How to change iTunes default view?

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jamin989 Author

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How to change iTunes default view?

How To Set "View Options" For All Settings / Playlists In Music

I just upgraded to macOS Catalina -- 10.15.2 -- and therefor Music -- 1.0.2.37.

I want to personalize the View Options -- I like showing "Date Added," "Tack Numbers," and don't want "genre," etc.

Going to View / Show View Options" I can check various boxes

But the changes only apply to the view I'm in -- my "Songs" show this way but playlists still have "Genre," "Heart", "Plays," and don't have the other fields I like. And when I open playlists I created in iTunes my settings (which were there when created) aren't.

Is there a way to make my personalized View Options universal?

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 8:32 PM

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jamin989 Author

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Sep 25, 2020 9:28 AM in response to ed2345

Thanks. My part two question is: when i make playlist there seems to be default columns, but it's very important to me to include "Ratings" but it seems like I have to add this column for every playlist, is there a way to permanently make sure the "Ratings" or other additional columns can be permanently represented?

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ed2345

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Sep 25, 2020 9:22 AM in response to jamin989

One.

Playlist.

At.

A.

Time.

Unfortunately, that is how it works. When you upgrade to Music on Catalina, all playlists revert to that "playlist view," no matter what they were in before, and they stay that way until you individually change each one.

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ed2345

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Sep 25, 2020 10:06 AM in response to jamin989

Jamin,

My experience on Catalina is that when you first convert the playlist to View > As Songs, it picks up the same columns that you have in the main Songs library. Try that and see if it helps. Not sure if Mojave is the same.

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jamin989 Author

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Sep 25, 2020 9:28 AM in response to ed2345

Also, in Mohave different in either of these regards?

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