Smart Playlists and syncing them to my ipod

i have a smart playlist for recently added songs and they show up in the order that i put them on with the newest ones on the top on my itunes on my computer but when they sync to my ipod they just go in in random order. i dont have my itunes set to shuffle and i cant figure out why they wont just go on in the order that they are on my computer

Same problem here with my iphone. Any ideas??

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    Huh?
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    rosefromlatrobe wrote:
    I Downloaded hundreds of CDs to iTunes on a previous laptop and synced them with my iPad and classic ipod.  We recently purchased a MacBook Air, and I started downloading more CDs to iTunes.
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  • I have the same songs showing up on 2 playlists on my Ipod. How do I remove the songs from one playlist and leave them on the other playlist?

    I have the same songs showing up on 2 playlists on my Ipod. How do I remove the songs from one playlist and leave them on the other playlist?

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  • I just bought a new CD and I imported the songs to my iTunes but when I want to sync them to my IPod they wont sync? Why is this?

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    If I import audio books into the music section of itunes it lists the books as albums and all the chapters as tracks fine when I sync them to my ipod classic, but not if I import them as audiobooks and then sync them, any ideas please?

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  • Smart Playlist Not Syncing Correctly

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    My Ipod touch wont allow me to get into itunes. So I downloaded some apps through istore onto the itunes on my computer, yet it still wont allow me to sync them to my ipod. It doesnt even give me the option to do so. The only things syncing to my ipod are music and pictures. Can anyone please help me??

    You need to restore the iPod on the new computer. You can only sync apps (and some other stuff) from different computers/libraries but you can manage music and some other stuff among different computers/libraries.
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    pairing record ?: Apple Support Communities
    A fix for those "Pairing Record Missing" errors | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • I erased some podcasts long ago... but smart playlists still find them!

    This one... I don't know how long I've had it. I am running iTunes 8.1, but I doubt that has anything to do with this oddity.
    I have some old podcasts that I erased long ago. I did not erase some Smart Playlists that find those podcasts. I just noticed those playlists, and found that I can click on the supposedly deleted items... and play them. But I can't find them using a search in iTunes!
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  • Smart playlists and manually selected playlists

    I transferred my itunes library into my new computer. A tech phone person suggested using the smart playlist feature to get all my genres (mine are sorted by the dances which are done to the music)into the proper playlist quickly. It worked like a charm.... BUT...
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    Thanks so much. I guess I'm not being as clear as I would like. I want two separate playlists, and I want them to line up alphabetically under "c." One is a smart playlist and the other is not. The icon next to the smart playlist has that gear on it, and the icon next to the other playlist has an 8th note. The playlists are lining up all gears first, then all 8th notes. Since I now have smart playlists of all the dances I teach, as well as the dance party music I have compiled in the past, there are presently 33 other playlists separating the two that begin with "c." I have tried dragging one to the other to line them up, but no dice. Can anything be done short of remaking the playlists?

  • Smart Playlists not syncing correctly to iPhone/iPad with iTunes Match

    My manual playlists are syncing correctly to both devices, but smart playlists are a mess.  They don't seem to match any criteria that they are created with, especially song limits.  However, smart playlists are syncing correctly in iTunes on multiple computers.  This is really frustrating because 99% of my playlists I listen to are smart ones.  Anyone know of how to fix this?  Apple, do you have any information on this or when it would be fixed?

    Guys, I might have our "life savior" solution!!! (not 100% sure yet...)
    I activated iTunes Match this morning.
    Everything worked well apart from my smart playlists which cannot be found on my iphone/ipad anymore.
    And yes, they relied on other lists...
    BUT
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    Those smart playlists that remained were actually dependant on "folders" which contain lists!
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    I havn't tested yet (cause I'm at work), but if you put a list you wish to refer to in a folder, you should then be able to refer the smart list to the folder and not the actual list; and hopefully the smart list should then get synced!!!
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