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Q: I can no longer edit playlist sorts

Okay, here's my gripe with iTunes 12.4, and hopefully someone who has figured it out can clue me in.  Before this update, I could edit how my playlists were sorted.  I could have them sorted by Playlist Order, which is basically the order they're added, or by Genre/Year/Artist/Album/etc.  I can no longer do that.  I'll even provide a helpful screenshot.

 

Screen Shot 2016-05-16 at 6.30.30 PM.png

 

That is just one of many playlists you can see I have, and right above where you see "Edit Playlist," there used to be a drop-down menu where you could change how the playlist was sorted.  I wanted to change my sort for this particular playlist to "Playlist Order" rather than "Year," but I can no longer do that.  Also, when I go to Recently Added, it's now a grid of albums, rather than the straight listing down that had been a part of 12.3.  Where is the button/switch/keyboard command that will allow me to go back to that, because if I wanted my Recently Added section to look like this, I'd have had it set up that way before today:

 

Screen Shot 2016-05-16 at 6.33.39 PM.png

 

Any help/advice/commentary you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 16, 2016 3:34 PM

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  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones May 17, 2016 3:22 AM in response to pinkstones
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    May 17, 2016 3:22 AM in response to pinkstones

    Does anyone want to help me with this?

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,Solvedanswer

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe May 17, 2016 3:41 AM in response to pinkstones
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    May 17, 2016 3:41 AM in response to pinkstones

    For Recently Added, that is a new view (it is not a playlist) under the Library heading.  It seems to only have one option for viewing.  However, your old Recently Added smart playlist is still there, under the Playlists heading in the sidebar, and it can be viewed in different ways, like any other playlist.  Select a playlist in the sidebar, and from the menu bar, View -> View As -> [select desired view].

     

    For your other question, select the playlist in the sidebar.  From the menu bar, View -> Sort by -> Playlist Order

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones May 17, 2016 6:08 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    May 17, 2016 6:08 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    Kenichi Watanabe wrote:

     

    For Recently Added, that is a new view (it is not a playlist) under the Library heading.  It seems to only have one option for viewing.  However, your old Recently Added smart playlist is still there, under the Playlists heading in the sidebar, and it can be viewed in different ways, like any other playlist.  Select a playlist in the sidebar, and from the menu bar, View -> View As -> [select desired view].

     

    For your other question, select the playlist in the sidebar.  From the menu bar, View -> Sort by -> Playlist Order.

     

    For the question about changing the sort on my Most Recently Added smart playlist, thank you.  I see now where I can change that.  I wish I could change the way Recently Added looks under the Library heading, but I guess I'm stuck with it.  Thank you again for your help. 

  • by Simos805,

    Simos805 Simos805 May 29, 2016 3:25 AM in response to pinkstones
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    May 29, 2016 3:25 AM in response to pinkstones

    I don't like they removed the "Playlist" section from the top menu, so now I have to enable left sidebar every time I want to go to a playlist or to my recent imports...