Where buttons to create playlist in iTunes 12.4???

This redesign is an abysmal screw up. Whoever thought it was a good idea to remove time tested, simple, functionality in favor of hidden menus, needs to be fired! It's head shaking what Apple has done with iTunes. It was a decent, easy to use product, and now it's a complete confusing mess. 40 years in IT and I had to google how to make a playlist in 12.6. What a disgrace iTunes and Apple has become.

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The buttons are gone, but the functionality is still there. Just hover your pointer at the very bottom of the sidebar and the options will appear as a contextual menu.

Rysz wrote:

The buttons are gone, but the functionality is still there. Just hover your pointer at the very bottom of the sidebar and the options will appear as a contextual menu.

I just hovered my cursor at the bottom of my sidebar and saw no contextual menu.

I create multiple playlists inside a playlist folder and now creating a playlist within a folder is such is plain stupid. I need to select the folder, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the sidebar, hit that small target between playlists and the status bar with a right-click, add a playlist to that folder and then scroll all the way back up.

pinkstones wrote:

Rysz wrote:

The buttons are gone, but the functionality is still there. Just hover your pointer at the very bottom of the sidebar and the options will appear as a contextual menu.

I just hovered my cursor at the bottom of my sidebar and saw no contextual menu.

You actually need to summon the FORCE and click a very small blank space between playlists and the status bar. It's pretty much like taking down the Death Star.

I have no idea what you're saying. I think you're wrong.

Thank you!!! It's really helpful!

Sorry, this menu is gone.

this version of iTunes has some serious issues. this is one of them. sadly. hope, they are doing a better job next time.

At this point I think I'm done with iTunes. This is a ridiculous change. I'm going back to something a bit more real.

Bye!

In Library> Music*

Right-click on "Music Playlists"

* or movies/audio book/tv shows, etc.

I am not an expert so I can't answer questions.

(I added a brief reply above but I thought I would add a detailed response here:

I am a power-user of MP3 audio books and audio cd's, so these instructions relate to specifically this type of playlist.

(At the bottom is a simple instruction for creating a "+" empty compilation playlist.)

I'm on a mac running Yosemite and using ITunes 12.5 2.35.


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To create a playlist of a CD or multiple track MP3 audio book:

First, add the the tracks/songs into ITunes. 


In "Library",


in the "Music" category.
 (You can substitute other categories here such as movies, tv shows, audio books etc.)

In "Songs"*, highlight the new tracks


(you are not limited to "songs" - you can do it from the other categories such as "recently added" but you will need to click on the album)

Right below Library>Genres in the Sidebar, I right-clicked on the tiny, tiny, tiny "Music Playlists".

I selected on "New Playlist from Selection" and it created a new playlist.

With the artist and book title highlighted in the playlist to make changes. No need to type all the info in.

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To create a simple, empty playlist for compilations, series etc.,

1. Choose a category from the drop-down menu at the top (mine is edited):

2. right-click ".... playlists"