iTunes app not registering playlist name changes MBP Sonoma 14.6.1 (Family Sharing Off)

Playlist problem complaints are proliferating on Apple Discussions and Reddit. 14.7.1 (non-beta) came out last night. It also does not fix the problem. I heard the same was true for the latest Sequia. I'm feeling quite depressed at this point, since Music/iTunes is a critical part of my music production workflow, let alone listening habits.

This just starting happening to me on the same date: Saturday August 17. PLEASE FIX, Apple! VERY troublesome bug.

Can't create new playlists or folders either. Really messed up.

Tried the same fixes as OP -- nothing helped.

Some updates you might be interested in....got a brand new 2024 MacBook Pro. And most of the same troubles with Apple Music/iTunes are there just as they were on my 2019 model. Very distressing. Something is inherently wrong with my music library or with the current version of the app, I suppose. But here's something I've found that might be a help to you. ----- You have 2 playlists folders, Folder 1 and Folder 2. Folder 1 has Playlist A. You delete the tracks in Playlist A and delete the Playlist itself...but it doesn't disappear and can't be manipulated. But what you can do is move Folder 1 into Folder 2, and then back to its own spot...and the deleted/not deleted playlist is now gone. Also, if you rename Playlist A to Playlist B and the header or sidebar doesn't reflect this change, do the same thing. Move Playlist B (or the whole of Folder 1) into Folder 2 and then back...and poof, the changes take place (you do, I should note, also have to leave the playlist and and come back to it for the visual representation of the name change to appear). HUGELY DUMB but a workaround nonetheless. Hope this helps, ChazTwo.

I have the same problem. There are other threads about this too. I opened a support chat on the issue. It's a known bug, but I didn't get a difinitive answer on when or where it will be fixed. Knowing Apple, they'll probably only fix it in Sequoia, which I can't move to yet due to music production dependencies.

Just checking yesterday and today and I'm seeing a LOT more threads on Apple Communities about this collection of glitches and problems. Seems we're not so alone after all.

(I've been on Sequoia for a couple weeks and all the problems still remain the same.)

ChazTwo: Have you tried my solution? I've heard it's working for everyone who has tried it. In short, to create, rename, or delete a playlist, it MUST have an image assigned. You either have to add your own (drag the image on the "+" area), or (in cases where auto-generated images are suggested) you can select one. If you fail to add or select an image while creating, renaming, or deleting a playlist, you will not be able to attempt it again until you restart the Music app. You cannot do it wrong, then try to do it right. You must do it right, from the beginning.

Hey, guess what everybody? The whole fix is now broken again. All the same glitches have returned over the last few days. Never mind everything.

That sucks big time, C2. I found, earlier today, that I couldn't import an album. I tried to import like usual ... and nothing. Then I checked for the source/imported files in the usual iTunes Finder location, and there was the album. So the iTunes interface isn't displaying what has actually been imported. In other words, the words have gone into the brain but the face isn't displaying the knowledge. ....I then selected the album's tracks in Finder and chose to Open them in iTunes, and then they appeared as imported tracks in iTunes, in the main songs list.

I've decided to not do anything new in iTunes until things are sorted. No adding tracks, no deleting them, no changing tracks info, no new playlists, no syncing my phone. I also found I can't even duplicate a playlist. Insanity.

Take it easy, C2. And Apple: PLEASE LISTEN AND FIX!

Hey C2 -- a question for you. You mentioned you're a DJ. I used to make mashups on Garageband and just opened GB for the first time in a long time about a day or two before everything started acting broken. I just wondered if maybe you and I use some other app that might've contributed to things going wrong. Maybe Audio Hijack? Cheers.

Here's an big update:

Since I have a 2019 model and a new 2024 (that I used Migration to absorb all the 2019's info) and both are riddled with Apple Music app troubles, I decided to factory reset the 2019 and see how the Apple Music app performs after that.

I did it a few days ago. So far, the Apple Music app works perfectly. I fully updated to Sequoia after the reset. Then I connected the two MacBooks by Wi-Fi, NOT Migration, and transferred all of my 55,000 music tracks to the reset 2019 MacBook. Everything works perfectly, no bugs at all. I can only assumed that what was originally buggy on the 2019 model got transferred to the 2024 model through Migration. But the bugs shouldn't have existed in the first place.

I realize this is no good solution for most people. But this is what happened. I'll update again soon after giving it more time to (hopefully not) go bad again.

I also intend, once the 2019 model proves completely un-bugged, to factory reset the 2024 model and then return all music tracks to it...and all my files...and re-set all my settings. HUGE time investment.