I am unable to add songs to existing playlist post Sonoma update

I don't really understand why Apple keeps doing stuff like that! It is as if they drive people away. I am one of Apple's most loyal customers, but stuff like that became so annoying :(

I'm seeing this too (Dec 16 2023), after not having edited a playlist in a few months. wth? I am very sure that right-click list used to show all playlists, or at least allow me to navigate to pick from existing PLs.

FYI, you can still drag-n-drop a song into playlists in the left nav bar.

This is super annoying!! Yes you can drag and drop, but the old way is easier and faster, what is wrong with you Apple?

it hasn't been fixed on mine, i installed the new os last night

It's not fixed on mine.

Have you created those 5 recently? Do you see older playlists? I just noticed that if I create a new playlist, it shows in the right-click menu, but my older lists still do not. In the screenshot below, my '2024' playlists i just created show, but notice all the other PLs in the left menu that do not show. I ask again, wtf?

Just upgraded to Sonoma 14.3.1 and I'm still experiencing this issue as of 2/27/2024

Update: 14.4 now, and this is now working properly on my system.

I am also having this issue - ie I can't add to existing playlists, only to new ones. You can drag and drop but can't add using the menu option, which is annoying. I found one workaround, which is to export a playlist and then import it - this creates a new version of the playlist, preserving its content, and once you do that you can add as you could before. One annoying thing is you end up with 2 playlists with the same name - if you edit the .xml file after exporting but before importing you can edit the playlist name at that stage so it imports as a clearly-labelled new version

Hi,

My playlists have been created at various times. One is over 12 months old with one updated in the last week.

Try holding down option+cmd when you next launch Music. This opens the app in its safe mode and can do some housekeeping which may sometimes help.

Jim

I did the trick I found here of duplicating my playlists, deleting the original, and renaming the duplicate to match the original name and that worked. It was an inconvenience at worst but a quick fix since I only had a few playlists.

That is very strange. See the screenshot?

I'm having this issue, also. I thought it was because I transferred my library from an older Mac. I just thought I was doing something wrong. The drag-n-drop does work, it's just slower.