Can't create new playlists from albums

Hi kobayashi maru,

Thanks for posting. I see you're running into some issues with creating a playlist from an album in Apple Music.

Are you adding the album to your library before adding it to the playlist? If not, give that a try to see if that makes a difference: Add and download music and video content from the Apple Music catalog

You mentioned this only seems to happen on a Mac and a PC; are you using the latest version of iTunes on both computers? If not, make sure you've updated and then test again: Update to the latest version of iTunes

I hope these steps help you get started. Take care.

Hi kobayashi maru,

Thanks for replying. To test, try signing out of your iTunes account on one of the computers affected. You can do this by clicking the Account menu at the top and signing out; then, sign back in and test it out. Keep in mind that when you do this, content that has been downloaded for offline play will be deleted, so you'll need to re-download that after.

Kind regards.

There is an option under iTunes Preferences to "Add Music to Library when Adding to Playlist" - which I had unchecked. So when I checked it, I was able to all a new album to my library and then add it to a playlist - but not directly to a playlist. Even after leaving that option checked and closing down iTunes and then restarting the app, same results - would not add directly from Apple Music to a library without first adding it to my library.

Maybe I am just thick (age does that), but are you able to add the new albums to your library or you can't even do that?

I've just experienced this for the first time on my Mac as well. It's got to be a bug, otherwise why allow the option to "Add to Playlist" at the album level? Plus given that it works on iOS as expected seems to be further indication that this is unintended behavior.

Unfortunately your "Show in library" first trick doesn't work for me. I guess I'll just have to do this from my iPad. Wish I would've known about this before I used my Mac to move a bunch of albums from my library to playlists. That's how I prefer to manage my young daughter's music on my devices - as playlists without adding to my library.

Can you first add the album to. your library because Apple Music has to first add an album/song to your library before you can add it to a playlist. (At least that is what I have always found.)