It started with iPad and iPod-- suddenly I couldn't sort all songs a to z. They were sorted by group, then by song name. Now in iTunes its the same problem. How do I sort by song name only?
You are a wizard. When does that ever happen to me, when I have a problem? "Oh hey I made a script just for that!" Never! Bam! 10000 songs fixed in about 2 minutes. I'm in your debts, Sirs.
You're welcome... 🙂
tt2
And I'm confused about one other thing. How do I mark "helpful" and "correct" answers? Did I expend those points already or something?
You've given Ed a "helpful". You should still have a second "helpful" and a "correct" to dish out as you see fit. The buttons should appear towards the bottom right of each post in the thread.
tt2
Weird... The important thing is you've resolved your problem but a mystery is still a mystery. I'll report this one to the hosts in case they can work out why you can't mark a correct answer.
tt2
New question / tip if I may for future searchers. I just realized, I probably need to repeat the process every time i add new songs to itunes?
Yes, but only if those songs have previously been through some process that assigns them weird sort names. If you rip a CD with iTunes, for example, then the sort field will be blank unless there is a leading article (a, an, the), in which case the sort field is auto-populated using the main value with the article omitted. E.g. "The Long & Winding Road" becomes "Long & Winding Road".
tt2
Crap I just realized I updated the wrong thread with this question. Could a moderator delete my post from 10/9/11? Apologies for wasting tt2's valuable time. Time better spent making amazing scripts 😁
By the way, Sir, if you have time to visit: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2597963?answerId=15272149022#15272149022 and have a better solution, I'd be oh so grateful. Of course you may not use or care about "Remote" app.
I wouldn't worry. Your question makes sense in the context of the thread and the reply might help someone else...
tt2
On either iPhone or iPad, it sorts songs based on the Track number (#) for each Album. If you have songs with blank Track number under Track # menu item in iTunes, it will automatically give Track numbers and sort it accordingly on iPhone.
In iTunes, if the column is not shown, right click on the column name bar and select Track Number from the list.
On Windows PCs, folders which have your songs will show a column name '#' for Track Number.
One easy way to sort all the Songs in each Album is by making the Track # blank in each song. In iTunes, select all the songs for Album -> Right Click -> Select Get Info - > Select Info tab.
Type 0 on the two boxes underneath Track Number[0 of 0]. After you click ok, none of songs should have any number under Track # column.
Sync with iPhone/iPad. Now it will sort all the songs in that Album by Song Name in Ascending order.
Likewise you can do so on Windows PC folder. Select Album songs -> Right click - > Click Properties ->Click Details tab -> Type 0 on # item -> Click Ok
rajivsinghsuwal
Had this problem on the iPad, sorted by artist not song when Songs was selected display method. Simple solution...On the bottom of your iPad screen, push the "More" button then turn the "Sort by Artist" OFF.
Solved my problem.
Best regards,
That worked well, thanks!
ed2345, that worked well. thanks.
How can I sort songs alphabetically in iTunes?
