Trying to follow step by step to add playlists to the Apple Watch but it won't let me do it. I don't use Apple Music at the moment but the sync songs that were already on my MacBook. Playlists have been downloaded to iPhone and I can't seem to add it to the watch, even though is I click on the Add Music and select the playlist desired. Closed the applications and turned off/on again both devices and still won't work.
Was just having a look, might have found the difference: these playlists I'm trying to sync are "Genius Playlists" whilst I can see that the one on the Watch actually is a "Smart Playlist". Do you know if this is stopping them from adding the songs to the Watch? And if so, how can it be fixed?
Was just having a look, might have found the difference: these playlists I'm trying to sync are "Genius Playlists" whilst I can see that the one on the Watch actually is a "Smart Playlist". Do you know if this is stopping them from adding the songs to the Watch? And if so, how can it be fixed?
Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, jeff2998!
We understand you're having trouble adding songs to your Apple Watch. We'd be happy to provide information to help you address this.
Try unpairing your Apple Watch and then pairing it again:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
Try adding the songs again.
Have a great day!
Hi alma1090, thank you for the reply! I followed your instructions (pared and erased, then set it up again); before this, I could see 3 albums and 1 playlist on the Watch, now it shows 5 albums and 1 playlist. So I'm still trying to add playlists that have been downloaded to the iPhone with no success... Any ideas of something else I could try? Thank you
There's this workaround here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250201338, hopefully there's something simpler than this. Would you let me know? Thank you again!
Apple watch (SE) won't let me add playlists downloaded on the iPhone
