up my computer everytime. Yes I know I can use my cell phone but, I'd like to put my photos to music and to set that up I need the Itunes Match playlists to WORK

Hi I had exactly the same problem, I don't know if you setup your Apple TV before you subscribed to iTunes I match? If you did then I did the same and although all my songs showed up on my Apple TV none of my playlist did.
This is how I fixed it I went into settings on the Apple TV menu and reset the device back to factory default, I then setup the unit again adding in my iTunes username and password etc, ticked the bix that says turn on I match and then went into music
It took a few moments but it said updating once this finished I checked playlists and all my playlists as per my desktop PC were showing up!
I hope this Helios resolve your problem too :)

Itunes Match - 2nd Computer/Library

I have bought and set up itunes match on a macbook pro. I am now on a second laptop - a macbook air. I emptied the itunes library from the air and then turned on itunes match. playlists and their songs from the macbook pro's library have appeared, but not songs in the library. How do I get the songs in the library to appear. Settings are on view music/songs in icloud, I am logged into the same account. I see the music in the playlists, but not the library. What do I do?

Hi,
If you have set up a new iTunes library on your MacBook Air and signed into match, you should see all the music that that you have in the cloud irrespective of whether you are viewing a playlist or all you music in song view. The difference is that all you music in cloud will have the download icon on the MacBook Air.
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iTunes Match will not show on phone or ipad I have switched on iTunes Match on , On both units. PC is saying albums are in the cloud ?

Hey there Dollyonline,
Thank you for asking your question! It sounds like iTunes Match playlists are not syncing correctly to your iPad, even though you have already toggled iTunes Match off then on again. I would next turn iTunes Match back off, then close all the apps on the iPad:
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that, sign out of your iTunes account in Settings > iTunes and App stores, and restart the phone then try turning on iTunes Match again to test the issue:
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If the issue persists, I would next backup your device to iTunes, and restore it:
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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I have three Apple TVs and have iTunes Match - my full library of music only shows on one Apple TV - on the other two Apple TVs it displays only recently purchased songs from iTunes - any ideas

Maybe I should be more specific...
We have three atv's. The kids want to play their own iTunes Match playlists on one of the atvs with their apple id and we would like our own iTunes Match playlists on the other atvs. But when we change the apple id on one atv, it changes the id on the other two so that they are all synced. Is there a way to have mutliple atvs with different iTunes Match apple ids active at the same time on the same network?
I would prefer not to use home sharing to avoid having two iTunes apps open.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris

Match playlists don't stay in order

Generally, playlists on my iDevice will play tracks in the order that I've set them in my iTunes library, i.e. if I've set the playlist in iTunes to be organised by 'date added' or 'year released' it will follow suit when played on my iPhone. But some of my iTunes Match playlists don't seem to follow this pattern. One in particular seems to in fact list the playlist in reverse order..... is there any reason for this? How can I make sure the playlists on my phone match the one on my screen??

Sorry no one has replied to you yet. There have been many reports similar to yours, buggy playlists. If you have already deleted old playlsts and re-created them with Match enabled and you are still having trouble, you may want to explore creating playlists on the iOS device itself (I believe that's possible, though admittedly I've no experience with it). It's possible a locally-created playlist will behave more in the manner you desire.

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