Syncing music creates duplicate "1" Playlist

It shouldn't be. It used to work like this:

1. Set up playlists on your Macintosh
2. Synch them to your iDevice
3. Modify a playlist on your Macintosh
4. Synch again to your iDevice. The modified playlist overwrites the one on your iDevice

It worked fine until they fixed it.

iTunes has become a nightmare of poor design and implementation. It is getting to the point that I have all but stopped using it on my iPhone. Maybe it is time for someone with good communication skills at Apple to create a how-to, don't point me to some terse support document written by a geek on the iTunes team.

Yeah, I am ticked off.

I think the real point is "why is iTunes even creating a duplicate list in the first place?" Not sure if its the difference between using Wifi and then cable connect. Either way, it shouldn't happen; it defeats the feature purpose of deciding to sync via cable, because it's typically faster due to "it wants to back up every time" vs doing a Wifi sync because "I'm too lazy to upstairs to get my cable and I think I can bear the slow sync despite having a 5g wifi" - there really isn't that much on my phone to be this slow to back up unencrypted.

So you can remove the duplicate off your phone - that's one place.

Then you need to go into iTunes and do clean up there in your music play lists, you delete it and whew, its gone. One day. However, the duplicate play list still remains "on my device" play list listing. How does that go away now??

I've been looking and looking for a reasonable replacement for iTunes. It maybe just using an app that I already have on my Mac....Imazing...taaadaaa (imazing.com)

I agree, still a bug w/ the latest versions of every thing as of 4/29/18.

Finding a workaround is not a fix.

Of course this works but it does not fix the quirky behavior in the first place. We can only hope that someone @Apple is smart enough to fix that bullsh*t. Essentially the whole asset of Apple is to not have to deal with stuff like that and instead enjoy a thought through product where software and hardware forms one thing. Otherwise I could simply switch to Undroid, accept the quirks and tinkering around and enjoy better tech-specs and lower proces.

Yeap...am having the same nightmare with this syncing issue, I can't believe Apple hasn't resolved this yet, since their main objective other then tech devices is Music. Am afraid to even do updates from now on for ITunes or Iphone....thinking it will screw everything even more, that has been the trend with their updates lately. Since every update that I have done it just gets worse and worse when it come to managing your Music on Mac and Iphone. The worst part of all, is that Apple makes you feel like your the only person in the world who's having this problem. So basically it now takes (2-4 syncs) to get your Music right on your Mac or Iphone...PITA!!!!!!

Y'know, I've tried the fix where you simply shut down iTunes on the iPhone before syncing on the computer, and IT DIDN'T WORK!

C'mon, Apple, listen to your users, please. Or, if someone has a better fix, preferable one not too complicated or labor intensive, I'd appreciate it.

Really getting sick of deleting playlists from both iTunes on my computer and iTunes on my iPhone.

Help us, please!

It's definitely not the simple task it used to be. I'm also having this problem and based on the thread dates it's been around for some time without any attention. And I thought I was being overly dramatic about Apple's "glitches". Nope. Can't deny the frustration.

In addition to this problem, I've had two MacBook Pros in a row that have been lemons (due to graphics issues wherein I can't make simple selections in Photoshop without the computer crashing; hello vertical lines and blank screens; feel like restarting?).

This syncing issue is just another problem. A "five-minute" sync that takes multiple attempts and variations to see if I can get it to work? I really wish things were simpler. 😕

I have also the same issue. Drive me nuts! I have created a new playlist ( eg: music rock) and I added some new tracks. Then I sync my iPhone and the new playlist is create on the phone. This is normal. Then when I remove one song or add one song in my new playlist ( drag and drop) or move the file from my laptop to the new existing playlist and sync it update the current playlist And creates a Duplicate playlist also ( music rock1). It does this for every single playlist I have created. No idea what is the issue here but It has been going on for a while. I hope they can fix the issue ASAP.

Updated everything. I play with all the things mentioned in this thread and manage. It's just not simple anymore. Apple is just focused on streaming now, and not interested in writing code for syncing. Syncing is going the way of Vinyl, so maybe it will come back into fashion soon too.

Same problem and it is SO ANNOYING. Why tf has iTunes become so f'ing complicated? It used to be clear and simple: create or change playlist on computer, plug in iPod or iPhone and the new playlist uploads to the device. What's so hard about that?? Come on Apple

I have had the same issue for over a year. Closing Music does nothing, i now have playlists that have 1111111111 it is absurd! Apple seems to not care about their software or user experience anymore; so long as the next iPhone is 1 gram lighter.

I have no choice. iTunes doesn't open when I connect my iPhone or iPad. So I always start from a point of them being closed. I have tried everything that has been offered on this forum, and the problem persists. I have asked Apple people why are we still syncing through iTunes, why isn't there an App that makes syncing easy for us. You already know the response.

Ha ha ha. I just got the IOS 12.1 update, and added a song to a playlist just to try it out. Sure enough, they haven't fixed it. The whole concept of using iTunes to sync devices is archaic. And of course they aren't going to fix this problem because the numbers of Apple customers complaining doesn't justify them spending time and money fixing it.

If you have iTunes set to Sync Music using Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres (with that playlist selected), I would uncheck that particular playlist and Apply change. Disconnect iPhone and confirm this playlist is no longer on your iPhone. Then, connect iPhone and set that playlist to sync again (and Apply change). See if this problem still occurs

If the problem still occurs, OR if you have iTune set to Sync Music using the Entire music library choice, so you can "uncheck" a particular playlist; please post back with more information.