No “Sort By” function for playlists on my Apple Music on iPhone

Thank-you! Based on the options there it does look like it's considering this as a playlist you don't technically own. This looks exactly like the options I receive when adding a friend's playlist to my Library.

It sounds tedious.. but hear me out and let me know if it works!

First make sure your iPhone is updated to the most up to date version (iOS 16.5.1).

Secondly, do you see that Add to a Playlist button? I'm wondering if you create an empty playlist and then click that Add to a Playlist button, adding it to the empty playlist if you'd then be able to sort and edit it, if that makes sense?

1. Open Music
2. Tap Library
3. Tap Playlists
4. Tap New Playlist...
5. Give it a name and tap Done
6. Open this playlist (the one you sent in the screenshot)
7. Tap Add to Playlist...
8. Choose the playlist we just created

Once the songs have been sent over to this new playlist, delete the old one!

Let me know if this works🤞

It is always really tough answering technology (hardware/software) questions without the device in hand😅

Short answer is, could be?

I would recommend only using one account and Apple ID on your Mac.

1. On macOS, directories (folders) to separate files and documents (School, Personal, Work, etc.).
2. In Safari, use Tab Groups (or Profiles coming in macOS Sonoma [coming this fall]).
3. In Mail, add your two separate accounts

There are plenty of other features of macOS that will properly split the data so you can still stay organized all on one account. This would avoid the need to log in and out constantly if you needed something on the other account.

Honestly, the best advice would be to turn on Sync Library, but I understand you don't want to do this as you don't want all the songs to go over to your iPhone.

Hello amsch,

Could you please share a screenshot of what you do see when you tap on More (the three sots in the upper right)?

My first thought was maybe when you're dealing with public playlists it doesn't allow you to sort them, because I know you cannot edit the songs or rearrange the order. However, I just tested this with one of my friends playlists and I was able to tap More > Sort By. My initial thought was that since you're copying them over manually it's not registering as your playlist, but I was wrong.

A screenshot of what you see would be extremely helpful!

I'm really not sure as to why you don't see the Sort By. Even in a friend's/public playlist I'm able to Sort By, but not able to edit.

Please let me know if this works and make sure your iOS version is iOS 16.5.1 as well!