Deleted playlists in Music show up in sync window

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Deleted playlists in Music show up in sync window

There was an earlier thread that never got a final answer.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251032238

I can add that it appears the old playlist names, but no contents, are coming from the current Music Library. After deleting all my old music libraries, the playlist names still appear in the sync window. When I select them to sync, no music moves to my iPhone. When I create a new music library, with nothing in it, no song or playlist choices appear in the sync window.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 13, 2021 11:21 AM

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mlm56 Author

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Apr 16, 2021 7:59 AM in response to turingtest2

Thank you for your interest. This is not a huge problem, just annoying and curious. Below are screen shots of 3 smart playlists in Music & what appears in the sync box. Same issue in safe mode. Can't seem to kill the older, uncapitalized playlists. I suppose I could create a new music library and import all my music files again, but if I do that I probably lose some info like ratings.

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turingtest2

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Apr 16, 2021 10:29 AM in response to mlm56

In the sidebar of the main Music library what do you see if you hover to the right of the word playlists? Assuming you see the word Show tap that and see if you can see the lists you want to remove.

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turingtest2

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Apr 16, 2021 11:26 AM in response to mlm56

Hmm. I wonder where the lists are hiding? You could check the TV app. Otherwise try something like this from Doug's Scripts - https://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=mxplaylistmanager - to see if it will reveal the hidden lists and let you remove them.

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mlm56 Author

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Apr 16, 2021 1:07 PM in response to turingtest2

Good job, my friend. The playlists were hiding in the TV app. Thanks.

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mlm56 Author

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Apr 14, 2021 5:38 AM in response to mlm56

The offenders are all Smart Playlists. Any ideas how to keep them from appearing?

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turingtest2

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Apr 16, 2021 3:42 AM in response to mlm56

Can you post a screenshot of what you see? You can try holding down Option+Cmd as you launch Music to have it open in safe mode, which may clean up some internal lists.

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