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Playlist View Options function disappeared in iTunes

How do I get it back?

I must have updated to a new version of iTunes and it's a very disruptive change as I rely on seeing and editing multiple fields in the playlist view daily.

I am have this version of iTunes now 12.2.0.145. If it's not possible to have this functionality in this version, what would be the best way to go back to a version where this function is working?

I am not strong with technical stuff - so, will need some really simple advice... if there is such a thing!

Many thanks!

Posted on Jul 3, 2015 9:08 PM

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Posted on Jul 5, 2015 12:21 AM

Yes, this option to control what columns show at the top of the window seems to have disappeared. Previously it was accessed with the keyboard shortcut COMMAND + J. Doing a Get Info on a song shows that all of the information's there, but there doesn't seem to be a way to control what data fields display as column headers. Changing the pulldown menu in the upper right corner from Playlists to Songs brings back the columns as they used to look, but no options seem to exist for changing that view. Also, I seem to recall a thumbnail showing on the left hand side in the Songs view, but I could be mistaken. The Playlist view shows it, but it's too big, and I can't seem to find a way to shrink it down. Additionally, the Playlist view has column headers I don't want, but they don't seem to be changable.

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Playlist View Options function disappeared in iTunes

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