Managing playlists in Music app

By Dave Nason, 1 June, 2022

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,
I'm an Apple Music subscriber, though actually I'm not sure that's relevant as my question is about the Music app itself, on both iOS and Mac.
I have created and added to many playlists over time. When I add a song to a playlist, the song is simply added to the end of the list.
Is there any way to sort and reorder the songs in a playlist. For example I might want to open a playlist and sort it by artist name, album or date added. Additionally, I would like the ability to manually reorder the playlist, i.e. to drag songs up and down so I can choose the order they will play.
I can't find such options in the iOS or the Mac versions of the Music app. This is rather frustrating as it strikes me as a rather basic thing to be able to do.
I hope I'm just missing something ☺️
Dave

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By Cobbler on Friday, June 24, 2022 - 17:06

When viewing a playlist, double tap on the More button, then select Edit from the menu, and voila you can drag tracks to re-order them.

Sorry, but I can't help with the rest of your questions ☺️

By Dave Nason on Friday, June 24, 2022 - 17:06

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

That's brilliant, thanks. I had spotted the More menu but had not paid attention to the Edit button.
I have now figured out how to do the sorting on Mac, it's in the View menu of the menu bar. But I still cannot figure out how to sort on iOS, or how to reorder on Mac.
So I can do one action on iOS, and one action on Mac, but can't seem to do both on either of of them, lol.
Dave

By Kevin Shaw on Friday, June 24, 2022 - 17:06

Command-X to cut a song in the playlist.
Arrow up or down to where you want the song in the list.
Command-V to paste.

By Dave Nason on Friday, June 24, 2022 - 17:06

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Cool, thanks Kevin.