iTunes 12.3.2.25 latest update - new playlist no longer in alphabetical order

Hi,

Very odd. Creating playlists works as before for me. New smart playlist slot in alphabetically. Non smart playlist are added at bottom but new lists slot in alphabetically.

Jim

You're right. Playlists on the main list are alphabetical, but a new playlist inside a playlist folder gets placed at the bottom. Seems to be a bug. While trying different things with a new playlist folder with new playlists, I noticed that if there is at least one item in each playlist, the playlist folder's playlists becomes ordered alphabetically.

Hi,

I agree there is something wrong! New playlists to existing folders seem to be OK but adding new playlists to a new playlist folder are not alphabetical.

What is even more odd, I closed iTunes and then reopened. Order of playlists are now correct!!!

Jim

Same problem here. Closing and reopening iTunes only worked for me once - but now that doesn't even help. This definitely seems to be a problem when adding or editing playlists within a folder. I'm also having the same issue with the folders themselves not automatically alphabetizing. Playlists not associated with folders still alphabetize correctly.

C'mon, Apple. This is starting to get absurd.

For a minute I thought I was just losing my mind

Same issue!

Yosemite

iTunes 12.3.2.35

Apple please fix ASAP.

Same issue here. New playlists (and playlist folders) that are nested inside playlist folders are not sorted alphabetically but rather appear in the order created.

Experiencing this issue as well. Have narrowed it down to the following factor.

When a playlist is altered (song added or removed) it is moved down to the bottom of the list.

Almost as ifitunesis sorting playlists by reverse recently updated. I have a feeling iTunes match may be involved.

However playlistsreturn to the correct order whenitunesis restarted. And then only move if they are subsequently updated

I am using iTunes 12.3.2.35 on OSX 10.11.2 with iTunes Match enabled

Simply clicking on a playlist causes it to move to the bottom for me; it does not need to be modified in any way.

I urge anyone with this issue to seed feedback to Apple:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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 to get them back in order, 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!

Hope this helps.

this was so helpful ! thank you although i spent 2 hours trying to find the sorting option in the itunes program! ugh

where is the fix on this? its so annoying!

I also have this issue and I am on an older MacBook Pro (mid-2009) with El Captain (Latest Version) and the latest version of iTunes. I cannot remember which update this started with but I hope it will be fixed in the next iTunes update! For awhile I just thought it was something to do with my system but from researching the problem, it appears to be an issue with iTunes (Which I must say is a very strange issue).

It's killin me.