A bug in the iTunes 11 will not sort the Recently Added smart playlist by date on the iPhone. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to solve this bug.
iTunes 11 is now out in the wild, and everyone has been getting their hands-on with it. The first this I did after installing the iTunes 11 was to sync my iPhone 5 with my iTunes 11 library.
It was early today that I realized that the tracks on my Recently Added smart playlists were not sorted by the date added, while playing the tracks in my car. Well, it was then I came to know that this is a bug, and somehow, I figured out how to fix that. Let me tell you how I fixed the bug. Might help yo, if you’re on the same bot.
How to fix the date sort issue with iTunes 11 Recently Added smart playlist?
- Sync you iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch with iTunes 11 as you’d do always.
- Now, take out the device you synced, and do a hard reset.
- Press the Home and Power (Sleep/Wake) button continuously for 30 seconds.
- Now, turn on the device, and you’ll be done.
One another way to fix this issue was to add a new song to the Recently Added playlist, and it also seem to solve this issue.