iTunes not updating Playcount

I use Apple Music/iCloud Music library.

I have not 'synced' my iPhone to my MacBook (by plugging it in) ever since Apple Music began. Do you recommend I sync in that manner?

I usually just allow music to sync 'automatically'...

Thanks.

I'm now noticing that if I am playing something on my Mac's iTunes, and airplaying to my HomePod, iTunes doesn't remember where on the song/podcast I stopped, if I quit iTunes and restart it. If I'm not using Airplay, iTunes remembers where I was.

Maybe associated with this bug - I've been playing a podcast on my iMac and HomePod at the same time. I stop for a moment to play a song. When I get back, the podcast is set to the start of the podcast - as though I hadn't been listening to it for an hour.

Howard Brazee wrote:

When I get back, the podcast is set to the start of the podcast - as though I hadn't been listening to it for an hour.

Is the option "Remember playback position" selected? Look in the Options tab of Podcast Info for the item.

Yes the exact same issue has happened to me but only very recently and I think since I did an update. This is like, a serious issue for me. My music organisation is hugely based on my play counts and I take it super seriously. I really hope another update will fix this. It really erks me knowing heavy play of an album isn't being updated in my iTunes which I've had for years and years with successful play count data.

I don't have Apple Music. I hope this isn't a way to push people off having their own music libraries??
PLEASE FIX THIS APPLE!

Argh! My MacBook Pro is just a little too old to run Mojave - and iTunes 12.8 seems to be the end of the line for High Sierra. I stream all my music to Airplay, and I make extensive use of Smart Playlists with last played and play counts.

So... I guess I am out of luck here.

Apple, it would be nice if you could release a bug fix for iTunes that I (and anyone still on High Sierra) could use until I upgrade my hardware. Because for me, this turns iTunes into a pretty useless app.

Hey All,

Playing iTunes on my MACBOOK AIR, and it updates play count and last played for every other song. If I use my iPhone X, it usually updates by the next day. If I play music on my IPAD, it might update within a week or so. I love the sound of the HomePod, but I am little OCD when it comes to my play counts and last played. Hopefully this bug will be fixed sooner than later.

This is happening to be me, too. I can even play from the AppleTV “Computers” application, and the play counts will update.

Does Apple recognize this as a bug?

I play 99% of my music on my iPhone. And it's not updating playcount in iTunes. It usually takes about 24 hours to update. But now it's not updating, even beyond the usual 24 hours.

It started this morning when I did the Airplay 2 firmware update for my Airport Express. It was fine yesterday. So... correlation. IMO.

Ah, right. Sorry. Agreed, iOS 12 can't be the issue.

Great. When will we get 12.9?

For me it was included in the Mac Os Mojave update.

For me, it fixed the update play count issue but not the edit artwork issue. To add or change artwork I need to unclick the Airplay 2 speaker in iTunes.