How do I refresh my iTunes playlist?

How do I refresh my iTunes playlist?

You can refresh the content of a smart playlist by selecting all and pressing delete. Tracks aren’t removed from the library, but a random selection would be updated, for example. Are you playing music from your iTunes library? If so, the playlist should update.

How do I stop iTunes playlists playing automatically?

iTunes > Preferences > General > Show: List view tickboxes. In the playlist use View > View As > Songs. Cmd-click any checkbox to tick or untick them all. Once all are unticked you can play any single track on demand and playback will stop at the end of the track.

How do I stop duplicate playlists in iTunes?

How to prevent iTunes from duplicating playlists

1. Open iTunes.
2. Click on the iPhone icon.
3. Then, go to Summary > Option.
4. Uncheck the Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected option.
5. Click Apply.

How do I refresh my iPhone music library?

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Go to Settings > Music.
2. Turn on Sync Library. If you don’t subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you won’t see an option to turn on Sync Library.

How do I update my iTunes playlist on my iPhone?

Select the “Music” option on the left pane. Ensure the “Sync Music” check-box is selected. In the “Playlists” section, check the playlists you wish to sync with your iOS device. Select “Sync” and your playlist should sync.

How do I free up space on my iTunes library?

This simple trick can free up a ton of storage on your iPhone

1. Plug your iPhone into your computer and open iTunes.
2. Under Backups, select “This computer.”
3. Check the “Encrypt iPhone backup” box.
4. Click “Back Up Now” and let it back up.
5. Click “Restore Backup” when it’s finished.

How do I open my iTunes library from scratch?

Press and hold down the Option key as you click the icon to launch iTunes. Keep holding until asked to choose or create a library. Click create. I would recommend you make the library in the root of your chosen drive and call the folder iTunes.

Why does my iTunes keep playing automatically?

Disable Bluetooth on your iPhone. If Apple Music keeps playing automatically every time you get into your car, the easiest way to stop it is to turn off your iPhone or iPad’s Bluetooth to prevent a connection from being made. You may also want to turn off your car’s Bluetooth if you don’t use it for anything else.

How do I stop iTunes from playing?

Or after you start playing a song click the small icon to the right of the notification area where the track details are presented, scroll to the end of the list and click. Playback will cease at the end of the current track.

Why do my songs keep duplicating in iTunes?

iTunes or Music may create duplicates if the same content is repeatedly added from outside the media folder when it is set to make copies of anything that is added to the library, or is added from an external drive that hosts the media folder if it was offline when iTunes or Music was launched.

Why did my Apple Music playlist multiply?

I traced mine to when I am syncing to another IOS device while iTunes or Music is open and running on that device. It will create a duplicate playlist from the other device on your Mac, sometimes with a 1 after the name. Look how many duplicates I have.

Where are playlists stored in the iTunes Store?

Playlists are stored, along with the locations of all media in the library, ratings, links to artwork downloaded from the Store, etc. in the iTunes database – the iTunes Library.itlfile that is, by default, stored in C:\\Users\sername\\Music\\iTunes.

Is there a way for iTunes to recognize playlists?

The only way for iTunes to recognize your playlists would be to have the external drive connected anytime you have iTunes open. However, that being said, the only way to recreate playlists is to drag them back into iTunes. Jan 16, 2007 5:26 PM in response to Food?

Where are my playlist files on my MacBook Air?

The actual music files are held in another folder inside Music folder. Your playlist file may not be able to find your music files since you moved them. Also, since you moved them to an external drive, I assume you connect the drive to your Macbook anytime you would want to listen to them?