Music Playlist order on iPhone different than MacBook Pro

I FINALLY figured it out but basically by doing what @MiniMitchJr said, going to the music/iTunes app on my Mac.. going to my playlist (that is out of order) and in the top menu bar, hitting view and sorting by the title.. I expected for it to update on my phone automatically because it was connected via USB-C charger but it didn’t so I just duplicated the album after sorting it by the title and it did copy over to my phone in alphabetical order so I’ll just delete the original.

This is such an absurd design flaw from Apple! Really shocked when i was discovering this on my own, somewhat comforted by the shared anguish in this thread, but nowhere near compensation for this complete breakdown in software philosophy and execution.

Actually your tip is what changed it for good for me!

Once sorted to the order you prefer on Apple Mac Os X Music, follow the 'copy to play order' then synchronise iPhone over cable. It's sorted!

Loving the 'copy to play order' feature.

Upgrade to iOS 16 and the sort function is there. I upgraded specifically to address this issue and I can now sort alphabetically by song title, artist, or other options. I’m waiting for iPadOS to be available so I can fix my iPad playlists too.

Hit the 3 dots on the top right corner of the playlist. Select edit. You will notice all the songs in your playlist have a red circle with a minus now. You can hard hold and drag the song the the desired location of the playlist.

song order in a playlist is of dire importance to me. Hope this helps you.

I am having the same issue. I have my playlists sorted by title when I go into itunes on my macbook but cant get it to sort on my iphone that way - why is this so dificult?

Same issue, amazing that this basic functionality is missing.

This suggestion does not influence the sort order of songs within a playlist, rather only the sort order of the playlists themselves.

I cannot see anything that says ‘sort’. I need my songs back in alpha order,, don’t know how they got out place

I just recently noticed this issue has anyone found a solution for it yet?

btw I am also trying to sort by artist.

Seems to me like Apple just don't care about this very simple yet VERY frustrating issue... a huge library goes terrible because you just can't arrange it. Oh well...

Any comments?

This feature used to exist. I have old playlists that send their order to my iphone, but the newest ones I've made don't. Why in the world would this functionality be removed? So frustrating.

Hi Dean,

Can you provide an answer to this issue please? just like everyone else, I want to sort the songs within a playlist, NOT the playlist itself.

Thanks.

Still no answer for Apple Music on an iphone