alphabetize playlist

Click on a column header to sort it anyway you want.

i dont believe it is possible to automatically order the playlists. They are in tow orders, first is the default Apple playlists such as Purchased, recently Added etc then your own which "should" be in alphabetical order.

It used to be that when I created a new playlist folder it would automatically be placed in alphabetical order within the folder I created it. Now it just is placed at the bottom of the folder, which I find frustrating. How do I get my my iTunes playlist folders to be alphabetized, as what once was the default? I can't drag them into the order I want, either...

Here is an image of the problem. I just created a folder for Phil Ochs and it was placed at the bottom of my "O" folder. I want it to be placed in its proper alphabetical place.

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

Why create folders for each artist?

If you want to view artist album and songs, IiTunes already does this with the column browser.

anakelea, I'm right there with you -- I can't figure out how to get the playlists to alphabetize either and would *really* love to know. It'd be fine that they don't automatically get inserted alphabetically upon creation IF we could then go and shift it to the correct place manually, but I can't figure out how to do even that...

Apple's way of doing it doesn't work as well for me as creating my own Playlist folders. With mine, I can scan them more easily and organize them in a way that better appeals to me.

Carol, I've discovered that if I close iTunes and then reopen it, my new folders and playlists are all alphabetized. A bit frustrating, but in the end I'm getting what I hope to have.

Thanks for posting this! It would have taken me ages to have noticed that, and indeed it does work. : )

I found another problem which can lead to constantly changing order, every time you click on a playlist inside a folder. It all seems to depend on the view you choose (from the dropdown on the top, far right, directly under the search box).

You can choose things like Playlist, etc, but one of them, if inside a folder, should be the name of the folder it is in. If you choose that view, every time you click on that playlist, unless it is already at the bottom, it will jump to the bottom. Sure, you can quit iTunes and restart, but the problem will just repeat. The only "solution" I've come up with so far is to never choose that view - which, unfortunately, I liked!