Renaming Playlist bug in apple music + other issues

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cannot rename playlists in Music since OS… - Apple Community

there is a work-around solution for renaming ....

a link found in Reddit posted by alienimplant that says to "select one of the auto-generated playlist images suggested above the name field while (he) was renaming and it worked". That has worked for me, I had trouble understanding that post and here is more detail.... When you go to edit the name, complete the edit and then, still in that edit box, go to the icon just above and click on the right side arrow twice to get the name to display in the icon (slides from right to left when you click). Then click done. It works perfectly.

All due respect, if you follow exactly, it has to work for renaming, that's the reported experience and mine. Another thread, 255815635 addresses playlists ..... Apple Music not updating changes, then re… - Apple Community

answer by turningtest2 may help

I haven't gone so far as to restart my OS. I figured I was kinda due for a new laptop so I got the 2024 a couple weeks ago, figuring that'll surely fix the Music app problem. Same thing though...maybe because I used Migration Assistant from my old laptop.

I found a couple of work-arounds...rename a playlist, move it to another folder, move it back to its original spot, and the changes finally take. But I've given up syncing to my phone (sometimes the laptop takes the old phone info and imposes it on the MacBook library...fun!). And if I do connect my phone (by cord) like I'm going to sync, the info in the sync window shows playlists that I deleted weeks ago....like the app brain hasn't updated since then.

And yes, I updated to Sequoia (on the 2024 model).

Oh...and lots of other interface problems....the blue icon that shows what's playing doesn't update to the tracks that follow the first one.....and sometimes the blue icon shows on numerous tracks at once. Etc. Etc.

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.

There’s this:

Product Feedback - Apple

Same here....plus numerous other BIG glitches that started about a month or more ago. Both on my 2019 MacBook Pro and a brand new 2024 MacBook Pro. FRUSTRATING.

Anyone else here have more than 50,000 tracks in the Music app like I do? I’ve wondered of that’s any part of bringing the problems.

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.

Thanks for looking into it. I also happen to have 54,000 songs....in 808 playlists, in 78 folders. (Just counted, never had before.) But it's not like I just made a bunch of new playlists to cause a problem. In fact, I've been slimming down recently.

I've had my folder system for about ten years and never had a problem before.

If enough people post and view, Apple might take notice. They won't necessarily post but it'll go into a "bugs to look into" file at the company.