iPhone and iTunes(now "music"

[Barrygou]

iPhone XR - I have about 40 Playlists on my iMac that were burned from physical CD's in to the Music App (was called iTunes) I then sync the iPhone to the Playlists in Music. All is good. 2 or 3 days later my iPhone only has about 10-15 of the 40 Playlists. I then re-sync. Good. A couple of days later about half of the Playlists are gone. This happens repeatedly. Anyone else having this issue and know a fix?

 

[IWT]

Hi again, and welcome.

I'm not saying that I have a "fix"; but rather than syncing (I presume via iCloud?), have you tried attaching the iPhone to the iMac via USB and transferring/syncing the music/playlists that way?

Ian

 

[Barrygou]

That is how I always sync - The iPhone is connected to the iMac via USB. Then I open iTunes (Music) and it syncs. All is good. 2 or 3 days later half of the Playlists are gone from the iPhone

 

[Barrygou]

I am having this issue between an iPhone XR and an older iMac on Catalina and still using iTunes. I also have a new iMac running Big Sur and now the new Music app. Those may sync better but how do I transfer all of the Playlists on the iPhone in to the Music app?

 

[Slydude]

If you updated the Music app by importing your iTunes library, that usually brings over the playlists as well, IIRC.

 

[IWT]

that usually brings over the playlists as well,

Yes, that's correct. As long as the iTunes Library is up to date and the "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organised" is ticked in iTunes > iTunes Preferences > Advanced along with "Copy files to iTunes folder when adding to library".

Ian

 

[ferrarr]

You should use Finder to sync, not the Music app.