Comments on: Transfer a Playlist from iPhone, iPod, or iPad to iTunes

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:34:29 +0000

wow thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhh!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:26:23 +0000

I accidentally deleted one of my favorite playlist this morning from iTunes. Performed several searches on the web for way too recover the playlist. The first procedure I found wanted me to move a file from the iTunes directory to the desktop. Then delete another file from the same directory and then import the moved file back to iTunes. This procedure did not work. I wondered if it was possible to restore the playlist from my iPhone back into iTunes. I located Jennifer’s write up on the procedure, followed her instructions and restored my playlist. My thanks to Jennifer.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:24:31 +0000

My computer crashed, but I had my iTunes library on a secondary disk. I’ve got iTunes installed on my new computer and moved my whole library over, but my playlists aren’t there. My next thought is to plug in my iPod, get iTunes to see it – but not to sync yet (don’t want to delete my playlists on my iPod!), then follow your directions above to get them back in iTunes.

Can you think of a better way?

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:05:56 +0000

Outstanding! Worked perfectly and effortlessly. Thanks Jennifer!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:25:00 +0000

Worked flawlessly. Placed all of the playlists into a folder i created called itunes playlist. Tried to import them all at the same time but ended up doing it individually. May have cost me 1 minute to import 10 playlists. Quite simple indeed!

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:53:46 +0000

Thank you!!!…saved me hours,much appreciated

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:08:53 +0000

I used this for a Win 7 PC and it worked great! Thanks a ton! Saved me a lot of time having to manually recreating these lists.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 06:41:18 +0000

Did you ever figure this out? I’m having the same issue – I created a playlist on my iPad and don’t see it when plugged into iTunes on the home computer. Getting an update on the iPad now.

By: melanie

melanie — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:08:09 +0000

Jennifer, I found the answer. it was a “Control S and Control B solution. Now I can view the sidebars….;

By: melanie

melanie — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:00:53 +0000

Jennifer, your explanation seems simple, except I do not se the “Devices” label or menu on my itunes? I have my nano plugged in… any help is appreciated. I’ll check other surces as well

By: darin

darin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:25:50 +0000

Thank you so much. I called Apple and they told me once I transferred my iTunes library if I didn’t see all my playlists I was pretty much out of luck and had to MANUALLY add them all back. I didn’t believe them and found your help page. Thanks again!

By: larry

larry — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:15:33 +0000

THanks alot this was the fastest and most sensible answer! And it didn’t require downloading some garbage software like all the other sights kept telling me i needed to do! again thanks.

By: Jennifer Landsberger

Jennifer Landsberger — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:11:26 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This saved so much time and was so easy….
And didn’t try to sell me software like the first four search results (software I did NOT buy…as you can tell from my website name “cynical musings”, I am fairly cynical…ha-ha).

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:33:11 +0000

What if the playlist doesn’t show up under device? I created it on my phone, and it is still there and working, but doesn’t show up under with the other playlists under device when my iphone is connected to itunes.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:39:03 +0000

You do not right-click on the ‘device’…. Right-click on the playlist that you want.

If the playlists on your device are not showing, click the tiny blue sideways point arrow and it will drop downwards and show you the entire list of playlists on your device. Then do as in above para.

Hope that helped.