Music Playlist order on iPhone different than MacBook Pro

I have a regular playlist (not a smart one) called "Dance - to be rated" in Music on my MacBook Pro. It is sorted by "Album by Artist", but when I sync it to my iPhone, the order is different. I have tried right-clicking playlist name on my computer and selecting "copy to playlist order" and resyncing, and that did not help. I also tried removing the playlist completely from my phone and then resyncing to put it back, hoping it would appear back in the same "Album by Artist" order, but it's still different! Any other suggestions I should try? Thanks.

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Running Big Sur 11.6 on a 2018 MBP

Running iOS15 on an iPhone 12Pro

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 5:54 AM

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Mariechaon

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Posted on Mar 18, 2022 6:23 AM

Thank you, José440, this is the solution. Puuuh, that was finally time! (Shame on Apple to not give us a much simpler solution. Not what I was used to from Apple in the last 30 years that I use Apple) So here I give you some more details:

True, you have to do this to every single playlist. :(
If you have your playlist ALREADY checked in the view tab "as Songs" (deutsch: "als Titel") Josés solution won't work automatically. Then you have to choose first any other view, e.g. "as Album" and then choose again "as Songs". AFTER doing so, you have to again goto >view tag >Sort by >Title (or however you want to sort). These changes were automatically reflected on my iOS devices iPhone and iPad (if you have internet connection) seconds after the change (to be sure, give it maybe a minute) without an extra sync. But depending on your software version you might need e mechanical synchronization.
You can then even go back in the view tab and choose again "as Playlist" and the correct sorting method won't change back to the chaos but stay intact.
This solution works also for smart playlists
Another solution might be the one from HelpfulSB two posts up. A more detailed description might be found here: What does " copy to play order " actually… - Apple Community (Not checked. Let us know if it works if you do!)

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