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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1674977" data-attributes="member: 83420">I have posted to this thread at least twice.&nbsp; Now that I've found a solution to my difficulties, I hope it will be appropriate to share this in case other people experience similar issues.To recap briefly:Before the latest iTunes update, I was a subscriber to iTunes Match.&nbsp; After the update, I NEVER at any time turned on or experimented with Apple Music.The problem:&nbsp; When I synced my iPhone with iTunes (via USB to my iMac), I found that if I decided not to continue syncing a particular playlist (let's call it classical mix), it disappeared from my iPhone (as it should);&nbsp; but on my iMac the playlist was there, but empty.&nbsp; If I synced a new playlist to my iPhone, no problem, but removing it from the iPhone always resulted in an empty playlist of the same name on the iMac.&nbsp; This happened every time.What I did:&nbsp; I signed out of my account and in again.&nbsp; No change.&nbsp; I unchecked iTunes Music Library.&nbsp; No change.&nbsp; Re-checked iTunes Music Library.&nbsp; Still no change.&nbsp; But something new happened!&nbsp; All my iMac playlists were duplicated;&nbsp; for example &quot;classical mix&quot; was retained and &quot;classical mix.2&quot; appeared.&nbsp; This was for all playlists.&nbsp; But examining the duplicated playlist showed fewer songs than my original playlist.&nbsp; For example; &quot;classical mix&quot; had 133 songs whist &quot;classical mix.2&quot; had 91 songs.&nbsp; This behaviour was reproduced on all the duplicated playlists.&nbsp; Moreover, my original playlists all showed a list of songs (as it had always been), whilst the duplicated playlists shoed the Album artwork on the left and the whole page was in a sort of brown colour.Final solution (I hope!!):&nbsp; Went in to duplicate, copied all, pasted into original, choosing to skip any duplicate songs.&nbsp; Then deleted the duplicate playlists.&nbsp; Now syncing to iPhone and iPods works fine.&nbsp; But I did have to hard-restart 2 out of 3 of my iPods in order to get the proper sound quality.I know this has been a long post, but it might help others.&nbsp; I don't understand any of what has happened (or not happened) nor do I fully comprehend why my &quot;solution&quot; worked.&nbsp; But there you are.Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1674977, member: 83420"] I have posted to this thread at least twice. Now that I've found a solution to my difficulties, I hope it will be appropriate to share this in case other people experience similar issues. To recap briefly: Before the latest iTunes update, I was a subscriber to iTunes Match. After the update, I NEVER at any time turned on or experimented with Apple Music. The problem: When I synced my iPhone with iTunes (via USB to my iMac), I found that if I decided not to continue syncing a particular playlist (let's call it classical mix), it disappeared from my iPhone (as it should); but on my iMac the playlist was there, but empty. If I synced a new playlist to my iPhone, no problem, but removing it from the iPhone always resulted in an empty playlist of the same name on the iMac. This happened every time. What I did: I signed out of my account and in again. No change. I unchecked iTunes Music Library. No change. Re-checked iTunes Music Library. Still no change. But something new happened! All my iMac playlists were duplicated; for example "classical mix" was retained and "classical mix.2" appeared. This was for all playlists. But examining the duplicated playlist showed fewer songs than my original playlist. For example; "classical mix" had 133 songs whist "classical mix.2" had 91 songs. This behaviour was reproduced on all the duplicated playlists. Moreover, my original playlists all showed a list of songs (as it had always been), whilst the duplicated playlists shoed the Album artwork on the left and the whole page was in a sort of brown colour. Final solution (I hope!!): Went in to duplicate, copied all, pasted into original, choosing to skip any duplicate songs. Then deleted the duplicate playlists. Now syncing to iPhone and iPods works fine. But I did have to hard-restart 2 out of 3 of my iPods in order to get the proper sound quality. I know this has been a long post, but it might help others. I don't understand any of what has happened (or not happened) nor do I fully comprehend why my "solution" worked. But there you are. Ian [/QUOTE]

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