Smart Playlist sync to iPad

I have over 10,000 songs on my iPad. recently the sync option did not update the playlists on the iPad

once suggestion was to remove the sync music and then re sync this has not solved the playlist problem and I have wasted two valuable hours. all music has synced OK is just the playlist(s)

thanks

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on May 27, 2020 11:25 PM

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May 28, 2020 11:38 AM in response to martincbull

Hello,

iPad does not currently support Smart Playlists.

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