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Playlist from iTunes syncs to iPhone, but not all songs show up

I recently synced my iPhone to my computer for the first time. I have a number of playlists on my phone, and a combination of ripped music from my CDs and downloaded music from the iTunes Store.


After syncing, all of the playlists and music looks fine on my computer. But now on my iPhone my playlists are missing songs! All the playlists are there, just missing songs. And it looks suspiciously like the songs that I downloaded from the iTunes store are the ones missing.


Back on my computer, iTunes shows the playlists normally, with all songs. So essentially the playlists on my iTunes on my computer are different from the playlists on my iPhone.


All the downloaded songs are on my iPhone. I can find the songs individually and play them fine. They are just missing from the playlists.


Any ideas?

iPhone 6, iOS 10, iOS 10.0.1

Posted on Sep 14, 2016 12:31 PM

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Dec 16, 2016 4:37 PM in response to Dennis A.

Still no luck for me unfortunately!... 😟 With iOS 10.2 and iTunes 12.5.4.42, I still have the exact same problem syncing certain smart playlists. After more experimenting, it looks like the common denominator is that any playlist that has a Comments "does not contain" filter, will not fully sync all songs. (Fwiw, Grouping "does not contain" filter works fine). The only workaround found is to uncheck the "Live updating" option before syncing.


I'll try filing another bug report....

Playlist from iTunes syncs to iPhone, but not all songs show up

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